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The Myth of the AI Race

Treating AI as a contest with a single finish line and a single victor is a misleading premise that fundamentally misrepresents how the technology is developing and how United States and China are competing, argues Colin Kahl.

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NATO Did Not Cause Putin's Imperial War

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was primarily about Putin’s imperial beliefs, not great power politics, and that Russian fear of NATO was not a major factor in the march to war, write Jim Goldgeier and Brian Taylor.

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The Dangerous Fallout of Trump’s Retreat to the Hemisphere

Gabrielius Landsbergis cautions that America's return to 20th century-style spheres of influence has the potential to create severe strategic dilemmas for the United States, as allies turn away and emboldened enemies begin to converge.

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Featured Scholars

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Rose Gottemoeller

William J. Perry Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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David Relman

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor

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Scott Sagan

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science

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Amy Zegart

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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Assessing the Quality of Democracy

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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

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What Went Wrong and Right in Iraq

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Johns Hopkins University Press in "Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq", Francis Fukuyama, ed., 2005

Working Papers

Main Institution in the Country is Corruption, The: Creating Transparency in Angola

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

Presidential Report to the Congress: Net Benefit Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control

Science and Global Security, 2005

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Borders and Growth

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Journal of Economic Growth, 2005

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Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land

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Science, 2005

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Incorporating stress in electric power systems reliability models

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Energy Policy, 2005

Books

What is Indonesia?

Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

Journal Articles

India and Pakistan's Unstable Peace: Why Nuclear South Asia Is Not Like Cold War Europe

International Security, 2005

Journal Articles

What to Do about Russia

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Policy Review, 2005

Journal Articles

Ringing In Proliferation: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Network

International Security, 2005

Books

Journal of Korean Studies, volume 10

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

Journal Articles

Terror and Beauty - The European Institute for Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism

Bridges, 2005

Working Papers

Agriculture Decision-Making in Indonesia with ENSO Variability: Conference poster

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2005

Journal Articles

Security, Community, and Democracy in Southeast Asia: Analyzing ASEAN

Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2005

Journal Articles

Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005

Working Papers

Geopolitics of Natural Gas Project Summary: Insights to 2040

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #36, 2005

Journal Articles

Analyzing a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply: The Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005

Books

Revolving Gridlock: Politics And Policy from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush (Transforming American Politics)

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Westview Press, 2005

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Cultivated Land Conversion and Potential Agricultural Productivity in China

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Land Use Policy, 2005

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Addressing State Failure

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Foreign Affairs, 2005

Journal Articles

If It's Broke, Don't Fix It

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2005

Commentary

Censoring Science Won't Make Us Any Safer

Washington Post, 2005

Journal Articles

NPT Withdrawal: Time for the Security Council to Step In

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Arms Control Today, 2005

Journal Articles

Apocalypse Soon

Foreign Policy, 2005