Broken Pivot: Examining Changes to the U.S. Diplomatic Footprint in the Indo-Pacific
…career development and retention, the expansion of the training float for the Foreign Service would facilitate greater education and training of FSOs without creating gaps in key posts. A training…
Great Power Competition and Green Protectionism
…the IRA seeks to reduce America’s dependence on foreign technology. Over 700 pages long, the IRA is a significant initiative under Biden’s Investing in America Agenda.10“Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,”…
Host-Country Consent in UN Peacekeeping
…local communities in unarmed protection. Because of the lack of a functional police service in the Abyei Area (and an insufficient number of UN police officers and no formed police…
Chinese Counterterrorism in Africa
…“Chinese Security Firms Spread Along the African Belt and Road,” Africa Center for Strategic Studies, June 15, 2021, https://africacenter.org/spotlight/chinese-security-firms-spread-african-belt-road/. Their services include risk assessment, technological security protection, training and personnel…
The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Security Practitioners
…national security evolve.219Cynthia Miller-Idriss, “The War on Terror Supercharged the Far Right,” Foreign Affairs, (October 2021), https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-08-24/war-on-terror-911-jan6?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=lo_flows&utm_campaign=registered_user_welcome&utm_term=email_1&utm_content=20211115 Even decades after the attacks, guidance for preventing radicalization relating to nuclear security…
Foreign Policy Personnel Under Xi’s Third Term
… take over Yang Jiechi’s portfolio as the executive director of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Xi’s top foreign policy advisor. Wang will be supported by Liu Jianchao (age…
Testing Assumptions About US Foreign Policy in 2026
…hand. Assumption: Foreign policy will not affect the midterms Nevada Joan Lee Research Associate As a foreign policy analyst, it is a smart (and self-interested) career choice to proclaim that the foreign policy of…
Chinese Peacemaking Efforts in Afghanistan
…the SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, May 5, 2023, https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb_663304/wjbz_663308/activities_663312/202305/t20230506_11071465.html. 28 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Samarkand Declaration of the Fourth Meeting of Foreign Ministers of…