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Government Capacity
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Costs Come First in a Reset Climate Agenda

Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.

02.12.26 | 42 min read
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Government Capacity
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Bureaucracy as Social Hope: An Argument for Renewing the Administrative State

The American administrative state, since its modern creation out of the New Deal and the post-WWII order, has proven that it can do great things. But it needs some reinvention first.

02.12.26 | 29 min read
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Government Capacity
Policy Memo
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From Ambition to Action: A Policy Primer

Remaining globally competitive on critical clean technologies requires far more than pointing out that individual electric cars and rooftop solar panels might produce consumer savings.

02.12.26 | 41 min read
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Government Capacity
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Philanthropy Partnerships Summit Report: Building Collaborations for Impact

The Philanthropy Partnerships Summit demonstrated both the urgency and the opportunity of deeper collaboration between sectors that share a common goal of advancing discovery and ensuring that its benefits reach people and communities everywhere.

02.03.26 | 20 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
DOE 4.0: Rethinking Program Design for a Clean Energy Future

How DOE can emerge from political upheaval achieve the real-world change needed to address the interlocking crises of energy affordability, U.S. competitiveness, and climate change.

01.26.26 | 27 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s FY26 Budget Cuts and the Path Forward

As Congress begins the FY27 appropriations process this month, congress members should turn their eyes towards rebuilding DOE’s programs and strengthening U.S. energy innovation and reindustrialization.

01.22.26 | 9 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE Awards Cancelled and Programs Stalled

Politically motivated award cancellations and the delayed distribution of obligated funds have broken the hard-earned trust of the private sector, state and local governments, and community organizations.

01.21.26 | 12 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s Diminished Organizational Capacity

Over the course of 2025, the second Trump administration has overseen a major loss in staff at DOE, but these changes will not deliver the energy and innovation impacts that this administration, or any administration, wants.

01.20.26 | 10 min read
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Global Risk
Report
On the Precipice: Artificial Intelligence and the Climb to Modernize Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications

Successful NC3 modernization must do more than update hardware and software: it must integrate emerging technologies in ways that enhance resilience, ensure meaningful human control, and preserve strategic stability.

01.08.26 | 2 min read
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Global Risk
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Tracking the DF Express: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Chinese Media and Public Data for Studying Nuclear Forces

While advanced Chinese language proficiency and cultural familiarity remain irreplaceable skills, they are neither necessary nor sufficient for successful open-source analysis on China’s nuclear forces.

12.16.25 | 10 min read
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Government Capacity
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Barriers to Building: A Framework for the Next Era of Electricity Policy

To maximize clean energy deployment, we must address the project development and political barriers that have held us back from smart policymaking and implementation that can withstand political change. Here’s how.

12.15.25 | 26 min read
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Global Risk
Report
A Guide to Satellite Imagery Analysis for the Nuclear Age – Assessing China’s CFR-600 Reactor Facility

Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.

12.01.25 | 1 min read
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