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Source: Getty Summary:  Foreign ministers from India, France, and Australia recently met (virtually) at the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship annual conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics. What can they get done if they work together? Related Media and Tools “We need plurilateralism,” argued Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. “Multilateralism is not delivering.” The minister was speaking about the benefits of small groups of countries working together at a panel ...

It should be safe to say that the United States is finally starting to move past Covid-19 as herd immunity nears closer and closer. The debate over whether lockdowns were a good pandemic response has been raging since day one with each side attempting to grasp at whatever immediate evidence is available.  The overwhelming evidence at this point seems to suggest that after controlling for various outliers, most sweeping policy responses like stay-at-home orders and business closures have very l...

Disaster Zone Podcast: The Importance of Social Capital In Disasters This goes beyond vehicles, helicopters and programs. May 06, 2021 •  “ If you are going to invest time, energy and money into becoming more disaster resilient, what type of effort are you putting into the social capital of your community or organization? Daniel Aldrich, director of the Resilience and Security Studies Program at Northeastern University, shares in this podcast the importance of investing in social capital...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. received the General James Doolittle Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his significant contributions to the advancement of U.S. airpower during a virtual event April 22. Since 1994, the Security Studies Program has held an annual event to honor the memory of MIT alumni and World War II hero “It is a real honor, and I wish I could be there in person,” Brown said. “I’d really like to thank you for this prestigious aw...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. received the General James Doolittle Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his significant contributions to the advancement of U.S. airpower during a virtual event April 22. Since 1994, the Security Studies Program has held an annual event to honor the memory of MIT alumni and World War II hero “It is a real honor, and I wish I could be there in person,” Brown said. “I’d really like to thank you for this prestigious aw...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. received the General James Doolittle Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his significant contributions to the advancement of U.S. airpower during a virtual event April 22. Since 1994, the Security Studies Program has held an annual event to honor the memory of MIT alumni and World War II hero “It is a real honor, and I wish I could be there in person,” Brown said. “I’d really like to thank you for this prestigious aw...

World Military Spending Rose in 2020, India by 34% the Past Decade Indians bear the third largest military burden in the world UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United Nations—which is desperately seeking funds to help developing nations battling a staggering array of socioeconomic problems, including extreme poverty, hunger, economic inequalities and environmental hazards—has continued to be one of the strongest advocates of disarmament. The world body has relentlessly campaigned for reduced mi...

​The deterrent capacity of a state’s nuclear forces depends upon the platforms and delivery systems that constitute the arsenal. Despite the importance of specific platforms for nuclear deterrence and coercion, however, most quantitative research on the effects of nuclear weapons typically evaluate the deterrent power of nuclear weapons by measuring whether a state possesses nuclear weapons or the number of warheads within a state’s nuclear arsenal. In this seminar based on work with co-a...

Brief Analysis Experts discuss how the two allies can work more closely on everything from artificial intelligence to missile defense, ideally with help from emerging Arab partners. On May 5, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Michael Eisenstadt, Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering III, Samantha Ravich, and David Pollock. Eisenstadt and Pollock are senior fellows at the Institute and coauthors of its recent study “Asset Test 2021: How the U.S. Can Keep Benefiting from Its...

SIPRI’s research on arms and military spending has been the core of the Institutes work since its foundation in the 1960s. Credit: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2021 (IPS) - The United Nations– which is desperately seeking funds to help developing nations battling a staggering array of socio-economic problems, including extreme poverty, hunger, economic inequalities and environmental hazards– has continued to be one of the strongest advoc...