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Browse FSI scholarship on geopolitics, global health, energy, cybersecurity and more.

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Sacred Foundaitons: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna Grzymała-Busse

Sacred Foundations

This major study by Anna Grzymała-Busse shows that the Catholic Church both competed with medieval monarchs and provided critical templates for governing institutions, the rule of law, and parliaments.

Sacred Foundations

Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security

Larry Diamond and colleagues examine the “silicon triangle" that binds the United States, Taiwan, and China and will impact each country's economy, security, trade, and long-term competitiveness.

Silicon Triangle

Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea's Nuclear Program

Siegfried Hecker recounts the seven trips he made to North Korea between 2044 and 2021 to explore ways to reduce the danger posed by Pyongyang’s advancing nuclear weapons program.

Hinge Points

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Policy Briefs

Wanting to Maximize the Positive and Minimize the Negative: Implications for Affective experience in American and Chinese Contexts

Under review, 2013

Working Papers

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Featured Publications

Sacred Foundations

Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security

Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea's Nuclear Program

For Each and Every Child: A strategy for Education Equity and Excellence

Historical sources of institutional trajectories in economic development: China, Japan and Korea compared

Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons

How Can Trade Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Towards a Global Neuroindustry: What About the Human Being That We Know?

Contracting with Private Providers for Primary Care Services: Evidence from Urban China

Sarin Over Aleppo

The Militarization of US Foreign Policy

Controversy Dims as Public Opinion Shifts

Put innovation at the heart of refugee protection work

Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound

Wanting to Maximize the Positive and Minimize the Negative: Implications for Affective experience in American and Chinese Contexts

The Crumbling Edifice of Prohibition and Proposals for Reform: The case of Guatemala

Computers and the Academic Performance of Elementary School-Aged Girls in China’s Poor Communities

Ties that Bind: Strategic Stability in the U.S.–China Relationship

Security Sector Reform in an Unstable, Fragile State (II/III)

Drinking from the Poisoned Well

The recruiter’s dilemma: Signalling and rebel recruitment tactics

The Crumbling Edifice of Prohibition and Proposals for Reform: The case of Guatemala

The Effect of National Factors on the Statebuilding Outcome in Fragile, Non-Permissive Environments (I/III)

Syncretism: The Politics of Japan’s Financial Reforms

Patents and Innovation: Evidence from Economic History

Impact of a Senior High School Tuition Relief Program on Poor Junior High School Students in Rural China

All Human Rights for All: Vienna Manual on Human Rights

Household Portfolio Choices, Health status and Health Care Systems A Cross-Country Analysis Based on SHARE Data