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FSI's scholars tackle a range of issues, from longstanding concerns like nuclear nonproliferation and military defense to new challenges such as cybersecurity, biosecurity and emerging regional conflicts.

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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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Publications

Commentary

Can America and Russia Cooperate in Syria?

The Moscow Times, 2016

Policy Briefs

Fifteenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum

2015

Commentary

Where the 2016 Republicans Split from Ronald Reagan

The Wall Street Journal Blog, 2015

Working Papers

Documenting Cyber Security Incidents

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2015

Annual Reports

Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2014-15

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2015

Journal Articles

Flash from the past: Why an apparent Israeli nuclear test in 1979 matters today

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2015

Policy Briefs

Fourteenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum

2015

Journal Articles

New Game, New Rules: Limiting the Risks of Biological Engineering

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Foreign Affairs, 2015

Commentary

动荡世界中的安全挑战:更少敌人、更多挑战和焦虑

Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University, 2015

Journal Articles

Climate and Conflict

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Annual Review of Economics, 2015

Journal Articles

China’s Place in U.S. Foreign Policy

The American Interest, 2015

Case Studies

Facilitating Trade through Effective Border Control: Costa Rica's Challenging Reform Agenda

2015

Case Studies

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission

2015

Case Studies

Serious Business: Diminishing the Size of the Informal Sector in Medellin, Colombia

2015

Case Studies

Gifford Pinchot and Sustainable Forest Management

2015

Commentary

The United States and China: Same Bed, Different Dreams, Shared Destiny

2015

Policy Briefs

“Critical Engagement”: British Policy toward the DPRK

2015

Testimonies

Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Key Considerations Regarding Safety, Innovation, Economic Impact, and Privacy

Governance Studies at Brookings, 2015

Journal Articles

Take No Casualties

Strategic Studies Institute, 2015

The Future of the American Military

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Bulletin, 2015

Journal Articles

Explaining and Influencing Chinese Arms Transfers

Institute for National Strategic Studies, 2015

Commentary

Security Challenges in a Turbulent World: Fewer Enemies, More Challenges, and Greater Anxiety

Annual IAS Symposium, 2015

Commentary

Stop Drinking the Weak Sauce

Foreign Policy, 2015

Journal Articles

Long-Term Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Nature Materials, 2015

Journal Articles

Learning from the Sony Hack Attack

The Bulletin, 2015