JSIS 495D Task Force: Michelle R. Koutnik – Indigenous and International Relations in a Warming Arctic
Task Force 2024
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
JSIS 495C Task Force: Megan McCloskey – Including Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
Task Force 2024
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
JSIS 495B Task Force: James Lin – Averting War: Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations
Task Force 2024
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
JSIS 495A Anand Yang – Partners, Allies, and China: Global Perspectives on the Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States
Task Force 2024
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
JSIS 495C Sarah Lohmann – Hybrid Warfare, Disinformation and the NATO Response
Task Force 2023
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
SPRING QUARTER: JSIS 495 Noam Pianko – Defining Antisemitism in a Global Context
Task Force 2023
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
SPRING QUARTER: JSIS 495 Saadia Pekkanen – Japan’s Space Diplomacy
Task Force 2023
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.
JSIS 495F Sarah Lohmann – Hybrid Warfare, Disinformation and the NATO Response
Task Force 2023
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
JSIS 495D Jessica Beyer – Social Media Content Moderation, Law, and Freedom of Speech
Task Force 2023
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT MODERATION, LAW, AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH As the major social media platforms have become increasingly central to the lives of people all over the world, the impacts
JSIS 495C Sabine Lang – Countering the ILLIBERAL Drift in Europe: Assessing the role of civil society and governments
Task Force 2023
COUNTERING THE ILLIBERAL DRIFT IN EUROPE: Assessing the Role of Civil Society and Governments Rightwing nationalist parties and movements have become ‘normalized’ features of many European political systems. They govern