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International Security at Fifty Years

Summer 2026 by Stephen Walt
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Seeing Through “Transparent Oceans”: Emerging Technology, Submarine Vulnerability, and the Future of MAD

Summer 2026 by Eli Sanchez
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The Iron Cage of International Anarchy

Summer 2026 by John J. Mearsheimer
Reports & Papers

The Dual-Use Frontier of AI-Enabled Biotechnology: Civilian Opportunities, National Security Threats, and the Governance Challenge

Aug. 13, 2026 by Ana Florescu-Ciobotaru and Caleb Workman
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Correspondence: The Challenge of Studying What China Wants

Summer 2026 by Rush Doshi, Andrea Ghiselli, Todd Hall, Jamie Gruffydd-Jones, Arash Heydarian Pashakhanlou, David Kang, Jackie S. H. Wong and Zenobia T. Chan
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The Return of Nationalist Geopolitics: Liberal Backsliding and Armed Conflict

Summer 2026 by Lars-Erik Cederman, Paola Galano Toro, Luc Girardin, Andreas Juon and Julian Wucherpfennig
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Report: Legal and Policy Developments Relevant to the Arctic Environment

Aug. 4, 2026 by Dervovic, Medy and Katharina Heinrich
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Bits-to-Watts: Connecting Markets and Prices for Compute and Power

Jul. 31, 2026 by Billimoria, Farhad and Conleigh Byers