JSIS 495 K Rome – John Koenig: European Defense: Strategic Choices for 2030
Task Force
For seven decades, NATO has been the framework for Europe’s defense. The European Union came relatively late to the defense and security game, with a low level of ambition focused
JSIS 495 J Rome – Marie Anchordoguy: The EU/European Economy in Global Perspective: EU-China Relations
Task Force 2020
Students will learn how to cooperate with each other to produce a white paper that is more than the sum of each individual contribution. They will identity the issues related
JSIS 495 I – Scott Radnitz: М.И.С.С.И.Я. (Mission): Mending International Stability and Security Issues with Russia
Task Force
Relations between the U.S. and Russia have recently been strained, to say the least. Unresolved problems involving Russia include arms control, the spread of disinformation, support for rebels in Ukraine,
JSIS 495 E – Scott Montgomery: Establishing the Department of Climate Change: In Defense of a Consolidated Federal Climate Effort
Task Force
The United States Constitution authorizes a president to create cabinet-level departments with responsibility over key areas of national importance. In some cases, such as Homeland Security, a new department has resulted
JSIS 495 G – Chris Jones: Towards a Strategic Concept: A NATO Strategy for Eurasia in the 2020s
Task Force
The 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has collided with the priorities of the “America First” agenda of President Trump. NATO faces overlapping challenges in Ukraine, in the
JSIS 495 F – Niko Switek: Confronting the Democratic Deficit in the European Union: The Potential of Europarties
Task Force
Ultimately, the European Union (EU) is a success story: a closely knit alliance of today 28 nation-states that brought peace and prosperity to Europe and helped the transition of Eastern
JSIS 495 H – Nadine Fabbi & Michelle Koutnik: The Right to Sea Ice: Canadian Arctic Policy and Inuit Knowledge
Task Force 2020
As Inuit, our relationship with the environment is steeped with meaning. It shapes our identity, values and worldview … Keeping our homeland cold is critical to us as a people.
JSIS 495 D – Danny Hoffman: A Multiperspective Analysis of Renewable Energy Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana Case Study
Task Force
How electricity infrastructure reaches rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa matters. Two-thirds of the population of this 46-nation region live without reliable electricity. The consequences are real. At the household level,
JSIS 495 C – Robert Pekkanen: Explaining Opposition Failure in Japan: Institutions, Party Fragmentation, and the Rural-Urban Divide
Task Force
The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan almost continuously since its creation in 1955 (1955-1993, 1994-2009, 2012-present). Does Japan need a more effective opposition to be more of a democracy?
JSIS 495 B – Jessica Beyer: The World Wide Race for Artificial Intelligence: A Path Forward for U.S. Policy
Task Force
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has broad and controversial national security application from cybersecurity to espionage to law enforcement to development. AI’s transformative potential has meant that governments around the world have