About this journal

Defense & Security Analysis

is an independent, interdisciplinary and international journal which is mainly concerned with the field of defense theory and analysis. Whilst endeavouring to be scholarly in both content and style, it is designed to be a forum for exchange of data, ideas and methodological approaches among the professional military, their supporting bureaucracies and academic and independent researchers involved in the analysis of defense policy.

A wide range of methodological approaches to defense matters will be encompassed - quantitative, qualitative and speculative. The Editors welcome contributions to Defense & Security Analysis that fall within the following subject categories:

• Comparative defense policies
• Defense intelligence
• Defense management and command
• Defense procurement and sales
• Defense technology, research and development
• Economics of defense
• Formulation, simulation and prediction of defense issues
• Historical patterns and trends concerning defense
• Hypotheses, theories and critiques of defense, security and war
• Internal defense and low-intensity operations
• Medical and psychological dimensions of defense
• Methodological approaches to defense issues
• Operations research and analysis
• Social and legal aspects of war, defense and armed forces
• Terrorism, counter-terrorism and internal security

Thoroughly interested in contentious debate and new interpretations, Defense & Security Analysis has two additional categories contained within the journal under which articles are published:‘Critical Comments’ and ‘Fresh Perspectives’. The former provides an opportunity for authors to challenge current opinion, defense and security policies or to respond to articles published in the journal; the latter provides a platform for those scholars who wish to express bold and daring arguments on current issues.

In addition to scholarly, refereed articles, Defense & Security Analysis will include commissioned works and contributions published at the discretion of the Editors. Suggestions or proposals of possible articles and reviews are therefore welcomed. Unless the author specifies to the contrary, submitted articles will normally be evaluated, anonymously, by an independent reviewer. Defense & Security Analysis also publishes special editions, occasionally with a Guest Editor, which address a major defense or security issue.

Peer Review

All research and analysis papers are initially assessed for suitability by the editor, and if judged suitable, will then peer-reviewed by two independent, anonymous expert referees. Peer review is double anonymous. For special issues, articles will be reviewed by the editor and a single expert referee. Book reviews do not go through a peer-review process, but are subject to review by the journal’s reviews editor, as well as the editor-in-chief.

Editor-in-Chief
Thomas-Durell Young – Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

Founding Editor
Martin Edmonds † – Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, UK

Emeritus Editor
Robert Gray –  Lancaster, PA, USA

Acting Reviews Editor
Zsolt Lazar – Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy, Budapest

Corresponding Editors
Bence Nemeth – King’s College London, UK
Jon Strandquist – Washington, DC
Donald Stoker – Washington, DC
Tamas Csiki – National University of Public Service, Budapest
Zsolt Lazar – Budapest

Editorial Advisory Board
K. Balakrishnan – University of Warwick, UK
M. G. Bartoszewicz – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
A. Bebler – Ljubljana, Slovenia
M. Boulegue – Chatham House, London, UK
K. Boutin –  Deakin Asia-Pacific Research Network, VIC, Australia
P. Bracken – New Haven, CT, USA
L. Brady – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
M. Constantinescu – Carol I National Defense University, Romania
C. Downes – Victory University of Wellington, New Zealand
L. Dycka – Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia
A. Esterhuyse – Stellenbosch University, Saldanha, South Africa
M. Evans – Australian Defence College, Canberra, Australia
M. Garb – University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
G. Grant – Riga Business School, Latvia
R. C. Gray – Lancaster, PA, USA
C. Ward Gventer – Defense Security Cooperation University, Washington, DC, USA
G. Hammond – Montgomery, AL, USA
W. Huntly – Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
M. Hurt – International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia
L. James – St. Andrews, UK
A. Jackman – University of Reading, UK
N. Jenne – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Z. Kríž – Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
C. Mahoney – CSU Long Beach, USA
S. Metz – U.S. Army War College, PA, USA
L. Milevski - Leiden University, The Netherlands
G. Mills – Johannesburg, South Africa
T. Mockaitis – DePaul University, Chicago, USA
J. Mulhern – University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
M. Powell – RAF College Cranwell, UK
E. Rhodes – New Brunswick, NJ, USA
P. Rich – Trends Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
C. Robinson – Nairobi, Kenya
J. Rolfe – Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
A. Rossiter – Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
O. Schmitt – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
E. Shamir – Bar Ilan University, Israel
R. Steff – University of Waikato, New Zealand
O. Riste – Oslo, Norway
N. Ueda – Tokyo, Japan
H. Vetschera – Vienna, Austria
W. von Bredow – Marburg/Lahn, Germany
J. J. Wirtz – Monterey, USA

Updated 13-02-2024