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

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Journal Articles

Overexpression of miR-145 in U87 cells reduces glioma cell malignant phenotype and promotes survival after in vivo implantation

International Journal of Oncology, 2014

Journal Articles

Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production

Nature Climate Change, 2014

Journal Articles

Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Rate of Wearing Spectacles in Schools for Children of Migrant Workers in Shanghai, China

BMC Public Health, 2014

Journal Articles

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

Historical climate trends, deforestation, and maize and bean yields in Nicaragua

The Effect of the Tsetse Fly on African Development

Mental Calisthenics and Self-Reflexive Fiction

Conference Report: Electoral Systems Reform in the U.S. [Mar. 2014]

Why is Democracy Performing So Poorly?

Conference Report: Violence and Policing in Latin American and U.S. Cities [April 2014]

Facing Up to the Democratic Recession

Conference Report: Coalition Against Corruption [Jan. 2014]

The Han-Minority Achievement Gap, Language and Returns to Schools in Rural China

Temperature impacts on economic growth warrant stringent mitigation policy

The Persistence of Learning Gains from Computer Assisted Learning: Experimental Evidence from China

American scientists as public citizens: 70 years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

China's aquaculture and the world's wild fisheries

Hecker & Milani: Stop killing Iranian nuclear scientists

Anemia and Feeding Practices among Infants in Rural Shaanxi Province in China

The Impacts of Building Elite High Schools for Students from Disadvantaged Areas

Family Planning Program Effects: A Review of Evidence from Microdata

Poor Vision Among China’s Rural Primary School Students: Prevalence, Correlates and Consequences

Body weight of Italians: the weight of Education

Overexpression of miR-145 in U87 cells reduces glioma cell malignant phenotype and promotes survival after in vivo implantation

Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production

Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Rate of Wearing Spectacles in Schools for Children of Migrant Workers in Shanghai, China

Response to the Commentary 'Reassessing Disparity in Access to Higher Education in Contemporary China'

Conference Report: The Politics of Polarization in Taiwan [Oct. 2014]

Multiple Principals, Multiple Agents: EU and US Democracy Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa [Dec. 2014]