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FSI's scholars tackle a range of issues, from longstanding concerns like nuclear nonproliferation and military defense to new challenges such as cybersecurity, biosecurity and emerging regional conflicts.

Research Spotlight

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The Myth of the AI Race

Treating AI as a contest with a single finish line and a single victor is a misleading premise that fundamentally misrepresents how the technology is developing and how United States and China are competing, argues Colin Kahl.

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NATO Did Not Cause Putin's Imperial War

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was primarily about Putin’s imperial beliefs, not great power politics, and that Russian fear of NATO was not a major factor in the march to war, write Jim Goldgeier and Brian Taylor.

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The Dangerous Fallout of Trump’s Retreat to the Hemisphere

Gabrielius Landsbergis cautions that America's return to 20th century-style spheres of influence has the potential to create severe strategic dilemmas for the United States, as allies turn away and emboldened enemies begin to converge.

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Featured Scholars

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Rose Gottemoeller

William J. Perry Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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David Relman

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor

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Scott Sagan

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science

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Amy Zegart

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

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Publications

Journal Articles

Are Soldiers Less War-Prone Than Statesmen?

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2004

Books

Promoting Real Reform in Africa

Lynne Rienner Publishers in "Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress", E. Gyimah-Boadi, ed., 2004

Journal Articles

Airborne Boost-Phase Ballistic Missile Defense

Science and Global Security, 2004

Books

Realist Perspectives on Ethical Norms and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Cambridge University Press in "Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction", 2004

Journal Articles

Using Climate Models to Improve Indonesian Food Security

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Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2004

Books

America the Vulnerable: How our Government is Failing to Protect us from Terrorism

HarperCollins, 2004

Journal Articles

Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons against Buried Biological Agents

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Science and Global Security, 2004

Journal Articles

Forgotten Lessons of Helsinki: Human Rights and U.S.-North Korean Relations

World Policy Journal, 2004

Journal Articles

Art or Bioterrorism? Implications of the Kurtz Case for Research Science and for Limiting Terrorist Threats

Bulletin of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation, 2004

Policy Briefs

Role of Economic Incentives in Securing Cyberspace, The

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CISAC, 2004

Working Papers

Ruling Parties and Durable Authoritarianism

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Journal Articles

State Militarism and Its Legacies: Why Military Reform Has Failed in Russia

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International Security, 2004

Working Papers

European Neighbourhood Policy: Legal and Institutional Issues, The

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Books

Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions

Harvard University Press, 2004

Journal Articles

Teaching About Nuclear Weapons

Physics and Society, 2004

Journal Articles

Detecting Nuclear Material in International Container Shipping: Criteria for Secure Systems

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Journal of Physical Security, 2004

Working Papers

EU Rule of Law Promotion in Romania, Turkey and Serbia-Montenegro: Domestic Elites and Responsiveness to Differentiated External Influence

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Journal Articles

Nuclear Proliferation Rings: New Challenges to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

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International Security, 2004

Journal Articles

Sharing Sovereignty: New Institutions for Collapsed and Failing States

International Security, 2004

Testimonies

Disrupting Terrorist Travel: Safeguarding America's Borders Through Information Sharing

U.S. House of Representatives, 2004

Working Papers

Reestablishing the Judicial System in Afghanistan

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

South Asia and the Nuclear Future: Rethinking the Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation

CISAC, 2004

Journal Articles

Misunderestimating Terrorism

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Foreign Affairs, 2004

Commentary

Proposition 69 Could Threaten Privacy of DNA

San Francisco Chronicle, 2004

Working Papers

Global Standards; Global Growth?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004