Commentary
75 years after its founding, what is Israel's path forward?
Barbara Slavin
Report
Miko Maekawa • Nagisa Shiiba • Jack Stuart...
Issue Brief
Lisa Sharland • Ilhan Dahir

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Trade & Technology

Commentary
The UN’s cyber working group met in March amid geopolitical tension and rising cyber threats. How can it balance expectations and political realities?
Allison Pytlak • Andrea Salvi
Commentary
With the tenth anniversary of the treaty’s adoption upon us, the Biden Administration has no excuse to delay action on the ATT
Rachel Stohl
Issue Brief
Discrepancies in declared quantities of dual-use chemicals transferred internationally are a growing problem – but blockchain technology may offer a solution
William Marshall • Christina McAllister • Cindy Vestergaard

Security & Strategy

Chapter
Exploring the many ways in which journal articles may influence national security policy
Sean M. Lynn-Jones
Policy Memo
The Biden administration has embraced multilateralism, but in an increasingly multipolar world, is it the right type?
Mathew Burrows • Robert A. Manning
Policy Memo
The pursuit of military dominance through technological superiority, amid rapidly diffusing dual-use technologies, is based on flawed and unproven assumptions
Kelly A. Grieco • Robert A. Manning

Human Security & Governance

Commentary
The CSW 67 outcome document fell short of adequately addressing the supply-side problem of disinformation
Jennie Spector
Project Note
At the Global Futures Forum from March 20-21, CSOs deliberated on some three dozen reform proposals and engaged key diplomats, UN officials, and others to better understand how suggestions to strengthen the United Nations could be implemented
Jeffery Huffines • Daniel Perell • Fergus Watt...
Commentary
Violence against women and girls is a global crisis that requires the attention and action of every country
Julie Gregory

Climate & Natural Resources

Remarks
"More serious measures must be adopted to strengthen implementation, expand the species list, increase risk targeting and global harmonization, and address forced labor"
Sally Yozell
Report
This report builds on KAS-Stimson’s ongoing efforts to further highlight the importance of global water cooperation and transboundary river governance
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Key recommendations and findings from the third iteration of the KAS and Stimson Center’s high-level dialogue series
Farwa Aamer

Pivotal Places

Commentary
Amid domestic strife and an erosion of democratic values, Israel’s nuclear politics may also face a reckoning
Ludovica Castelli
Commentary
The ascent of ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi as president and economic and social chaos resulting from his incompetence and excesses have fueled a new wave of emigration from Iran
Kourosh Ziabari
Commentary
Is the regime responsible — and does Russia play a role?