Abstract: The United States is currently engaged in one the longest and costliest wars in its history. In the thirteen years since the devastating attacks on 9/11, the United States

Abstract: The European Union is at a turning point in its approach vis-à-vis security and international relations. The 2003 European Security Strategy (ESS) laid out a vision for the EU

Abstract: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union stands to be the largest free trade agreement ever created. The

Abstract: This report focuses on three primary themes within the international refugee regime and identifies gaps in protection for Convention as well as non-Convention forced migrants. The first, solidarity, refers

Abstract: While a focus on pandemic preparedness is important, it does not address long term solutions to outbreak. In our highly globalized world, massive inequalities shape an environment in which

Abstract: Though no complex framework is needed to gauge the grave human costs brought about by three years of conflict in Syria, the crisis itself has been driven by a

Abstract: This Task Force report will tackle the immense, but clearly attainable goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030, addressing the ways in which USAID is working to end extreme

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

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?

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,