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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Ronald Steel and the American Century	35
Culture and Society	34
Telegram, ‘Milbloggers’ and the Russian State	26
Noteworthy	24
Middle East	23
The US Navy’s Generational Challenge	22
The US Navy and the Western PacificU.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century: A New Strategy for Facing the Chinese and Russian Threat, Brent Droste Sadler. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023. $39.	12
The H-bomb in the Swamp: Taking Nuclear War Seriously Again	12
Russia and Eurasia	12
Intelligence, Strategy and Governance in the Twenty-first Century	11
Making Attrition Work: A Viable Theory of Victory for Ukraine	11
Middle East	11
Environment and Resources	9
Swords and Emotions: The American Civil War and Society-centric Strategy	8
After Afghanistan: Intelligence Analysis and US Military Missions	8
An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State	7
Europe’s China Problem: How Not to Feed Beijing’s Military–Civil Fusion	7
Can the New Left Deliver Change in Latin America?	7
Eastern Exposure: Germany Looks at Russia	6
Response: Keep the NPT	5
Culture and Society	5
Noteworthy	5
A Useful Failure: Macron's Overture to Russia	5
The Improbably Long Reach of the Rushdie Fatwa	4
Brief Notices	4

Negotiating with North Korea … Again	4
Calibrating Engagement with the Taliban	4
South Asia	4
Russia and Eurasia	4
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies	4
Noteworthy	4
The Crisis of Liberalism and the Western Alliance	4
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies	4
Oppenheimer: The Man, the Movie and Nuclear DreadOppenheimer (American film), Christopher Nolan, director and writer. Distributed by Universal Pictures, 2023.	4
Getting China Right	4
Environment and Resources	4
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies	4
Alliances and Nuclear Risk: Strengthening US Extended Deterrence	3
Protecting US Interests in Afghanistan	3
Asia’s Ukraine Problem	3
Forever Bound? Japan’s Road to Self-defence and the US Alliance	3
Zeitenwende One Year On	3
Hard Lessons from South Sudan	3
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Durability of Deterrence	3
Brief Notices	3
Europe	3
The Contested Origin of SARS-CoV-2	3
Calibrating the EU’s Trade Dependency	3
Towards Nuclear Stewardship with China	3
The Ambivalence of Soft PowerSoft Power and the Future of US Foreign Policy, Hendrik W. Ohnesorge, ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023. £90.00. 256 pp.	3
The Maritime Logic of the Melian Dialogue: Deterrence in the Western Pacific	3
Noteworthy	3
Indo-Pacific Dilemmas: The Like-minded and the Non-aligned	3
The Guns of Europe: Defence-industrial Challenges in a Time of War	3
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Military Scenarios and Outcomes	3
Brief Notices	2
What’s the UN Security Council For?	2
Whither Wagner? The Consequences of Prigozhin’s Mutiny and Demise	2
Noteworthy	2
Editor’s Note	2
The Intricacies of UN Security Council Reform	2
Australia’s ‘Drums of War’	2
The State of NATO: An American View	2
South Korea's Aircraft-carrier Debate	2
Argentina’s Foreign Policy Under Milei: Limited Disruption?	2
Putin's Strategic Failure	2
Latin America	2
The War in Ukraine and Global Nuclear Order	2
Afghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding	2
Is Putin Doomed to Run in 2024?	2
Ditch the NPT	2
Lifting the Protection Curse: The Rise of New Military Powers in the Middle East	2
How the War Has Changed Russia	2
Finland, Sweden and NATO Membership	2
Fraught Relations: Saudi Ambitions and American Anger	2

UN Peacekeeping After the Pandemic: An Increased Role for Intelligence	1
Algeria’s Assertive Re-emergence	1
Noteworthy	1
Europe	1
Brief Notices	1
India and US FONOPs: Oceans Apart	1
Sudan’s Transition to War	1
Woman, Life, Freedom in Iran	1
Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt	1
Asia-Pacific	1
Germany’s Strategic Reorientations, Present and Past	1
Kissinger and Monnet: Realpolitik and Interdependence in World Affairs	1
From Quad to Quint? Vietnam’s Strategic Potential	1
Engaging North Korea: The Warming-up Phase	1
Detect and Engage: A New American Way of War	1
Hope Deferred: Russia from 1991 to 2021	1
Geography Lessons: American Decline and the Challenge of Asia	1
South Asia	1
The ‘China Model’ in the Middle East	1
Culture and Society	1
The War in Ukraine and the European Central Bank	1
Keir Starmer’s Britain: Can the Centre Hold?	1
Two Cheers for Biden’s Ukraine Policy	1
NATO Facing China: Responses and Adaptations	1
How to End a War: Some Historical Lessons for Ukraine	1
Noteworthy	1
The United States, China and the Dispersal of Power	1
Middle East	1
Brief Notices	1
Brief Notices	1
Counter-terrorism and Intelligence	1
South Asia	1
A Critical Juncture: Russia, Ukraine and the Global South	1
Truman Redux? Biden’s National Security Strategy	1
Ukraine: The Shock of Recognition	1
The Cyber Dimension of the Russia–Ukraine War	1
Four Circles: Comprehending the China Challenge	1
Making Net Assessment Work: Evaluating Great-power Competition	1
The Perspective from Pyongyang: Limits of Compromise	1
Russia and Eurasia	1
Politics and International Relations	1
Middle East	1