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Techno-Industrial Strategy for the Exponential Age

American leaders have a choice: build the systems that will shape the future, or others will build them for you. In the
September 15, 2025
Mohammed Soliman
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The Europe Question, the Rationale of Burden Shifting, and the Promise of Germany

America should shift Europe's conventional defense burden to wealthy allies like Germany while maintaining nuclear control.
September 15, 2025
Sumantra Maitra
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Recognizing Reality: A Case for Nationalizing the US Arms Industry

Outlining the perverse incentives for policymakers to prioritize corporate interests over strategic considerations — and how to change the politics of national
September 15, 2025
Julia Gledhill
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To Build the World, Build the Strategy: Toward a Progressive US Foreign Policy

Progressives have big ideas for remaking the world but no convincing plan for getting there. We should hear them out regardless.
September 15, 2025
Jennifer Lind
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An American Strategy for a Multipolar World

Washington must align ambitious ends with constrained means and proactively embrace an inevitable multipolar world.
September 15, 2025
Zack Cooper
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Addressing a Resurgent China: A New Mindset for Strategic Competition

Can either China or the U.S. “win” strategic competition?
September 15, 2025
Ali Wyne
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After the Age of Trump: Rejecting Competition

Trump’s unpredictability weakens America; his successor should prioritize multilateral engagement over competition with China.
September 15, 2025
Michael Brenes
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Eat, Pray, Govern: The Search for Meaning in Democratic Foreign Policy

Democrats lost the 2024 election and now want foreign policy that sparks joy — turns out doing less abroad might actually mean
September 15, 2025
Jeremy Shapiro
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A Free World That Works

Has the Liberal International Order outlived its strategic purpose? How should the United States envision itself in the global systems of its
September 15, 2025
Michael Beckley
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Back to the Future: The Case for Strengthening — Not Replacing — the Rules-Based Order

The liberal international order is well-suited for this era of strategic competition, and the United States should turn towards it once again.
September 15, 2025
Michael Poznansky
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Developing Evaluative Metrics for ATT Reporting

Developing metrics to evaluate the status of reporting under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
August 22, 2025
Rachel Stohl
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Investigating an Emerging Climate Hazard: Transboundary Glacial Floods on the China-Nepal Border

A transboundary flood along the China-Nepal border reveals the need for multi-hazard monitoring and better assessment of supraglacial lake risk.
July 19, 2025
Austin Lord
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