Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Eugene Gholz is a co-author of the article “Restraining Order for Strategic Modesty” published in the journal World Affairs. In this paper, Gholz argues that the U.S. should adopt a grand strategy that involves scaling back international security interventions and instead focusing on domestic issues in order to ensure a strong national security and preserve resources for dealing with future threats.

In his paper “Complicating Commitment: Free Resources, Power Shifts, and the Fiscal Politics of Preventive War” published in International Studies Quarterly, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Pat McDonald explores how domestic institutions shape power transitions and impact international peace agreements between states.

In his article “Capitalism, Commitment, and Peace” published in the journal International Interactions, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Pat McDonald writes about the likelihood of conflict between states based on the amount of public property a government holds in its possession.

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Michael Webber is co-author of the article “Wasted Food, Wasted Energy: The Embedded Energy in Food Waste in the United States” published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. In this paper, Webber estimates the energy embedded in food waste each year in the United States.

In his article, “Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation and the Cold War,” published in International Security, Strauss Center Director Frank Gavin analyzes how policymakers should consider nuclear proliferation historically, in the present and in the future.

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar William Inboden is co-author, along with Peter Feaver, of “A Strategic Planning Cell on National Security at the White House” in the book Avoiding Trivia: The Role of Strategic Planning in American Foreign Policy. In this chapter, Inboden and Feaver discuss the challenges of strategic planning as well as the Bush administration’s creation of a new strategic planning advisory cell on the National Security Council (NSC).

In a new research brief released November 30th, CCAPS researchers Kate Weaver and Christian Peratsakis discuss why identifying where development aid has been effectively deployed is critical to addressing climate security risks and building adaptive capacity in Africa.

A new CCAPS Research Brief details an innovative research project by seven of the world's top scholars of Constitutional Design and Conflict Management in Africa, organized by the Strauss Center.

A new policy brief from CCAPS researchers Josh Busby, Kaiba White and Todd Smith focuses on what drives climate security vulnerability in Africa, and examines potential policy responses.

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Robert M. Chesney explores U.S. laws on militaray detention and lethal force in two new articles published, or soon to be pubished, this year.