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Weaponizing Wheat How Strategic Competition With...
Complacency in relative isolation from disruptive food shocks is no longer a luxury the United States can afford. We are now in an era of increased globalization, where food supply…
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Assisting and Evacuating U.S. Citizens Abroad...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS; the Department) has long provided consular services to American citizens around the world pursuant to laws passed by Congress. Such services include disseminating information…
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21st Century Customs Framework White Paper
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) draft legislative concepts reviewed and discussed among the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) as “CBP Challenge Areas” were largely viewed as a…
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Community Engagement in Anticipatory Action
The guidance note offers information and recommendations to FAO Country Offices and partners involved in Anticipatory Action programming on how to engage affected and at-risk people and communities to better…
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PLA Logistics and Sustainment: PLA Conference 2022
There is no issue more critical to US security than the expansive and long-term challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Russian war in Ukraine is deservedly…
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Digital Twin Cities: Key Insights and...
This report provides a guide for city leaders considering the development of digital twin cities and insights for entrepreneurs and investors looking to shape the next generation of applications. It…
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How the G7 Can Use “Data Free Flow With Trust” to...
Since Japan launched the “Data Free Flow with Trust” (DFFT) initiative, global competition and conflict over digital issues have only intensified. Yet, leading digital countries at the G7 and elsewhere…
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Shared Intelligence for Resilient Supply Systems
Supply chains, integral to the global economy and daily life, face escalating challenges from natural disasters, labour shortages, inflation and geopolitical tensions. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed their fragility and the…
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Cyber Operations During the Russo-Ukrainian War
This edition of the On Future War series uses an empirical analysis of attributed Russian cyber operations in Ukraine to extrapolate future scenarios for the use of cyber operations in major theater…
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U.S. Government Procurement and International Trade
Determining the conditions under which federal agencies must open contracts to foreign suppliers, which legal framework applies in a given procurement, or how agencies determine whether goods and services are…
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International Law and Agreements: Their Effect...
This report introduces the primary forms of international law and examines their effect on U.S. law. It also highlights issues that may be particularly relevant to Congress, including the Senate’s…
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Wagner Group Mutiny in Russia
On Friday, June 23, 2023, Russia’s Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched the most serious threat yet to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. The mutiny followed worsening tensions…
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Operating on the Margins: SOF in the Gray Zone
This volume examines “gray zone conflict,” or the space between peace and war in which state and non-state actors engage in competition. Even with the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, this interpretive…
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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and serves the President in overseeing the…
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Volunteer Force: U.S. Tech Companies and Their...
U.S. tech companies have played a critical role in the international effort to support and defend Ukraine against Russia. To better understand and envision how these companies can help U.S.…
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