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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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December 13, 2021
Conflict Prevention
Major Power Rivalry and Multilateral Conflict Management
Despite growing rivalry among the major powers, multilateral institutions like the United Nations can continue to play a vital role in the management of violent conflict. Washington should look for opportunities to work with these institutions and, where needed, bolster their role in cooperation with other powers to manage future regional threats to peace.
October 21, 2014
Digital Policy
Holding the Multistakeholder Line at the ITU
The United States heads to the 2014 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, South Korea, looking to defend its approach to Internet governance. Washington an…
September 1, 2000
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy
Overview Though threats to American security have changed dramatically in the last decade, U.S. defense policy and military forces look a lot like they did during the closing days of the Cold War…
February 13, 2023
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The Global Governance of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases, naturally transmissible between humans and animals, have posed a growing public health threat for decades. However, existing institutional arrangements have fallen short. The wide-…
September 8, 2006
United States
Making New York Safer Symposium
Overview On July 5, the White House released an updated National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. “America is safer but we are not yet safe,” it states. The same could be said about New York, or …