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SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen

  • Edited by: Robin Allers , Stephan Frühling , Sarah Kirchberger , Carlo Masala , Christoph Meyer and Sönke Neitzel
  • Managing Editor: Christian Pogies
Language: German
First published: March 20, 2017
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
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Starting with the 2022 volume, all new articles will be published in Open Access under the CC-BY NC ND license. For authors, the publication is free of charge. 

The archive volumes 2017 to 2021 are freely accessible via Free Access. 

About this journal 

SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (SIRIUS – Journal of Strategic Analysis) addresses key strategic challenges and offers policy options in the areas of security, foreign affairs, and defence. It serves as an established forum for academics and practitioners from Germany as well as those beyond, to engage with German-speaking policy and scholarly security communities. The journal publishes innovative reflections, ensuring their high quality through a peer-review process. Its in-depth analyses are directed not only at an academic audience but also at an interested public. Th e journal’s aim is to inform and shape security policy debates in a forward-looking manner, addressing regional and global challenges within the German-speaking world. With its distinctive profile, SIRIUS fulfils a recognized and unique role, particularly in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 

SIRIUS positions itself as a facilitator, connecting the multiple strands of strategic analysis. The journal addresses both traditional and cross-cutting strategic questions. In addition, it features contributions on short- and long-term regional and domestic developments with implications for international security, as well as issues related to internal security and intelligence studies. The journal also publishes contributions of a historical and theoretical nature, aimed at deepening the understanding of strategic interrelations. All contributions published in SIRIUS are underpinned by a strong focus on practical relevance and reflect the journal’s overarching commitment to advancing practice-oriented political science. 

The publication of the journal is funded by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Demokratie (SW&D). 

SIRIUS welcomes the submission of contributions! 

The journal explicitly encourages early career researchers and practitioners to submit manuscripts with innovative research results. 

The current Editors of SIRIUS are listed below:

Dr. Robin Allers (Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies), Prof. Dr. Stephan Frühling (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)), Dr. Sarah Kirchberger (Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)), Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala (University of the Bundeswehr Munich), Prof. Christoph Meyer, PhD, (King’s College London), Prof. Dr. Sönke Neitzel (University of Potsdam)

Benefits for Authors

  • A transparent peer review process ensures the high quality of the contributions
  • Open to all career stages: The editors explicitly encourage early career researchers and practitioners—as well as established scholars and professionals from politics, public administration, the military, and industry—to submit their manuscripts
  • Print and online publication
  • Rapid publication process through Ahead of Publication (AoP) / Just Accepted
  • Free open access publication
  • Renowned Editorial Board Members

Further Benefits for Authors

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  • Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise language
  • Manuscripts should address current or presently underestimated issues and opportunities
  • Please submit your manuscripts in .doc/.docx format to the editorial team at: sirius@swud.org

Article Categories

    • Article | Word count: 6,000 to 12,000 words
    • (Strategic) Commentary or (Short) Analysis | Word count: 3,000 to 5,000 words
    • Historical Texts Revisited | Word count: 1,500 to 5,000 words
    • Literature Review | Word count: 3,000 to 5,000 words
    • Book Review | Word count: 1,000 to 3,000 words

For detailed guidelines on manuscript preparation, please refer to Instructions for Authors 

Editors

Dr. Robin Allers, Associate Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS)
Prof. Dr. Stephan Frühling, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of (SDSC), Australian National University
Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, Academic Director, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)
Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala, Professor of International Politics, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Prof. Christoph Meyer, PhD, Professor of European & International Politics, King’s College London
Prof. Dr. Sönke Neitzel, Professor of Military History / Cultural History of Violence, University of Potsdam

Past Editors

Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp, Former President, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS)
Prof. Dr. Joachim Krause, Editor-in-chief of SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (SIRIUS – Journal of Strategic Analysis), Former Director, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger, Director, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bagci, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University (METU)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Blum, Professor of Economics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bluth, Professor in International Relations, University of Bradford
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Heuser, Distinguished Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
PD Dr. Markus Kaim, Head of the Division ‘Geoeconomy and Security Policy’, Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy emeritus, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Dr. Claudia Major, Senior Vice President, Transatlantic Security, German Marshall Fund (GMF)
Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann, Professor of Security Studies, Department of War Studies at King’s College Lo n don
Prof. Dr. Shlomo Shpiro, Professor of Security and Intelligence, Bar-Ilan University (BIU)
Dr. Oliver Thränert, Head of Think Tank (Retired), Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich

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eISSN:
2510-2648
ISSN:
2510-263X
Language:
German
Publisher:
De Gruyter
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First published:
March 20, 2017
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
eISSN: 2510-2648
ISSN: 2510-263X
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