Category: Content Series

#13: Add a DNI Deputy Director for Domestic Coordination

By: Stephen Shapiro What is the kernel of the issue? The US government’s domestic intelligence efforts need reform. Over twenty agencies in and out of the intelligence community conduct domestic intelligence, yet there is no national domestic threat assessment, no unified cross-agency mission package, no responsible officer to manage and deconflict, no way to harmonize […]

#12: Upgrade American Alliances

By Harlan Ullman

What is the kernel of the issue? Under the last administration, the “America First” foreign policy diminished the importance and priority of America’s alliances in Europe and Asia, often undermining them in very damaging ways. Why is the issue important? This decade, alliances and partnerships are critical for ensuring peace, prosperity, and stability. The new […]

#11: Re-Energize the Expansion of the Global Middle Class

By: Mathew Burrows What is the kernel of the issue? For the first time in a half-century, the global middle class has started to shrink. Post-COVID-19, the global middle class will shrink by 120 million people.   Why is the issue important? Historically, the erosion of the middle class has led to periods of political […]

#10: Proactively Prevent Pyongyang’s Provocations

By: Markus Garlauskas What is the kernel of the issue? North Korea is almost certainly considering ballistic missile tests this year, including the first launches of several new missiles it unveiled in October 2020 and this month. Why is the issue important? If North Korea resumes ballistic missile launches, this would enable it to increase […]

Nia quoted in The Hill on the renewal of the JCPOA and related human rights concerns