Aims and scope

Security and Defence Quarterly (ISSN 2300-8741; eISSN 2544-994X) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in specific subfields of security and defence. The focus spans several distinct yet interconnected areas, including the protection of states, societies, organisations, and individuals from threats of a physical, digital, social, and geopolitical nature. The field encompasses protecting people, assets, information, and critical infrastructure through comprehensive policies, strategies, and operational plans that address both conventional and unconventional threats, such as cyberattacks, terrorism, and hybrid warfare. It also involves the integration of emerging technologies, consideration of ethical and legal implications, and the promotion of international cooperation to enhance resilience and stability in a complex global environment. SDQ serves as a platform for scholarly contributions from a diverse range of stakeholders, including academics, practitioners, and current and former military personnel/officers, making it a unique and invaluable resource. The journal aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of security and defence issues, encompassing the evolution of defence studies and the challenges related to security in the global environment, by encouraging rigorous scholarship and practical insights.
SDQ invites original research papers, reviews, conceptual articles, short papers, book reviews, commentaries, and interviews that address various aspects of security and defence. Security and Defence Quarterly also publishes special issues as part of its regular publishing schedule or as additional issues. These special issues focus on pressing national and international security concerns, often underserved in traditional security studies literature.
Established in 2013 by the National Defence University (renamed the War Studies University in 2016), Security and Defence Quarterly initially aimed to promote scientific research at universities affiliated with the Central European Forum on Military Education (CEFME). Since 2016, Security and Defence Quarterly has been published under the auspices of the Faculty of National Security of the War Studies University in Warsaw, Poland. The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is indexed in DOAJ, ERIH+, EBSCO, Semantic Scholar, CEJSH (The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities), ROAD, Academic Journals, Directory of Research Journal Indexing, Open Academic Journals Index, Sherpa Romeo, and other databases.

Open access
All articles are Open Access, which means they are freely available to read and download. Security and Defence Quarterly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License see here.

The journal does not impose any submission or article-processing charges.

All texts should be submitted in English. The journal provides its own proofreading services.