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Can either China or the U.S. “win” strategic competition?
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Zhao Long, Deputy Director of the Institute for Global Strategic and Security Studies in Shanghai, returns to the Trialogue to discuss Beijing’s perspective on a slew of recent high-profile summits, in the context of China’s complex relations with Russia, the United States, India, and North Korea.
Peter Slezkine • Zhao Long
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Samuel Moyn, the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, joins us to discuss the philosophical underpinnings of liberalism, its role in international relations, and the possibility of a multipolar liberal order emerging in a period of U.S. decline.
Peter Slezkine • Samuel Moyn
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Eighty years after the dawn of the nuclear age, current plans for the rapid expansion of advanced reactors to satisfy global energy needs only reinforce that nuclear security cannot be optional. Sustaining a pipeline of expertise is essential to ensure that nuclear energy delivers on its promise while minimizing risks of theft, terrorism, and proliferation
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America should shift Europe's conventional defense burden to wealthy allies like Germany while maintaining nuclear control
Sumantra Maitra • Emma Ashford • Nevada Joan Lee
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Outlining the perverse incentives for policymakers to prioritize corporate interests over strategic considerations — and how to change the politics of national security policymaking
Julia Gledhill • Emma Ashford • Nevada Joan Lee
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Progressives have big ideas for remaking the world but no convincing plan for getting there. We should hear them out regardless.
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By offering concrete proposals for innovating global and regional governance to promote and safeguard justice in all its dimensions, this report gives Doha Forum participants and concerned citizens and governments worldwide the tools to chart a course toward a more just, more prosperous, and safer future for all
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Exploring options for continued U.S. engagement in Haiti
Chandrima Das
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United Nations Member States must work closely with their Secretariat to fully leverage the “UN80 Initiative” to help create a more agile, cost-effective, and impactful UN system
Richard Ponzio

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Militarized fishing fleets and territorial competition are destroying the South China Sea's ecosystems and threatening global supply chains
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Carolyn Gruber

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Three years after the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests, women in Iran continue to resist an increasingly sophisticated surveillance apparatus
Emily Blout
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On Monday, September 8, Nepal experienced a remarkable and rapid political upheaval as youth-led protests gave way to violence and widespread destruction. South Asian Voices spoke with Bidushi Dhungel, the Country Representative for Nepal at the National Democratic Institute.

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