SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen

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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)
P rof. Dr. Andreas Wenger, Director, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich

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 London
Prof. Dr. Shlomo Shpiro, Professor of Security and Intelligence, Bar Ilan University (BIU) Ramat Gan
Dr. Oliver Thränert, Head of Think Tank (Retired), Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich

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