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Time Travel to 2071 with Smithsonian Researchers
How can portraying the future help us prepare for it? As part of the Smithsonian’s upcoming FUTURES exhibition, the...
Crafting Climate Futures: From Story to Policy
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow presents an opportunity for decisive global action amidst escalating climate chaos. Now, more than ever, we need narratives of positive climate...
The Abu Dhabi Express: Assessing UAE Support for The Wagner Group in Libya
In late 2020, as the first major ceasefire in Libya’s decade-long proxy war was under negotiation, news broke of a Pentagon report suggesting that the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, co-financed the...
Bartow J. Elmore, SEED MONEY
Digging deep into a fraught legal and chemical past, Bartow J. Elmore, Carnegie Fellow, 2017; Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow, 2018, guides readers through the disastrous...
Authors & Insights: Ambassador Ted Osius and Jon Decker
Join the McCain Institute for International Leadership for its next installment of its book talk virtual series on Tuesday, Oct. 26. This event will feature former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam...
Is It Time to Throw Away Our Résumés?
Society is failing Americans without college degrees. Research shows that up to 30 million workers without four-year degrees are drastically underpaid, and have the skills to earn 70% more than...
Conversations with Sec. Mark Esper: Linda Reynolds on Indo-Pacific Relations
Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Trump
In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the American government implemented a wave of overt policies to fight the nation’s enemies. Unseen by the public, however, another set of tools were...
The Days after Tomorrow: Climate Fiction for the Future
Can we reimagine our relationship with nature and protect the future? How can we marshal our collective imagination to accelerate global transformations and move towards a sustainable way of life...
Annie Murphy Paul, THE EXTENDED MIND
The past few decades—and especially these pandemic times—have pushed us to sit hunched over our laptops and smartphones, sorting through overwhelming streams of information and playing mind-...
How Do You Make a Policy Idea Go Viral?
Directly informing policymaking is the goal of many researchers and academics in policy relevant fields. But no matter how original or brilliant a policy idea is, it can struggle for traction in a...
Future Security Forum 2021: How Should Congress Shape the Future of National Security?