International Security
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International Security publishes lucid, well-documented essays on all aspects of the control and use of force, from all political viewpoints. Its articles cover contemporary policy issues, and probe historical and theoretical questions behind them.

Essays in International Security have defined the debate on American national security policy and have set the agenda for scholarship on international security affairs.

Readers of International Security discover new developments in:

  • the causes and prevention of war
  • ethnic conflict and peacekeeping
  • post-Cold War security problems
  • European, Asian, and regional security
  • nuclear forces and strategy
  • arms control and weapons proliferation
  • post-Soviet security issues
  • diplomatic and military history
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All Issues
2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 43)
    1. No. 3 Winter 2018/19 pp. 3-197
    2. No. 2 Fall 2018 pp. 3-203
    3. No. 1 Summer 2018 pp. 3-193
  2. 2018 (Vol. 42)
    1. No. 4 Spring 2018 pp. 5-207
  3. 2017 (Vol. 42)
    1. No. 3 Winter 2017/18 pp. 3-186
    2. No. 2 Fall 2017 pp. 3-199
    3. No. 1 Summer 2017 pp. 3-210
  4. 2017 (Vol. 41)
    1. No. 4 Spring 2017 pp. 3-216
  5. 2016 (Vol. 41)
    1. No. 3 Winter 2016/17 pp. 3-205
    2. No. 2 FALL 2016 pp. 1-198
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2016 pp. 1-194
  6. 2016 (Vol. 40)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2016 pp. 1-194
  7. 2015 (Vol. 40)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2015/16 pp. 1-215
    2. No. 2 FALL 2015 pp. 1-204
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2015 pp. 1-198
  8. 2015 (Vol. 39)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2015 pp. 1-219
  9. 2014 (Vol. 39)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2014/15 pp. 1-214
    2. No. 2 FALL 2014 pp. 1-192
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2014 pp. 1-207
  10. 2014 (Vol. 38)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2014 pp. 1-208
  11. 2013 (Vol. 38)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2013/14 pp. 1-195
    2. No. 2 FALL 2013 pp. 1-202
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2013 pp. 1-195
  12. 2013 (Vol. 37)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2013 pp. 1-217
  13. 2012 (Vol. 37)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2012/13 pp. 1-181
    2. No. 2 FALL 2012 pp. 1-196
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2012 pp. 1-202
  14. 2012 (Vol. 36)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2012 pp. 1-206
  15. 2011 (Vol. 36)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2011/12 pp. 1-199
    2. No. 2 FALL 2011 pp. 1-202
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2011 pp. 1-213
  16. 2011 (Vol. 35)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2011 pp. 1-191
  17. 2010 (Vol. 35)
    1. No. 3 WINTER 2010/11 pp. 1-192
    2. No. 2 FALL 2010 pp. 1-185
    3. No. 1 SUMMER 2010 pp. 1-210
  18. 2010 (Vol. 34)
    1. No. 4 SPRING 2010 pp. 1-186
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