U.S.- JAPAN ALLIANCE IN THE WORLD Given the multiple regional security challenges, the focus is on assessing how and whether the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance can play a role in stabilizing

COUNTERING THE ILLIBERAL DRIFT IN EUROPE: ASSESSING REGIONAL POLITICS AND CITIZEN ACTION Radical rightwing nationalist parties have become ‘normalized’ actors in parliaments across Europe, promoting Eurosceptic, xenophobic and antidemocratic policies.

INDIGENOUS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN A WARMING ARCTIC In both Canada and the United States, China’s aspirations as a polar power are impacting the balance in Arctic international relations. In

INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION Description: An estimated 12 million persons with disabilities are among those forcibly displaced globally. Recognizing that persons with disabilities are often among the

AVERTING WAR: TAIWAN AND U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS In 2021, The Economist dedicated an issue to Taiwan titled “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth.” After China’s 2022 missile launches off Taiwan’s shores

Allies, Partners, and Prospects: Global Perspectives on U.S. the Indo-Pacific Strategy The United States considers the Indo-Pacific region, the area within and around the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as vital

HYBRID WARFARE, DISINFORMATION AND THE NATO RESPONSE In the months leading up to and during the 2022 Ukraine conflict, hybrid warfare and disinformation operations disabled critical infrastructure and shaped public

DEFINING ANTISEMITISM IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 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

JAPAN’S SPACE DIPLOMACY   This taskforce focuses on Japan’s space diplomacy in the international system. It cuts across the deeply intertwined trends of the country’s science, economics, and military space diplomacy.

HYBRID WARFARE, DISINFORMATION AND THE NATO RESPONSE In the months leading up to and during the 2022 Ukraine conflict, hybrid warfare and disinformation operations disabled critical infrastructure and shaped public