Product Types: Policy Memo

Policy Memo

AI and Jobs: Is Another China Shock Lurking?

Exploring recent trends and perceptions on AI in the workplace and what they might mean for the future of work.
September 2, 2025
Policy Memo

AI Race: The Promise and Perils of Techno-Utopians

Exploring the accelerating global race for AI dominance.
August 12, 2025
Policy Memo

UN80: From “Less-with-Less” to “More-with-Less”

United Nations Member States must work closely with their Secretariat to fully leverage the “UN80 Initiative” to help create a more agile,
August 8, 2025
Policy Memo

Prioritizing Protection of Civilians in Future Peace Operations: Applying Lessons from 25 Years of POC

Examining how UN peace operations can be planned and deployed to protect civilians in current and emerging situations of concern.
August 7, 2025
Policy Memo

The Quiet Demise of the Rio Treaty

Exploring the history of the Rio Treaty and why the United States’ first collective security agreement fell into obscurity.
August 1, 2025
Policy Memo

A Critical Juncture: Global Security and the Age of Converging Technologies

At a global turning point, converging technologies demand coordinated action and strategies for CBRN nonproliferation and security.
July 30, 2025
Policy Memo

AI Regulation: Bigger Is Not Always Better

Waiting for comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) regulation poses serious risks.
July 25, 2025
Policy Memo

America’s AI Pivot to the Gulf

Sustaining U.S. leadership in an emerging bipolar order will require balancing strategic ambition with restraint—and ensuring that infrastructure serves as a tool
July 18, 2025
Policy Memo

Shaping Inclusive AI Governance – Reflections on Paris and Opportunities for the India AI Summit

Rethinking AI action from the perspective of the Global South ahead of the next AI Summit in India.
June 9, 2025
Policy Memo

The End of American Internationalism?

Donald Trump’s successor, whomever it may be, will find it difficult to restore US global leadership in 2029.
June 5, 2025
Policy Memo

Present at the Destruction: A 2030 Damage Assessment

A pair of scenarios proposes the next four years of diminishing US leadership capacity in an increasingly multipolar world – and the
May 19, 2025
Policy Memo

How SIDS’ Can Influence the Global North Through Climate Action

How small island developing states’ are leveraging climate leadership to forge strategic economic partnerships.
May 13, 2025