The Geopolitics of Information
Information is now the world’s most consequential and contested geopolitical resource.
Research
Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress
Technology has reached a critical juncture in American society.
America Isn’t as Powerful as It Thinks It Is
Just how powerful is the United States?
The United States Will Be Shocked by Its Future
As a species, we seem to be in a period of considerable uncertainty, where familiar features of the political landscape are disappearing, and it is not clear what will replace them.
America Is Wide Open for Foreign Influence
Ever since the Treaty of Westphalia, the idea of territorial sovereignty has been central to how most of us think about international politics and foreign policy.
Does the US need NATO?
NATO is facing one of its most difficult crises in seven decades. It is not a crisis of military strength or readiness.
NATO’s Biggest Problem is President Trump
As NATO marks its 70th anniversary this week, this unique, often unwieldy, 29-member alliance is confronting one of the most difficult sets of challenges in its history.
5 Very Important Things About the World Nobody Knows
spent much of last week in Toronto at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association.
The Iran Nuclear Archive: Impressions and Implications
In mid-January, a team of scholars from the Belfer Center’s Intelligence and Managing the Atom Projects traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel to examine samples of, and receive briefings on, an archive of docu
Soft Power and the Public Diplomacy Revisited
Soft power is the ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion or payment.
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