Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- Gender, Identity, and Security
- Middle East & North Africa
The Burden Women Bear: Israel-Hamas War Sheds Light on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Experienced by Israeli & Palestinian Women
The war outbreak between Israel and Hamas introduces a grim development in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The October 7th attack heightened existing tensions and…
November 15, 2023
- Middle East & North Africa
Israel versus Hamas: What Should Be the United States’ Role?
The Israel-Hamas war has dominated headlines and captured the attention of audiences around the world. Since Hamas launched its unwarranted and unprecedented surprise attack on…
November 14, 2023
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
A Network of Possibilities: How the Haqqani Network Changed the Face of Global Terrorism Forever
There is little contention over the fact that Al-Qaeda’s attack on U.S. soil in September 2001 tops the list of the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. However, despite the…
November 13, 2023
- Defense
Thinking Like a General: Wargaming with Sebastian Bae
On September 30, 2023, Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program (SSP) held a skills-based professional workshop on wargaming led by adjunct professor Sebastian Bae. A…
November 7, 2023
- Environment and Biosecurity
- The Americas
Mad Max: Climate Change, the Panama Canal, and U.S. National Security
Rodolfo Sabonge served for 27 years as the Vice President for Planning and Development at the Panama Canal Authority. During the keynote remarks for the annual Climate…
October 31, 2023
- Middle East & North Africa
The Future of Palestine Project
International partners of the Palestinian people must start working now to envision a stable, prosperous, and peaceful Palestine based on the principles of a two-state solution.…
October 27, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
Geopolitics in the Babyhouse: How the Kremlin uses Adopted Orphans to Advance Its Foreign Policy Agenda
“I didn’t want to go, but no one asked me,” remarked a Ukrainian orphan deported to Russia after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. These tragic words represent…
October 26, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
Mobilized, Forgotten, Ignored: Russia’s Control Mechanisms of its Minority Populations Amid the Russo-Ukrainian War
The recruitment ad for the Russian military, released in the spring of 2023, hammered home the sentiment that signing up for service was not only patriotic but manly. Considering…
October 25, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Technology
The United States’ Semiconductor Export Controls at One Year: Is the PRC Racing Forward?
On October 7, 2022, the United States Department of Commerce announced a series of export controls that signaled a marked shift in U.S. policy and a new era of global technology…
October 19, 2023
- Intelligence & National Security
- The Americas
Book Review — Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay
In the Summer of 2021, America watched the evacuation of Afghanistan. Terrifying images of Hamid Karzai International Airport filled our screens almost every day. Marines and…
August 1, 2023