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Surveillance Technology & the Global Decline in Democracy

As President Biden’s Summit of Democracy highlighted, it’s a dark time for democracy worldwide. Since 2020, the number of countries headed towards authoritarianism has outnumbered those headed towards democratic freedom, while the number of “backsliding democracies” have doubled in the last decade. The United States and its allies have been responsible for the lionshare of this past decade’s democratic downturn, while […]

12.22.21 | 4 min read
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High-skilled Immigration Policy: FAS’s Current and Future Contributions

Since the creation of this country, the American scientific enterprise has been built by talented immigrants. FAS has worked to strengthen the U.S. immigration system to ensure that experts in all scientific fields, as well as entrepreneurs with innovative ideas are able to build lives in the United States. Over the past two years, FAS […]

12.22.21 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Beyond the Endless Frontier

The American hallmark has always been its ingenuity, from the creation of the Internet to the rise of Silicon Valley. But for the last few decades, ingenuity has been on the decline: not because of a lack of genius but because of a failure of the marketplace to bring forward those new ideas in scientific knowledge, entrepreneurship, […]

12.22.21 | 3 min read
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Environment
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Working to Shape the Future of Science Policy With Entrepreneurship and Humility

When my dad turned 75 this October, he told me that it was the first birthday that really got under his skin and made him realize his age. Something about 75 years conveys the gravitas of a lifetime, encompassing three distinct generations and witnessing epic societal transformation over decades.  For perspective, it was 75 years […]

12.22.21 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
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NNSA Removes F/A-18F Super Hornet From Nuclear Bomb Fact Sheet

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has quietly removed the F/A-18F Super Hornet from its B61-12 nuclear bomb fact sheet. No public explanation has been offered for why the aircraft was removed or added in the first place. The F/A-18F was added to a “November 2021” fact sheet published in early December, which listed the […]

12.15.21 | 4 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Improving Outcomes for Incarcerated People by Reducing Unjust Communication Costs

It is critical that services such as video calling and email be available to people in prisons at a “just and reasonable” cost.

12.09.21 | 2 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Bringing Opportunities to Incarcerated Persons and Prison-Tech Startups

The White House should expand military-civilian partnerships in trauma care to achieve a national goal of eliminating preventable deaths.

11.23.21 | 10 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Maintaining Military Medical Readiness Today Saves Lives Tomorrow

The White House should expand military-civilian partnerships in trauma care to achieve a national goal of eliminating preventable deaths.

11.22.21 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
day one project
Policy Memo
Reforming Nuclear Research Practices in the Marshall Islands

The U.S. government should rethink how it conducts nuclear research in allied nations such as the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

11.04.21 | 2 min read
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Global Risk
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A Closer Look at China’s Missile Silo Construction

After the discovery during the summer of what appears to be at least three vast missile silo fields under construction near Yumen, Hami, and Ordos in north-central China, new commercial satellite images show significant progress at the three sites as well as at the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF)’s training site near Jilantai. The […]

11.02.21 | 13 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Pathways to Net-zero Soil Loss by 2050

The Biden Administration should announce its intention to achieve net-zero soil loss by 2050. Here’s how they can do it.

11.01.21 | 21 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Technical Talent Strategies to Build Capacity, Accelerate Priorities, and Drive Change

This is a historic opportunity, driven by critical need, to bolster and reinvigorate the federal talent pipeline.

10.25.21 | 1 min read
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