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Global Peace and Security Dynamics

Global Peace and Security Dynamics is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 20.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in international relations, focusing on humanitarian intervention, state sovereignty, United Nations involvement, genocide prevention, and the roles of regional organizations such as the African Union. It discusses the evolution of norms of protection and the challenges and debates surrounding the implementation of R2P.

  • Responsibility to Protect
  • Humanitarian Intervention
  • International Law
  • State Sovereignty
  • United Nations
  • Genocide
  • African Union
  • Security Council
  • Norms of Protection
  • Regional Organizations
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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Which countries lead Global Peace and Security Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 691 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 691 works
  3. 3 Germany 423 works
  4. 4 Australia 217 works
  5. 5 South Africa 208 works
  6. 6 Russia 200 works
  7. 7 India 180 works
  8. 8 France 177 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 165 works
  10. 10 Canada 159 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 30.9%United Kingdom: 19.7%Germany: 12.1%Australia: 6.2%6 others listed: 31.1%31%largest
United States1,084 · 30.9%United Kingdom691 · 19.7%Germany423 · 12.1%Australia217 · 6.2%6 others listed1,090 · 31.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Global Peace and Security Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy publishes the most Global Peace and Security Dynamics research, followed by University of Pretoria and King's College London.

Who are the leading researchers in Global Peace and Security Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Peace and Security Dynamics include James A. Russell, Francis Fukuyama and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 James A. Russell United States 5k citations
  2. 2 Francis Fukuyama United States 4.1k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 3.7k citations
  4. 4 G. John Ikenberry United States 3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Global Peace and Security Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Global Peace and Security Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Hamburg (Germany) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 172 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 137 works
  3. 3 Hamburg Germany 112 works
  4. 4 New York United States 104 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C. United States 90 works
  6. 6 Paris France 77 works
  7. 7 Pretoria South Africa 63 works
  8. 8 Johannesburg South Africa 63 works
  9. 9 Geneva Switzerland 57 works
  10. 10 Beijing China 55 works
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Where is the best place to study Global Peace and Security Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, European University Institute and King's College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 26.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Johannesburg: 37, 22.1%European University Institute: 12, 49.8%King's College London: 41, 22.9%Dublin City University: 21, 11.7%Moscow State Institute of International Relations: 29, 22.9%University of Pretoria: 43, 14.5%Leiden University: 25, 17.4%Jawaharlal Nehru University: 13, 39.5%Roskilde University: 11, 35.4%Coventry University: 9, 28.7%European University …King's College LondonUniversity of Johann…Dublin City University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 67.522.1%9.6×37 +141.9%
2 European University InstituteItaly 67.549.8%24.9×12 +4.1%
3 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 63.322.9%9.0×41 +58.7%
4 Dublin City UniversityIreland 61.311.7%21.1×21 +179.4%
5 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 59.922.9%26.8×29 +99.3%
6 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 59.314.5%16.3×43 +52.3%
7 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 59.217.4%12.3×25 +66.5%
8 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 59.239.5%11.2×13 +17.8%
9 Roskilde UniversityDenmark 58.235.4%15.1×11 +46.3%
10 Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom 57.028.7%12.3×9 +47.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Global Peace and Security Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Global Peace and Security Dynamics.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.