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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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Journal Articles

The impact of teacher training on teacher and student outcomes: evidence from a randomized experiment in Beijing migrant schools

Journal of Development Effectiveness , 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

The case for distributed irrigation as a development priority in sub-Saharan Africa

Disowning Fukushima: Managing the credibility of nuclear reliability assessment in the wake of disaster

The Roles of Gender and Education on the Intrahousehold Allocations of Remittances of Filipino Migrant Workers

The Future of Anti-Western Jihadism

The Political Economy of Transatlantic Free Trade

University Expansion in a Changing Global Economy: Triumph of the BRICs?

Impact of the Global Financial Crises in Rural China: Gender, Off-Farm Employment, and Wages

More Shots Fired on the Cyber Front: Key Takeaways From Operation Troy

Defending a Hacker: Amicus brief for U.S. v. Andrew Auernheimer

How Syria's Civil War Became a Holy Crusade

Dual Surface-Functionalized Janus Nanocomposites for Simultaneous Tumor Cell Targeting and Stimulus-Induced Drug Release

The impact of teacher training on teacher and student outcomes: evidence from a randomized experiment in Beijing migrant schools

Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities

A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions

The Copts, the Nation, and the Revolution

Academic Freedom, Democracy and the Public Policy Process

Yemeni Women in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

Syrian Minorities between Underprivileged Protection and Due Political Representation

Industrial Policy Reconsidered in a Digital World

Yemen’s Transition: Electoral Challenges and Opportunities for Reform

Sectarianism and Political Participation in Iraq

Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities

The Lavon Affair: How a false-flag operation led to war and the Israeli bomb

Transparency and timeliness: the monitoring of agricultural policies in the WTO using OECD data

Kishore's World