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Competition, Not Control, is Key to Winning the Global AI Race

Winning the global AI innovation race requires more than export controls.
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Toward a Global Sanctions Compact for Long-Overdue Reform

A checklist to clarify and expand exemptions when needed could lead to a broad agreement on how to use these measures for peace and security.
KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 27: Police officers and military experts operate at the site of a Russian aerial bombing of a high-rise residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district on March 27, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Russian military aircrafts, for the first time since 2022, dropped UMPB D-30 glide bombs on Kharkiv, hitting the central part of the city and damaging at least 14 multi-story residential buildings, as well as civil infrastructure objects - a medical institution, a preschool educational institution and school, administrative buildings. One person was killed and at least 19 others were injured, including three children and a 3-month-old baby. Russia continues to pound Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast bordering with it with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs in an attempt to re-occupy it.

Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order

The international community must strengthen and expand its sanctions on Russia to achieve the intended aims of curbing its assault on Ukraine and on the international order.
A picture taken from Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on March 6, 2024 shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border area

イスラエルが人道に対する犯罪としてのアパルトヘイトを実行しているという国際司法裁判所による認定の含意

Reconstituting the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid and the Group of Three should be given due consideration.
A picture taken from Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on March 6, 2024 shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border area

The Implications of An ICJ Finding that Israel is Committing the Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid

Reconstituting the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid and the Group of Three should be given due consideration.
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National Security Takeaways from DOJ’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy Updates

The link between national security and corporate criminal enforcement was a key theme across three speeches by senior Department of Justice officials at the American Bar Association's…
Senator Bernie Sanders is seen walking down a hallway at the U.S. Capitol. He is wearing a dark suit with a blue, black, and white tie.

Senator Sanders’ New Resolution Could Force U.S. to Confront Any Complicity in Civilian Harm in Gaza

The Sanders resolution offers a pathway to consider the role U.S. weapons are playing in devastating harm to civilians in Gaza and debate the wisdom and consequences of continuing…

How Section 702 Surveillance Helps Keep Sensitive U.S. Technologies From China, Russia, Iran and North Korea

An article by the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L), US President Joe Biden (C) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) hold a press conference against the backdrop of a naval vessel, after a trilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. Biden hosted his counterparts to discuss the procurement of nuclear-powered submarines and other terms of a pact between the three nations. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

AUKUS Is More Than Submarines: Its Advanced Capabilities Pillar Will Also Require Fundamental Shifts

Australia, the UK, and the US also pledged to cooperate on advanced capabilities. That will require some fundamental shifts.
von der Leyen stands at a podium with the European Union flag behind her

The EU Joins Washington’s Campaign to Contain China

Europe is playing with fire by adopting Washington’s bellicose containment strategy. It should prioritize cooperation instead.
US President Joe Biden displays the signed CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. - The CHIPS and Science Act aims to support domestic semiconductor production, new high-tech jobs and scientific research.

Restricting Chinese Access to Chips is Only a Partial Solution

The U.S. goal should not simply be to restrict Chinese access to U.S. technology; rather, the United States should be focused on preventing an arms race that would be unnecessary…
People gather in the Melend village in Idlib, Syria

Breaking Down Barriers to Emergency Earthquake Aid in Syria

"It is not in the U.S. national security interest for export controls to increase loss of life in Syria by preventing the supply of disaster relief equipment at a time of crisis."
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