Kirby Simon Fellow Spotlight: Elsie Mares ’28 at Centro de los Derechos Migrante

Though the Schell Center, Elsie Mares ’28 was a summer fellow assisting with legal services for migrant workers in Mexico City.

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Geologic Hydrogen: Could the Smallest Molecule Power the Whole World?, with Ishan Sharma

Ishan Sharma evaluates the potential of abundant underground hydrogen to provide clean energy, and what the geologic hydrogen industry would need to compete on a large scale.

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Does the Security Assistance the US Provides Really Work?

The US has long relied on security assistance to influence both foreign and domestic policies of allies. Does it really pay off?

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Balancing Act: Coercion, Terrorism, and Regime Stability

Abstract. A substantial literature seeks to understand the drivers and consequences of foreign policy instruments that states employ to change the behavior

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America’s Middle Power AI Export Challenge • Stimson Center

Middle powers want American AI, but not on terms that leave their digital future dependent on Washington.

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Loving Our Neighbors: Congress Must Reverse U.S. Aggression Toward Cuba | Friends Committee On National Legislation

President Trump recently mused about “taking” Cuba for himself: “It may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a friendly takeover… It wouldn’t matter because they’re really, they’re down to, as I say,...

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The US Claims It's Helping Venezuela While Thwarting Democracy

US President Donald Trump's administration says it's helping Venezuela after deadly earthquakes, but it's also undermining democracy.

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Trump’s $100 Billion Iran War Mistake | Arms Control Association

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NATO’s plan to buy Triton drones: Three cheers, two concerns - Breaking Defense

CBSA's Travis Sharp and Ryan Kaufman analyze NATO's recent decision to purchase high-dollar American drones.

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Training the Next Generation: CNS Welcomes 2026 Summer Undergraduate Fellows

The program reflects CNS's commitment to educating and mentoring the next generation of nonproliferation experts at a time of growing global nuclear risks and rapid technological change.

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Freedom of Information at 60

Washington, D.C., July 9, 2026 - Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson reluctantly signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into law, Americans enjoy a national transparency treasure in th...

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The Madison city workers helping Spanish, Chinese, Hmong speakers

The city’s three community connectors at the Department of Civil Rights aim to improve access to services like public health, transportation and voting.

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Better know a non-nuke: Brazil

How Brazil moved from nuclear autonomy and a secret parallel programme to regional safeguards, democratic oversight and a leading role in disarmament debates.

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The Big Changes Coming to the Times/Siena Poll

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Japan and South Korea: an Alliance of Middle Powers?

It has long been the dream of the U.S. foreign policy elite to bring Japan and South Korea into a tighter alliance. Notoriously dismissive of history,

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Assessing the Islamabad MOU and the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiations | Arms Control Association

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The US-Moldova Partnership: A Conversation with Ambassador Vladislav Kulminski • Stimson Center

A fireside chat with Moldovan Ambassador to the United States Vladislav Kulminski on strengthening the U.S.-Moldova partnership to meet the challenges of a more volatile geopolitical environment.

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Introducing a Non-Personified Chatbot Default Setting as a Safety Guardrail for Minors - Americans for Responsible Innovation

Introducing a Non-Personified Chatbot Default Setting as a Safety Guardrail for Minors Recent accounts of teenagers forming intense and unhealthy relationships with chatbots have opened Congress’s eye...

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Shaping the future of international relations and diplomacy

From peace missions and military intervention to climate adaptation and geopolitical competition, students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) showcased the results of ...

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U.S. and G-7 Commit to Secure Chernobyl | Arms Control Association

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The Climate Security Threat: Pentagon War Games, European Political Risks, and Darfur Violence

Washington, D.C., May 27, 2026 - State Department intelligence analysts predicted widening political fissures in Europe and warned about the rise of populist and radical political parties in response ...

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Is the U.S. Military Industrial Complex Past its Prime?

Assessing the declining influence, rising costs, and future challenges facing America's defense institutions.

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Trump’s National Support Is Cratering

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What $25 Billion Spent on the War in Iran Really Means

It exceeds the annual budgets of numerous federal agencies, and the Pentagon’s yearly budget for munitions.

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Is the U.S. Heading Toward a Hard Landing?

Ever since North Korea suffered through the death of its first leader in 1994, a loss magnified by an economic collapse and a devastating famine, outside observers have likened the country to an airpl...

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