JSIS 495A Saadia Pekkanen – Preventing Disasters in Space: Proposing CODA: Committee on Debris Affairs
Task Force 2022
Orbital debris is a disaster waiting to happen. Orbital debris threatens the future of space commerce and exploration for all spacefaring countries. It has resulted from human activities dating back
JSIS 495G Kathie Friedman – The EU Response to Migration and Asylum in the Time of Covid
Task Force 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic threw European asylum systems into a state of chaos. In spite of international and EU laws that lay out the parameters of humanitarian protection, domestic politics and agendas have been calling the shots. Asylum seekers remain
JSIS 495F Resat Kasaba – The U.S. Response To Changes In Turkey’s Foreign Policy
Task Force 2022
In recent years Turkey has been asserting its power and influence in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa independently from the United States and its allies in Europe. This is a
JSIS 495H Sarah Lohmann – NATO and Emerging Technology
Task Force 2022
This class will examine the emerging technologies having an increased impact on helping NATO’s defense, as well as those creating new challenges from adversaries. Students are invited to participate in a task
JSIS 495E Noam Pianko – Defining Antisemitism in a Global Context
Task Force 2022
After decades of decreasing levels, incidents of Antisemitism, sometimes called “the longest hatred,” are rising in the United States and around the globe. From Charlottesville to Budapest, Antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy
JSIS 495D Tony Lucero and Holly Barker – Nuclear Decolonization and the UW
Task Force 2022
One of the unfinished chapters of the Cold War involves the participation of universities in ethically problematic research activities. The University of Washington has been part of that history. Students in
JSIS 495C Scott Montgomery – Global Trends in Energy and Emissions: Key Points for Policy Decision-Making
Task Force 2022
How much progress is the world actually making in the shift away from fossil fuels and in reducing global emissions? The energy transition, as this shift has been called, is
JSIS 495B Jonathan Warren – Solving Seattle’s Housing Crisis
Task Force 2022
Seattle, like much of the country, is facing a housing crisis. Despite the unimaginable riches, there are not only thousands of homeless people but also more and more middle-class families
JSIS 495A Robert Pekkanen – Nervous about a Nuclear Neighbor: Japan’s Policy on North Korea
Task Force 2022
One of the thorniest and potentially lethal issues in international relations facing Japan is what to do about North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK). This issue has