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Taking Gender Into Account to Better Confront New Security Threats
The US needs to move to the next stage in the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and rethink security policy to be more inclusive and equitable.

How Domestic Civic Movements Could Reshape US Foreign Policy
Nonviolent and inclusive, they can provide the energy, dynamism, and power-shifting ability needed to address the world’s interconnected crises.

Biden Needs a Foreign Policy Focused on Sustainable Peace
War and weapons cannot solve today’s most urgent challenges. They require peacebuilding, diplomacy, and conflict-sensitive development.

Women, Peace, and Security: Is DOD Turning a Human Rights Corner?
The push to protect women and girls in conflict and involve women in security decision-making increases attention to human rights in military operations.

Embracing Diversity and Critical Perspectives in National Security Law
An initiative by professors Maryam Jamshidi and Emily Berman.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda at 20: Setbacks, Progress, and the Way Forward
Two decades after the landmark UN resolution, the rise of authoritarianism and extreme rightist ideologies have generated backlash against gender equality and the idea of involving…

Great Power Competition Versus Counterterrorism: A False Dichotomy
Not only are these strategic priorities not necessarily at odds with one another, but in fact, they often overlap and complement each other.

An Age of Actorless Threats: Rethinking National Security in Light of COVID and Climate
Climate change and the COVID pandemic are highlighting key weaknesses in U.S. national security strategy and policy.

Shaky Hands in the Oval Office
Like another president's illness, Trump's bout with COVID-19 exposes the risks of a personalized foreign policy that dismisses national security structures.

Global Health Is National Security
The pervasive damage to the global system of commerce, profit, and labor wrought by the coronavirus has proven that we are, indeed, an interdependent world.

What a Few Cakes Say About the US Drone Program
Fondant creations on cakes - yes cakes - provide a rare window into a largely closed culture of national security policymaking. Their creation in 2013, publication, and re-emergence…

Bringing Abolition to National Security
"Though far less explored, abolition may also be the most promising option for dealing with discriminatory national security laws and policies. Without understanding the historical,…