Product Types: Policy Memo

Policy Memo

Ensure US security sector assistance serves US interests and values

The U.S. should engage in a bolder type of security engagement that relies more on civilian participation, which will help to bolster
August 4, 2021
Policy Memo

Rethinking Nuclear Security: The Case for an Elite Nuclear Force in India

This article suggests that an elite nuclear constabulary akin to the one in the United Kingdom can replace the current multi-agency model
July 30, 2021
Policy Memo

Biden to Congress: Start to Restore U.S. Leadership by Paying Our Bills

It is time for Congress to appropriate the necessary funds to meetU.S.obligations to the UN
June 25, 2021
Policy Memo

Pandemic Response: Leveraging Multilateral Assets with U.S. Financial Diplomacy

To respond to enormous health security challenges, the U.S. must leverage global health investments and valuable multilateral partnerships more productively
June 9, 2021
Policy Memo

International Nuclear Security Forum Country Update: Russian Nuclear Security

Russian nuclear security has evolved significantly over the three decades, with international cooperation featuring prominently in its broader nuclear energy efforts
May 12, 2021
Policy Memo

Ramp Up U.S. Engagement with War Legacies in Southeast Asia

The Biden Administration should ramp up U.S. support for resolving the legacies of unexploded ordnance and Agent Orange to build forward-looking partnerships
May 12, 2021
Policy Memo

India and the United States: Friends Elsewhere, Foes at the UN

For the last 20 years, the United States has mostly overlooked its divergences with India in multilateral forums as the relationship paid
April 15, 2021
Policy Memo

Peace Through Democracy: The Role of Pakistani Political Parties in Afghanistan’s Future

With multilayered and long-standing ties to Afghanistan, Pakistani political actors on the Af-Pak border have an important role to play in Afghanistan’s
April 14, 2021
Policy Memo

North Korea and China’s Year of Treading Water

China and North Korea have maintained their relationship in the pandemic, but 2021 prospects depend on Biden’s policies towards them
March 17, 2021
Policy Memo

Restoring American Engagement: Priorities for the Biden Administration to Improve United Nations Peace Operations

Being “back” in the world and leading with diplomacy means bolstering support and reforms of UN peace operations to achieve American goals.
March 4, 2021
Policy Memo

Reality Check #2: Economic sanctions should not always be the go-to foreign policy tool

Originally published by the Atlantic Council
February 24, 2021
Policy Memo

Stop Illegal and Mislabeled Fish from Entering U.S. Markets

Improving implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program would combat the negative food, economic, and international security impact of IUU fishing
February 1, 2021