Category: Content Series

#14: Significantly Expand and Strengthen the State Department

By: Evan Cooper What is the kernel of the issue? President Biden has outlined an ambitious foreign policy agenda, pledging to “elevate diplomacy as the premier tool of our global engagement.” Unfortunately, budget cuts and staff departures during the Trump administration have left the State Department unable to carry out Biden’s charge. Why is the […]

#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 […]