CSPS student fellow Nicholas Davidson explores the territorial claims of China in the South China Sea, the tactics it uses to cement its foothold in the disputed waters, and the role the United States has to play in the region.
CSPS Fellow Steven Wachter cautions against the revival of America’s “Twin Pillars Policy” in the Middle East, pointing to the inherent weaknesses of its previous iteration in the 1970s.
Graduation ceremony for newly trained police officers in South Sudan. Former SPLA soldiers were trained with the assistance of the UN Mission in South Sudan. Photo UN/ Tim McKulka
CSPS Fellow Christopher Gettel traces the evolution of American nuclear weapons policy, evaluating the merits of discrete eras of policy and arguing for the need to revisit nuclear weapons policy in a changing and uncertain international environment.
CSPS Fellow Joshua Stone argues that traditional understandings of security competition among great powers underestimate ideological factors and fail to explain US-China rivalry.
CSPS Fellow Will Nelson argues that the Russo-Ukrainian War threatens to become a protracted conflict with serious consequences for the viability of the Russian state.
