OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Survival is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategy for a Pandemic: The UK and COVID-19	31
A Brutal Examination: Russian Military Capability in Light of the Ukraine War	26
From Wuhan to the World: How the Pandemic Will Reshape Geopolitics	26
The War in Ukraine and Global Nuclear Order	23
Lessons of the SolarWinds Hack	22
The Scientific Response to COVID-19 and Lessons for Security	17
COVID-19 and the EU Economy: Try Again, Fail Better	17
The Ukraine Crisis: Why and What Now?	16
Together or Apart? The European Union’s East–West Divide	16
Finland, Sweden and NATO Membership	14
Europe Can Defend Itself	14
The Cyber Dimension of the Russia–Ukraine War	12
Pandemics and Politics	12
Digital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa	11
Using Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping	10
NATO 4.0: The Atlantic Alliance and the Rise of China	10
Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt	10
Afghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding	9
Ditch the NPT	9
Subtle Connections: Pandemic and the Authoritarian Impulse	9
The Sino-Russian Relationship and the West	8
War in the Grey Zone: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Implications	8
Climate Change and the State: A Case for Environmental Realism	8
Israel’s Right-wing Populists: The European Connection	8
Israel’s Evolving Iran Policy	7

Misplaced Restraint: The Quincy Coalition Versus Liberal Internationalism	7
Secret Intelligence and Public Diplomacy in the Ukraine War	6
The UAE and the War in Yemen: From Surge to Recalibration	6
Trump’s Policies and the Sino-Russian Entente	6
Right-wing Extremism: The Russian Connection	6
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Military Scenarios and Outcomes	6
In the Shadow of Ukraine: India’s Choices and Challenges	5
The Great Hype: False Visions of Conflict and Opportunity in the Arctic	5
Disarming Arguments: Public Opinion and Nuclear Abolition	5
What the India–Russia Defence Partnership Means for US Policy	5
The War in Ukraine and the European Central Bank	5
Japan’s Grand Strategy: The Abe Era and Its Aftermath	4
The Contested Origin of SARS-CoV-2	4
UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review	4
Sleepwalking to Solidarity? Russia, Ukraine and the European Dream	4
Putin's Strategic Failure	4
The Rohingya Crisis: Can ASEAN Salvage Its Credibility?	4
Russia’s Arctic Designs and NATO	4
NATO’s Next Strategic Concept: Prioritise or Perish	4
War and Peace: Reaffirming the Distinction	4
Strategy and Democracy	4
Germany and Russia: Farewell to Ostpolitik?	4
Germany, Japan and the Fate of International Order	3
Towards a Quantum Internet: Post-pandemic Cyber Security in a Post-digital World	3
Battalions to Brigades: The Future of European Defence	3
Community and COVID-19: Japan, Sweden and Uruguay	3
NATO Facing China: Responses and Adaptations	3
What Putin Fights For	3
Europe Can Afford the Cost of Autonomy	3
Trump’s Insurrection and America’s Year of Living Dangerously	3
Ukraine: The Shock of Recognition	3
Fraught Relations: Saudi Ambitions and American Anger	3
Competing with the BRI: The West’s Uphill Task	3
Sanctioning Pandemic-plagued Iran	3
India and US FONOPs: Oceans Apart	3
The Military and the Constitution Under Trump	3
The Zeitenwende at Work: Germany’s National Security Strategy	2
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Sanctions Relief: Implications for US Policy	2
Alliances and Nuclear Risk: Strengthening US Extended Deterrence	2
An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State	2
Geopolitical Forecasting and Actionable Intelligence	2
America and the Illiberal Order After Trump	2
Noteworthy	2
What Kind of NATO Allies Will Finland and Sweden Be?	2
China Looks at the Korean Peninsula: The ‘Two Transitions’	2
Opportunistic Aggression in the Twenty-first Century	2
Spin-on: How the US Can Meet China’s Technological Challenge	2
Port Investments in the Belt and Road Initiative: Is Beijing Grabbing Strategic Assets?	2
Belarus and Russian Policy: Patterns of the Past, Dilemmas of the Present	2
The Crisis of Liberalism and the Western Alliance	2

In Reply: To Repeat, Europe Can Defend Itself	2
Endings and Surprises of the Russia–Ukraine War	2
Russia’s Demise as an Energy Superpower	2
Euro-Atlantic Security and the China Nexus	2
Why Have Chinese Diplomats Become So Aggressive?	2
United States	2
Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Verdict on the Limits of American Power	2
Strategic Unpredictability: Assessing the Doctrine from Nixon to Putin	2
Europe’s Defence Requires Offence	2
Dilemmas of Aiding Ukraine	2
A Useful Failure: Macron's Overture to Russia	2
Republican Politics and Policy After Trump	2
Why Global Order Needs Disorder	2
Quiet Engagement with the Taliban	2
Ukraine’s Strategy of Attrition	2
Vindicating Realist Internationalism	2
US Counter-terrorism: Moving Beyond Global Counter-insurgency to Strongpoint Defence	2
Russia’s Deceptive Nuclear Policy	2
Towards a New Model for US– Russian Relations	2
How the al-Qaeda–Taliban Alliance Survived	1
Strengthening the US Partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces	1
Reforming Ukraine’s Security Sector	1
Woman, Life, Freedom in Iran	1
Australia’s Archipelagic Deterrence	1
The Perspective from Pyongyang: Limits of Compromise	1
Joe Biden’s Post-transatlantic Moment	1
Calibrating the EU’s Trade Dependency	1
Did the US Intelligence Community Lose Iran?	1
Response: Keep the NPT	1
Forging Stability in Cyberspace	1
A New Concert? Diplomacy for a Chaotic World	1
US–China Relations in the Shadow of Spengler	1
All in the Family: North Korea and the Fate of Hereditary Autocratic Regimes	1
Getting Restraint Right: Liberal Internationalism and American Foreign Policy	1
Iran’s Grand Strategic Logic	1
Europe’s Fragile Unity	1
The Energy Transition, Protectionism and Transatlantic Relations	1
Hope Deferred: Russia from 1991 to 2021	1
Resolving the Dilemma of UNSC Reform	1
The Strategic Implications of China’s Weak Cyber Defences	1
The War on Terror Has Not Yet Failed: A Net Assessment After 20 Years	1
Getting China Right	1
America and Israel: The Thrill Is Gone	1
Protecting US Interests in Afghanistan	1
Saving Strategic Arms Control	1
The Guns of Europe: Defence-industrial Challenges in a Time of War	1
Reconsidering Spheres of Influence	1
The Geopolitics of Greenflation	1
More than Decorative, Less than Decisive: Russian A2/AD Capabilities and NATO	1
War and Arms Control: When to Pursue Cooperation	1
Xi Jinping’s Third Term	1
Europe	1
UN Peacekeeping After the Pandemic: An Increased Role for Intelligence	1
Connecting Intelligence and Policy	1
How the War Has Changed Russia	1
What Is This Thing Called Peace?	1
Negotiating with North Korea … Again	1
The Consequences of Generative AI for Democracy, Governance and War	1
Europe Cannot Defend Itself: The Challenge of Pooling Military Power	1
Manoeuvre Versus Attrition in US Military Operations	1
The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future of International Order	1
Rethinking Arms Control with a Nuclear North Korea	1