Download or read book Strategic Monitor 2015: The return of ghosts hoped past? written by Tim Sweijs and published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Return of Ghosts Hoped Past? Global Trends in Conflict and Cooperation, is HCSS’ most recent contribution to the Strategic Monitor and examines the longer-term security impact of these reappearing ghosts. Are the horrific events that dominated news agendas in 2014 - such as the downing of MH-17 and violent acts of IS - isolated incidents or part of a more structural trend? Did the ‘ghosts of the past’ ever really go away? In the report, HCSS addresses recent events and trends in light of overarching patterns of conflict.