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Project Title
For a project on U.S.-China Scientific Engagement
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
30 months
Description
Although many global issues increasingly require international technical and policy cooperation, the fields of science, technology, and health have become contested areas between the United States and China. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has a long history of conducting “science diplomacy” with the belief that expert, bilateral dialogues on important—but less politically sensitive—issues can strengthen the international scientific community and open the way for improving relations in other areas. In that spirit, with Corporation support, the NAS Policy and Global Affairs Division established a Subcommittee on U.S.-China Scientific Engagement to explore how to reestablish such cooperation. Subcommittee members will continue to meet with their Chinese counterparts to discuss collaboration on a series of topics, including health in an aging world, urbanization and sustainability, and food and nutrition.
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For core support of the Science and Global Security Program
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The unraveling of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control and China’s nuclear buildup have set the stage for unrestricted nuclear modernization, increased proliferation threats, and heightened instability. Scientific and technical research is critically necessary to analyze these issues, examine the policies states propose in response, and develop new mechanisms for assessing nuclear developments and verifying arms control agreements. In tandem, education and training are necessary to ensure there is a next generation of nuclear scientists and scholars to address these issues. With renewed funding, Princeton’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) will continue research and training activities with the aim of identifying policy options and educating emerging scholars on such technical aspects of nuclear weapons as arms control verification, the effects of nuclear weapons, and space-based capabilities.
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As a final grant for SEA Change Institute
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) fields have a major impact on factors related to the U.S. economy and quality of life. Established with Corporation support, the STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change is a certification system based on Athena SWAN, for diversity and inclusion in STEM in higher education. The SEA Change Institute provides training and resources to promote inclusivity in postsecondary enrollment, persistence, and degree completion in STEMM fields. This final grant will allow SEA Change to develop a new learning series, expand evaluation capacity, and create new strategic partnerships.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Camelback Ventures, founded in 2014, addresses the barriers faced by underrepresented entrepreneurs, particularly those of color, to unleash their full potential. With a mission to increase access to opportunity, Camelback focuses on supporting education and social innovation entrepreneurs through its flagship Camelback Fellowship program. This program identifies, develops, and promotes underrepresented entrepreneurs, providing them with capital, coaching, community, and connections to foster the growth and sustainability of their ventures. Camelback’s primary aim is to narrow the racial and gender wealth gap and leverage proximate entrepreneurs to develop the programs and initiatives that can produce that outcome. Prior support from the Corporation provided Camelback with the opportunity to implement a new technology infrastructure to support hybrid learning. With continued support from the Corporation, Camelback Ventures aims to directly support thirty-six founders and their ventures. This funding will facilitate direct investments, coaching, and access to networks for BIPOC social impact leaders, fostering social and economic mobility for both program staff and participants.
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In support of the Digital Outposts Project
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Under the leadership of the 14thLibrarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, the Library of Congress (LC)has embraced a redefined and modernized mission, seeking to encourage and enhance the public’sparticipation in this country’s cultural and civic life. To this end,the LC is developinga new program, “Digital Outposts”, to reimagine public engagement with historical materials, which hasthe potential to inspire, inform, and engage peoplein meaningful new ways.The LCstaff will design transformative digital experienceswith collaborators in ten public libraries across the country, combining emerging technologies such as virtual reality, library materials, and themes relevant to the local communities where the experiences will be offered. A Carnegie Corporation grant will support the development of partnerships with two libraries, one of which will be Carnegie library,as part of a two-year pilot phase for thisprogram.
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As a final grant for the Center for Peace and Development partnership with the Security in Context Network
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab region remains a theater of internationalized armed conflicts, interventions, and shifting geopolitical orders that require analysis and communication by international scholars. Since 2020, the University of Oklahoma’s Center for Peace and Development has served as a node of the Security in Context network. The Network involves a team of international scholars working to redefine commonly held conceptions of security and empower policymakers, academics, and others seeking data to foster a more equitable and sustainable world. It supports working groups on multipolarity and financialization as well as graduate student fellowships, events, and publications. Renewed funding will go towardprofessional development,publications, public events, and partnerships with Middle East and Global South institutions.
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For research and analysis on U.S. arms-trade standards and practices in the Middle East and beyond
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
29 months
Description
The U.S. is the most influential actor in the global arms trade, a trade which affects peace and security outcomes both in conflict contexts and globally. U.S. standards and practices relevant to corruption risks are therefore of significant importance to Transparency International, the world’s leading non-governmental anti-corruption organization. Together with its international chapters, Transparency International’s Defence and Security program will undertake research on arms-trade decision-making and loopholes in implementation of the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer policy regarding the MENA region, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Building on earlier Corporation-support work, it will provide new evidence-based recommendations for addressing risks both within the U.S. defense sector and in other countries that supply arms globally so as to inform policy debates, reduce the role that defense corruption plays in conflict, and enhance stability globally.
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For the Alternative Policy Solutions program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
39 months
Description
Social science research often remains confined to the scholarly community, unshared with its primary beneficiary, the public. Since 2017, the Alternative Policy Solutions program has brought together experts and students from different disciplinary backgrounds to provide a comprehensive look at locally identified policy issues. In designing policy solutions, the team conducts broad consultations with a range of officials, the private sector, scholars, and civil society.Seven million people have accessed its policy briefs, workshops, videos, podcasts and public events on issues including future modalities of work, climate and urban planning, and education.
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For the Aspen Institute Congressional Program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Amid growing global challenges and intense polarization within the United States and beyond, the Congressional Program provides senators and representatives from both parties with opportunities to discuss complex foreign policy issues with American and international experts, explore policy options, and build critical relationships. With renewed support, the program will continue to host its annual conferences for Members, along with regular breakfasts for congressional Members and lunches for senior staff featuring experts on timely international developments.
