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The Defense, Emerging Technology and Strategy Program focuses on defense policy issues, security strategy execution, and new technologies that have emerged as pivotal to the future of international security, with a focus on space, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and synthetic biotech.
The Arctic Initiative integrates insights from cutting-edge scientific research, Indigenous knowledge, and policy analysis, to improve understanding of Arctic climate change; develop responsive policies and actions; and train the next generation of interdisciplinary Arctic experts and leaders.
The Middle East Initiative provides topical timely analysis on energy, diplomacy, foreign conflict resolution and more.
The Applied History Project promotes the use of historical reasoning to illuminate current challenges and choices in both the public and private sectors.
The Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program brings science and technology into the design of public policy, exploring some of the world's most challenging problems - from nuclear negotiations with Iran to privacy concerns about big data.
The Intelligence Project is building a new generation of practitioners serving a rapidly changing world, focusing on history, geopolitics, and emerging technologies, linking intelligence agencies with Belfer researchers, faculty and students to enrich education and support public policy decision-making.
The Project on Managing the Atom conducts and disseminates both timeless and topical policy-relevant research on nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, and nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
The Environment and Natural Resources Program examines cutting-edge issues at the intersection of environmental, climate, and science policy considerations, conducting policy-relevant research on energy technologies, grid decarbonization, hydrogen, biofuels, and climate finance.
The Geopolitics of Energy Project explores the intersection of energy, security, and international politics. The project aims to improve understanding of how energy demand and supply shape international politics – and vice versa.
The Africa Futures Project drives debate and research on critical issues of African politics and governance; climate change and the global energy transition; conflict and security; and geopolitics as they shape our collective future.
The International Security Program addresses the most pressing threats to U.S. national interests and international security, supports supports young scholars with its fellowship program and sponsors and edits the quarterly journal International Security.
This is just a sampling of the Belfer Center's research programs, projects, and special initiatives. To explore more about our various research programs, visit our Programs page.
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Event SummaryRevealing Secrets About the Antecedents of the Five Eyes Network
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ArticleArtificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility
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Breaking the Cost Escalation Curse of Nuclear Power
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ArticleA Matter of Principle: How Local Consent Affects U.S. Support for Military Interventions
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Middle East & North Africa
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What Lifting U.S. Sanctions Means for Syria’s Transition
Artificial Intelligence
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ArticleDeception and Detection: Why Artificial Intelligence Empowers Cyber Defense over Offense
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AI, Health, and the Future of Scientific Cooperation
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Q&ALaw Professor Jody Freeman Unpacks the EPA's Decision to Rescind the Endangerment Finding
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Revealing Secrets About the Antecedents of the Five Eyes Network
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In The NewsThe Stunning Failure of Iranian Deterrence
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Israel and Gaza
October 7, 2023 marked a seminal turning point in recent history, bringing key disputes about territory, military strategy and regional power alliances to the forefront of foreign policymakers' agenda.
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