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.

One of the thorniest and potentially lethal issues in international relations facing Japan is what to do about North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK). This issue has

Orbital debris is a disaster waiting to happen. Orbital debris threatens the future of space commerce and exploration for all spacefaring countries. It has resulted from human activities dating back

Seattle, like much of the country, is facing a housing crisis. Despite the unimaginable riches, there are not only thousands of homeless people but also more and more middle-class families

How much progress is the world actually making in the shift away from fossil fuels and in reducing global emissions? The energy transition, as this shift has been called, is