Publications

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

Featured Publications

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

Publications

Commentary

CNN Perspective with Andy Grotto: Why unlocking Apple iPhones for law enforcement isn't the answer

2020

Books

Expanding the Agnotological Toolbox: Methods of Sex and Gender Analysis (Chapter in Science and the Production of Ignorance: When the Quest for Knowledge Is Thwarted)

MIT Press, 2020

Journal Articles

PROTECTING ELECTORAL INTEGRITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

2020

Annual Reports

Protecting Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age | The Report of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age

2020

Journal Articles

How body-worn cameras affect the use of gunshots, stop-and searches and other forms of police behavior: A Randomized Control Trial in Rio de Janeiro

2020

Working Papers

The effect of citizenship on the long-term earnings of marginalized immigrants: Quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland

Science Advances, 2019

Journal Articles

Sight for Sorghums: Comparisons of Satellite- and Ground-Based Sorghum Yield Estimates in Mali

Remote Sensing MDPI, 2019

Case Studies

Analysis of Twitter Takedown of State-Backed Operation Attributed to Saudi Arabian Digital Marketing Firm Smaat

2019

Journal Articles

The 2016 California Policy to Eliminate Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions and Changes in Vaccine Coverage: An Empirical Policy Analysis

PLOS Medicine , 2019

Journal Articles

Flood Size Increases Nonlinearly Across the Western United States in Response to Lower Snow‐Precipitation Ratios

American Geophysical Union Publications, 2019

Publications

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

CNN Perspective with Andy Grotto: Why unlocking Apple iPhones for law enforcement isn't the answer

Expanding the Agnotological Toolbox: Methods of Sex and Gender Analysis (Chapter in Science and the Production of Ignorance: When the Quest for Knowledge Is Thwarted)

PROTECTING ELECTORAL INTEGRITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Protecting Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age | The Report of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age

30 Years of World Politics: What Has Changed?

Shreya Singhal case was one of the defining rulings of modern internet law

Viewpoint: Principles and priorities for one CGIAR

Breaking Out of the Democratic Slump

How body-worn cameras affect the use of gunshots, stop-and searches and other forms of police behavior: A Randomized Control Trial in Rio de Janeiro

Engaging, Empowering, and Enabling Youth to Lead Social Action in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Simplified Electricity Market Models with Significant Intermittent Renewable Capacity: Evidence from Italy

Public Good Provision and Traditional Governance in Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico

Killing in the Slums: Social Order, Criminal Governance, and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro

What works to Prevent Violence Amongst Youth

Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Drug War

Torture as a Method of Criminal Prosecution: Democratization, Criminal Justice Reform, and the Mexican Drug War

Facts and Where to Find Them: Empirical Research on Internet Platforms and Content Moderation

Weakly Supervised Deep Learning for Segmentation of Remote Sensing Imagery

The downstream air pollution impacts of the transition from coal to natural gas in the United States

Heidegger Never Got Beyond Facticity

The effect of citizenship on the long-term earnings of marginalized immigrants: Quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland

Sight for Sorghums: Comparisons of Satellite- and Ground-Based Sorghum Yield Estimates in Mali

Analysis of Twitter Takedown of State-Backed Operation Attributed to Saudi Arabian Digital Marketing Firm Smaat

The 2016 California Policy to Eliminate Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions and Changes in Vaccine Coverage: An Empirical Policy Analysis

Flood Size Increases Nonlinearly Across the Western United States in Response to Lower Snow‐Precipitation Ratios