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

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

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

RESEARCH FOR SOCIAL CHANGE For several years, thanks to the tenacious leadership of local organizations, Washington state has been at the forefront of national efforts to promote immigrant rights in

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

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

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

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.