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NATO and Russia: Strengthening the Alliance and Improving Resilience
(2018)The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian Federation, which will be re-ferred to in this paper as Russia, have a long history of contention that stems from the Cold War and is present to this day. After ... -
NATO: Building resiliency and integrity against Russian hybrid warfare threats
(2019)Hybrid threats are not a new concept. However, the resurgence of an aggressive Russia has led to an increase in dangerous activity and the practice of new techniques. Hybrid threats put NATO in a complicated position as ... -
Navigating The Healthcare System: Barriers And Solutions For Undocumented Immigrants In Washington State
(2023-08)This research examines healthcare access for undocumented immigrants in Washington State, identifying barriers that intentionally compromise equitable and safe care. Federal and state legal frameworks work to systematically ... -
Negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(2014)The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union stands to be the largest free trade agreement ever created. The comprehensive trade and ... -
North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Understanding the Threat, Avoiding War5, Crafting Future Options
(2018)Since its first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has progressed rapidly and defiantly toward its goal of becoming a nuclear weapons state able to reach the continental US with its warheads. Despite many attempts at ... -
Opportunities and Challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region
(2019)This Task Force focuses on three key areas that U.S. policies have to address in order to capitalize on opportunities and meet challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region: 1. Political issues that require the U.S. to increase ... -
Partner and Strategic Competitor: Evaluating the EU’s Shifting Relationship with China
(5/15/2020)China has risen to become both a prominent competitor and collaborator to the European Union (EU). The EU’s predominant concern in this relationship centers around China’s increasing economic engagement through investment ... -
Pathways to Security: Closing Gaps in Protection for Forced Migrants
(2014)This report focuses on three primary themes within the international refugee regime and identifies gaps in protection for Convention as well as non-Convention forced migrants. The first, solidarity, refers to the uneven ... -
Playing Chicken with Big Ag: Advocating Regionally Sensitive Food Sovereignty to Address Pandemic Influenza
(2014)While a focus on pandemic preparedness is important, it does not address long term solutions to outbreak. In our highly globalized world, massive inequalities shape an environment in which preparedness benefits those of ... -
Positioning Washington State in the NewSpace Race
(2018)This report highlights the central role Washington state can play in fostering the next generation of space startups as a renowned space hub. The NewSpace industry is estimated to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030, ... -
Preventing ISIL’s Rebirth Through A Greater Understanding of Radicalization: A Case Study of ISIL Foreign Fighters
(5/15/2020)Terrorism kills on average 20,000 people every year. Although this is a small percentage of the world’s population, terrorism is a global security issue for every nation. Our report focuses on the rise, recruitment, and ... -
Promoting Human Rights and Healing in the Wake of Civil War in El Salvador
(2015)During winter quarter of 2015, this task force within the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington set out to document the story of two civil war era massacres in El Salvador; Las ... -
The Promotion of First Amendment Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy
(2013)In order to highlight the necessity of promoting First Amendment rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution as part of foreign policy committed to democratic advancement abroad, our Task Force has created the ... -
Putting the Arctic Back on the Map: A Progress Report in Anticipation of the Arctic Council's Twentieth Anniversary
(2016)We, the 2016 Arctic Task Force Team, have written this report in anticipation of the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Arctic Council in the fall of this year. Through an in-depth analysis of the history ... -
Re-evaluating U.S. Trade Relations with the Asia-Pacific Region
(2019)This Task Force is focused on the complex issues of U.S. trade and investment policy with countries in the Asia-Pacific. Specifically, this report looks at historical and contemporary relations of the U.S. with China, ... -
Reconstructing Syria: Resettling Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
(2019)This report examines the key issues impacting the resettlement of Syrian refugees and IDPs. Many indicators point to the civil war in Syria reaching an end with Bashar al-Assad’s regime still in power. As of December 2018, ... -
Redefining American Leadership for an Internationalized Era
(2017)Not since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 has the international system been so upended. Waves of economic and political populism have threatened the bulwarks ...