The Journal of Strategic Security (JSS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed professional journal published quarterly by Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) at the University of South Florida with support from the USF Libraries. The Journal provides a multi-disciplinary forum for scholarship and discussion of strategic security issues drawing from the fields of global and national security, international relations, military affairs, and intelligence among others. JSS is indexed in SCOPUS, the Directory of Open Access Journals, several EBSCOhost databases, EuroPub, and ProQuest databases.
Current Issue: Volume 18, Number 2
(Afghanistan)
Introduction
Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) and JSS are pleased to present to our communities of practice a special issue on Afghanistan's political stability and security issues. This issue examines the multifaceted impacts of the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, reflects on the history and dynamics of the Taliban in power, and assesses the implications for regional security.Articles
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
Jonathan Schroden
Afghan Generational Radicalization
Kaneshka Nawabi
From Uncertainty to Strategic Failure: U.S. Military Interventions and the Complexity of Nation-Building in Afghanistan
Goddy Uwa Osimen and Oluwamurewa Newo
Afghanistan: Consolidation of Power Under the Taliban, Challenges and Sustainability
Ali Ahmad Jalali PhD
From Nation-Building to Collapse: Analyzing Afghanistan’s 2021 Fall and the Geopolitical Entropies of U.S. Withdrawal
Arash Beidollahkhani and Edriss Rasa
Our Knowledge of the Taliban as Guide for US Policy
Marvin G. Weinbaum
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Second Chance and RED Strategy
Oleg Golishnikov
China-Taliban Security Ties: A Reimagining of South Asia's Security Discourse
Amit Kumar Mr. and Veena Ramachandran
Navigating Transit Governance: WTO Rules and UNCLOS with a Focus on Nepal and Afghanistan
Dr.Neeru Sidana and DIsha Tiwari Ms.
Human Security and Afghan Refugee Resettlement in the US: A Case Study of Camp Atterbury
Arif Akgul, Jennifer Grimes, and Samuel Valentine
Afghanistan, Wargaming, and Human Behavior
John A. Kirbow
Book Reviews
Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit. By Marc Feldman and Hugh Taylor. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2025.
Mark T. Peters II
Leveraging Latency: How the Weak Compel the Strong with Nuclear Technology. By Tristan A. Volpe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Jae Eun Han, PhD student
