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208 Articles
- 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
- Gender, Identity, and Security
- Sub-Saharan Africa
A Reminder To Men: Ending Gender-Based Violence Requires Comprehensive Engagement
In principle, the civil war in South Sudan ended after a peace agreement was signed in 2018. In principle, South Sudan’s constitution ensures a 35 percent…
July 26, 2023
- Intelligence & National Security
ARROS: A Universal Framework for Scrutinizing Policy Pros and Cons
Policymakers and researchers frequently grapple with complex questions of the form “will taking X action produce Q effect—and how good/bad is Q?” For example, lobbyists or…
June 26, 2023
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Sub-Saharan Africa
The Need for Private Investment to Tackle Climate Change in Africa
The evidence is clear: within ten years the world is likely to surpass the 1.5°C global warming threshold. Surpassing this threshold will significantly endanger natural…
June 8, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
The Elements of Control: China’s Monopoly over Critical Minerals
As part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken to investing in critical mineral mines globally. One of these investment hotspots is the…
June 1, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Intelligence & National Security
- Technology
Dr. Policymaker or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Question “Market Irrationality”
The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act and economic competition between the United States and the PRC over strategic technologies have reinvigorated the exploration of …
May 15, 2023
- Defense
To Centralize or Not to Centralize? For Defense Budgeting, that is the (Unwritten) Question
On March 9, 2023, the Biden administration submitted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 defense budget request to Congress, totaling $842 billion. This budget represents a $26…
May 8, 2023
- Environment and Biosecurity
Climate Change and Boots on the Ground: A New Frontier for Humanitarian Intervention?
Climate change is now at the forefront of the Pentagon’s priorities. So far, the U.S. military’s mission on climate change mitigation has focused on cleaning up and developing a…
May 3, 2023
- Technology
PeaceBot: ChatGPT’s Role in Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Our ways of waging war have evolved; it is time our ways of waging peace do as well. It’s been over a year since Russia started its war against Ukraine, and it’s not likely to…
May 1, 2023