Research

The attached document contains April 2022 updates to our database on U.S. government investments in energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment (ERD3) through the Department of Energy.

The United States has enjoyed decades-long military treaty alliances with Japan and Australia. The fact that India has joined to form the Quad, not as a formal ally but major strategic partner, is advantageous for Washington and its strategy to limit China’s military push for power in the region. The time has come for the U.S. and India to think more ambitiously about the future strategic partnership between the world’s two most important democracies. 

Samantha Power reviews Géraldine Schwarz's book Those Who Forget My Family’s Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning.

We are at a moment in time where cooperation between public-purpose stakeholders and profit-motive stakeholders can be an effective means of integrating public purpose into technology as it emerges. This brief covers the basic concept of a public-purpose consortium (PPC), examination of what combination of factors lead to their use for emerging technologies, and considers the key principles for organizing PPCs and enabling their success: Build Community, Enable Cooperation, Ensure Value, Institute Governance, and Keep It Lightweight.

In its inaugural Tech Spotlight recognition ceremony, the Technology and Public Purpose Project celebrated three outstanding technologies that represent the best in responsible development and deployment of technology for the public good. 

The Security and Global Health Project is proud to present a weekly web series with Security Mom Juliette Kayyem and Medicine Mom Dr. Margaret Bourdeaux. Each week, our experts will answer your questions from quarantine and give you advice on staying sane and sanitary in a global crisis. We hope you'll join our Moms every Tuesday, and if you have a question that you want answered, tweet with #QuestionsFromQuarantine.

Descriptions of the Tech Spotlight 2020 recipients and runners-up, as well as selection criteria and more details about the project.

In the very long term, the right leadership dynamics, improved crisis management, and institutional memory will allow these scientific bodies to regain public trust. In the present, however, the politicization of the science surrounding COVID-19 has crippled our response to the pandemic and will continue to do so if we continue along this path.

While some technologies are tearing us apart, the Tech Spotlight finalists, selected from over 200 submissions worldwide, are helping shape a better future.

Die Anhörung der wahrscheinlich neuen Supreme-Court-Richterin Amy Coney Barrett hat begonnen. Die Republikaner machen vor der Präsidentschaftswahl Tempo – genau das hatten sie vor vier Jahren noch kritisiert.