Past Events

Between Power and Promise: The Evolution of U.S. Sanctions Strategy

Context for a broader chapter in the recent Oxford Handbook of Geoeconomics and Economic Statecraft, published with the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).

The Double Power Law: How American Innovation Really Works

For nearly eight decades, the U.S. innovation ecosystem has been underpinned by a deliberately decentralized model of federal research support.

Sanctions, in theory

As the global landscape shifts further toward economic statecraft amid escalating strategic competition, especially involving China, Iran, and Venezuela, policymakers must recognize that the power of sanctions lies not merely in their imposition, but in their credible promise of relief upon behavioral change—a promise that, historically, has proven challenging to uphold.

Whack-A-Chip: The Futility of Hardware-Centric Export Controls

Data-Centric AI Governance: Addressing the Limitations of Model-Focused Policies

Policy discussions on AI risk are currently over-focused on vague definitions of “foundation” and “frontier” models, ignoring the critical role of data in determining a model’s capabilities and risks.

Response of Lanthanide Sesquioxides to High-Energy Ball Milling

Study on the effects of high-energy ball milling and the far-from-equilibrium conditions induced by complex mechanical interactions.

Sanctions in an Era of Strategic Competition

As sanctions become a widely-used tool of state power, their effectiveness — particularly regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine — has been called into question, prompting a re-evaluation of the theory behind them.