Intersections

Nuclear weapons hang in a complex balance (Euan Graham – ASPI The Strategist)

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, there is renewed focus on nuclear weapons in international security. China and other nuclear-armed...

Rethinking Cyber Deterrence in a Multipolar World (Louise Marie Hurel and Gareth Mott – RUSI)

Geopolitical tensions in cyberspace are escalating. There is an urgent need to reassess how the cyber domain can support broader deterrence strategies. However, the...

With Nonprofits Under Pressure, Boards Must Step Up on Tech Now (Tech Policy Press)

We don’t need another piece reminding nonprofit leaders that tech matters. Nonprofit CEOs know that digital systems shape service delivery, fundraising, and security; boards...

Strategic resilience can help prevent tragedy in the next flash flood (Thomas S. Warrick – Atlantic Council)

The death toll from the July 4 flash floods in central Texas—at least 136 dead, including thirty-seven children—is a failure of strategic resilience that...

Forget Berlin and Paris — Athens Is Leading Europe’s Digital Shift (Konstantinos Komaitis – Tech Policy Press)

As Brussels accelerates work on Europe’s new digital identity wallet, a flagship of the European Union’s Digital Decade development plan, the success of the...

Six months later, US soft power feels effects of USAID cuts (Melissa Conley Tyler and Heather Wrathall – The Strategist)

Six months ago, the Trump administration paused almost all foreign assistance. As more than US$60 billion of programs suddenly stopped, we predicted that people...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? (Richard Gowan – Crisis Group)

These are hard times for formal international institutions. The post-Cold War period saw the rapid expansion of multilateral organisations in numerous policy domains, not...

The end of the endless frontier? A warning on research cuts (Michael Feuer – Brookings)

For eight decades, bipartisan support for federally funded research has driven U.S. scientific leadership, economic growth, and life-saving innovation. Proposed cuts to university-based research...

Starve, Pray, Die. In an interview, Alex de Waal discusses Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war in Gaza, and its repercussions...

Alex de Waal is executive director of the World Peace Foundation, which is affiliated with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts...

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