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Human security is now at the core of NATO's doctrine and the conflict in Ukraine is putting it to a different test
Andrew Hyde
Commentary
Aude Darnal • Maiara Folly • Ana Saggioro Garcia...

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Examining prevailing assumptions about the Global South and promoting new partnerships between the Global South and Western countries in an increasingly multipolar world order
A devil’s advocate approach to US foreign policy that puts forward innovative solutions and unorthodox thinking about America’s role in the world
Data and tracking of arms transfers to Ukraine and analysis on potential tactical, strategic, and diplomatic consequences and risks
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Video
An overview of how the MATCH proof-of-concept applies DLT to identify and reduce discrepancies in dual-use chemical trade
William Marshall • Christina McAllister
Commentary
The UN’s cyber working group met in March amid geopolitical tension and rising cyber threats. How can it balance expectations and political realities?
Allison Pytlak • Andrea Salvi
Commentary
New reports offer a roadmap for how Biden can strengthen U.S. child soldier prevention in the months ahead
Ryan Fletcher

Security & Strategy

Policy Memo
The Israel Model is the best of the bad options available to guarantee Ukraine’s future security but is not without risks
Emma Ashford • Kelly A. Grieco
Chapter
Exploring the many ways in which journal articles may influence national security policy
Sean M. Lynn-Jones
Policy Memo
The Biden administration has embraced multilateralism, but in an increasingly multipolar world, is it the right type?
Mathew Burrows • Robert A. Manning

Human Security & Governance

Commentary
The CSW 67 outcome document fell short of adequately addressing the supply-side problem of disinformation
Jennie Spector
Issue Brief
Providing a strategy for governments and a framework for civil society to hold governments to account for the commitments they have made to end violence against women and girls in digital contexts through UN multilateral processes
Lisa Sharland • Ilhan Dahir
Project Note
At the Global Futures Forum from March 20-21, CSOs deliberated on some three dozen reform proposals and engaged key diplomats, UN officials, and others to better understand how suggestions to strengthen the United Nations could be implemented
Jeffery Huffines • Daniel Perell • Fergus Watt...

Climate & Natural Resources

Report
Suva faces significant risks from extreme weather events, reliance on climate-vulnerable industries, marine ecosystem destruction, invasive species, and rapid urbanization
Miko Maekawa • Nagisa Shiiba • Jack Stuart...
Remarks
"More serious measures must be adopted to strengthen implementation, expand the species list, increase risk targeting and global harmonization, and address forced labor"
Sally Yozell
Report
This report builds on KAS-Stimson’s ongoing efforts to further highlight the importance of global water cooperation and transboundary river governance
Farwa Aamer

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Commentary
A weaker Russia needs Iran more; on the other hand, a weaker Russia threatens both countries’ authoritarian model of governance.
Emil Avdaliani
Commentary
Amid domestic strife and an erosion of democratic values, Israel’s nuclear politics may also face a reckoning
Ludovica Castelli
Commentary
The ascent of ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi as president and economic and social chaos resulting from his incompetence and excesses have fueled a new wave of emigration from Iran
Kourosh Ziabari

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