Security and Defense Publications
e-Dossier No. 27 - Molotov's Proposal that the USSR Join NATO, March 1954
Nov 21, 2011CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of a new document to its online Digital Archive. The document released today is a 1954 proposal by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, in which he proposed that the USSR Join NATO. more
Chronic Violence and its Reproduction: Perverse Trends in Social Relations, Citizenship, and Democracy in Latin America
Nov 01, 2011This report reviews a broad literature on the causes and social effects of chronic violence in Latin America and details the consistent and diverse ways that chronic violence undermines social relations and support for democracy. more
e-Dossier No. 24 - The Beginning of the End for Détente: The Warsaw Pact Political Consultative Committee
Oct 17, 2011CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of a new documents to its online Digital Archive. Mircea Munteanu analyzes new archival evidence on the Warsaw Pact's internal relations and military policy – meeting notes taken by Romanian Ambassador Vasile Sandru at a 1978 session of the Political Consultative Committee. more
Organized Crime in Central America: The Northern Triangle
Sep 14, 2011This publication attempts to create a better understanding of the nature, origins, and evolution of organized crime in Central America by examining the dynamics of organized crime in the three countries of the so-called Northern Triangle as well as the broader regional context that links these case studies. more
Security and Trade in Central America
Jul 07, 2011The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars sponsored a
congressional study trip to El Salvador and Guatemala from April 13 through April
18, 2009. It was organized by the Wilson Center on the Hill Program and the Latin
American Program at the Wilson Center. The trip focused on two issues that are critical for the United States’ relationships with countries across Central America – security and economic
development. more
The Euromissiles Crisis and the End of the Cold War: 1977-1987
Jul 07, 2011A CWIHP Document Reader compiled for the international conference "The Euromissiles Crisis and the End of the Cold War: 1977-1987" Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy, 10-12 December 2009 more
ECSP Report 4: Update and Resources
Jul 07, 2011This update section highlights the environment, population, and security activities of foundations, nongovernmental organizations, academic programs, and government offices, and includes a list of Internet sites and forums which may facilitate research and policy efforts. more
6. The Political Leadership and the Armed Forces in Postwar Eastern Europe
Jul 07, 2011The armed forces serve two important functions in the eyes of the East European political leaderships. First, they are a vehicle for maintaining political stability if the system is threatened from within. Second, from an external standpoint, to the degree the political leadership is able to field a modern, viable military, the regime's hand is strengthened in its dealings with the Soviets. Unfortunately for the East European leaderships, the historical record over the past forty years suggests that these militaries are of only limited utility in the first area, and, with the exception of the GDR, are becoming less valuable by the second. more
