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UK information sharing and counterterrorism after Brexit
Hughes, Caitlin ; Heuser, Beatrice (vedoucí práce) ; Fitzgerald, James (oponent)
The UK's decision to leave the European Union has had a vast amount of consequences for all of those involved. Even now, Brexit continues to plague the headlines of both UK and EU newspapers and will continue to for some time. As a result of the negotiations between the UK and the EU, the UK lost access to key information sharing systems that assisted it in its counterterrorism efforts, namely Europol, the Schengen Information System and the European Arrest Warrant. The loss of these specific networks means that the UK has had to draw up new counterterrorism plans, as it used these networks more than any of its European counterparts. This dissertation will focus on these three entities and assess that the UK has lost a great deal of valuable cooperation opportunities and information as a result of Brexit. It will then argue that despite a significant amount of concern, both by international and UK government officials, not enough has been done as of yet to replace these crucial networks. This dissertation will also argue that the UK may attempt to rely on the other allies it has in the field of counterterrorism but, as things stand, no significant agreements have been made and this will prove to be a problem for UK counterterrorism if something does not change.
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Black Swans in the Black Sea: Scenarios for the Future of NATO-Russia Relations in the Black Sea Region.
Wagner, Greta ; Kazharski, Aliaksei (vedoucí práce) ; Biagini, Erika (oponent) ; Heuser, Beatrice (oponent)
This research paper demonstrates the value of scenario analysis for the field of Security Studies, by developing an easy-to-replicate framework for "Intuitive Logics" scenario building and applying it to the case of NATO-Russia relations in the Black Sea region. While scenarios are frequently used as strategic management and planning tools in the corporate and public sector, they represent a relatively new addition to the methodological toolkit of Security Studies. Based on the example of the conflict between NATO and Russia in the Black Sea region, this paper shows how scenario analysis can foster a structured and multifaceted understanding of conflict constellations. To this end, this paper compiles a list of "drivers of change" and external forces that have the potential to impact NATO-Russia relations in the next ten to fifteen years, identifies the "critical uncertainties," and develops four different scenario narratives.
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