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
JSIS 495 A: Preventing ISIL’S Rebirth Through a Greater Understanding of Radicalization: A Case Study of ISIL Foreign Fighters
Task Force 2020
While the consequences of terrorism are unfortunately all too well-known and palpable, its causes very often evade us due to their politicization. Thus, one person’s “terrorist” may be another person’s
The end of democracy?: Global trends in democratic erosion and cases of persistence
Task Force 2019
Is democracy “over”? Around the world, established democracies are said to face “deconsolidation” or “erosion.” In other words, democracies seem a lot less stable and even less democratic. Separating rhetoric