
Ukraine's Hopes for the Alaska Summit
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Reports & Papers
Improving Tropical Forest Financing: From TFFF and REDD+ to SSLB and FLL
From Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
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Reports & Papers
Workshop Report: The Governance of Arctic Climate Interventions
From Arctic Initiative
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Article
Why Defunding mRNA Vaccine Research Is a Catastrophic Mistake
From Security and Global Health

War and International Politics
With the end of unipolarity, security competition among the great powers—China, Russia, and the United States—is back with a vengeance.
In the latest issue of International Security, John J. Mearsheimer argues that war is the dominant feature of life in the international system, mainly because of the nature of politics, and that politics is a fundamentally conflictual enterprise with the ever-present possibility of violence.
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Middle East & North Africa
Artificial Intelligence
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Emerging Tech & American Isolationism: Consequences for AI, Drone, and Space Launch Technologies
From Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy
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Explainer
What are Autonomous Weapon Systems?
Energy
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Event Summary
Breaking the Cost Escalation Curse of Nuclear Power
From Environment and Natural Resources
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Event Summary
Sketching a Framework for Syria’s Future
Science & Technology
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Reports & Papers
Workshop Report: The Governance of Arctic Climate Interventions
From Arctic Initiative