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For a project on governance and citizenship in MENA
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As polities in the Arab region confront the related problems of eroded citizenship and authoritarianism, the Century Foundation’s center for international research and policy, Century International (CI), will continue its active engagement with policy researchers in the Arab region. Combining methods of academic training and investigative journalism, network participants produce and disseminate research on pressing issues including corruption, conflict, and climate adaptation. Corporation funds support collaborative research, staff costs, workshops, and publications.
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For research and analysis on defense industries and armed conflict
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Accurate, non-partisan data and analysis of war economies, including the security sector and enabling technologies, are vital to understanding the problem of conflict escalation. With renewed support, OpenSecrets will continue its data collection and analysis on arms sales, foreign lobbying, and defense industry datasets, with the aim of improving transparency and resources for policymakers. Corporation funds will support research and the maintenance ofpublic access data on the OSwebsite, as well as workshops and publications.
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For social science research, training, and networks.
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is an independent professional organization dedicated to strengthening social science research to address key challenges in the Arab region. The ACSS fosters a new generation of social scientists, integrates them into regional networks, and facilitates their policy-relevant research and publication. With renewed support, ACSS will continue itsgrowthas an effective field-building institution. The grant will enable ACSS to offer early career fellowships, promote research and publications, maintain issue-oriented working groups,upgrade the organization’s communications, and launch a network of 25 universities committed to working on the future of higher education in the region.
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For a legislative study group on the role of Congress in foreign affairs
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
0 months
Description
Congressional members and aides canlack the specialized knowledge and accessible guidance needed to understand legal issues related to U.S. foreign and national security policy. Brookings’ legislative study groupaddresses this deficiency by convening regular discussions between bipartisancongressional staff and leading legal and policy experts. By focusing on emerging issues facing Congress and targeting relevant staff working on those issues, the project has helped inform and shape the debate of key topics on Capitol Hill, including recent rulings regarding the authorization of militaryforce.Continued funding will allow the grantee to increase the frequency of sessions,remain responsive to timely developments, and develop an archive of research material relative to study group topics.
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As a final grant for the Orfalea Center partnership with the Security in Context network
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab region, an area in which the geopolitical order is being shaped and contested, is highly relevant to US foreign policy concerns. Since 2005 the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been training and mobilizing scholars on key questions regarding peace and conflict, security and insecurity, and international norms. This hub specializes in comparative and transregional research on the securitization of urban space, infrastructure, and the social impact of data-driven technologies. Renewed Corporation funding will support working groups, international research collaboration, publications, and expanded partnerships with Middle East and Global South institutions.
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For the Project on U.S. Global Engagement
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
20 months
Description
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs focuses on fostering space for mutual learning among stakeholders and creating international conversations to bridge differences. Its project on U.S. Global Engagement has been shaping a wider discussion on American foreign policy by addressing the causes and consequences of U.S. disengagement and informing citizen understanding of international affairs and U.S. foreign policymaking through an ethical lens. With this next grant phase, the Council will deepen its engagement with young professionals, creating a link between the expert foreign policy community and younger generations to address polarization and inspire civic participation and action.
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For core support to the Global Security Unit's The World
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As peace and security problems become increasingly complex, high-quality journalism helps build an informed citizenry that understands these issues and how they intersect. Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a content and audio company that delivers context, analysis, and storytelling through the views of experts and people on the ground. Housed in PRX’sGlobal Security Unit, its feature outputThe World covers major global threats, making international issues and events relevant and compelling to U.S. listeners.
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For the podcast seasons of "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The “Things That Go Boom” (TTGB) podcast explores national security and foreign policy issues through rigorous journalism and storytelling. A project of Public Radio Exchange and Inkstick Media, TTGB analyzes issues from multiple viewpoints, perspectives, and disciplines, particularly those underrepresented in the public conversation. Continued Corporation support will allow the development, production, and distribution of the next few seasons of TTGB, following foreign policy, nuclear weapons, and national security issues through the 2024 presidential election and beyond.
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For the Project for Media and National Security
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Project forMedia and National Security expands public awareness of peace and security issues through far-reaching media coverage of those issues. Its flagship activity, the Defense Writers Group, convenes national security correspondents in Washington, D.C. with senior defense and military officials who provide the context and nuances of security challenges to ensure more informed and accurate media coverage of these issues. The reporters use the interactions and findings for articles and stories thatappear in print around the world.
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As a final grant for training and research on nuclear and international security
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has suspended theU.S.-Russia relationship across the board, including on security-related matters. Yet, as the second largest nuclear weapons state with a global reach and a veto power within the UN’s Security Council, Russia is a significant actor in international peace and security. A project of the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM)at the University of Maryland will explore security challenges that the United States and its allies cannot effectively manage without involvement from Russia. CISSM experts on U.S. relations with Russia and China will work with specialists on nuclear risk reduction, cyber, and the Arctic to identify approaches to averting dangers through mutual actions.
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For core support to the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The prospect for engagement between Russia and the United States could depend on developing and retaining a talented, knowledgeable corps of Russia experts. One of the Corporation’skey Euro-Atlantic Security programs offeringprofessional support and educational content to emerging scholars and specialists with interest in Russia and Eurasia is theMonterey Initiative on Russian Studies (MIRS). MIRS produces experts with deep knowledge of the region and through itsflagship activity, theMiddlebury Summer Symposium on Russia, sponsorsan interdisciplinaryprogram toexposeadvancedgraduate students and early professionals to experts across the sectors, from history to culture to regional politics to security. Thesymposium has offered close to 100 alums a balanced understanding of Russia which they can take to their careers in U.S. policymaking circles, nongovernmental institutions, and the private sector.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Women in International Security (WIIS) is a global, nongovernmental membership organization that advances the leadership and professional development of women working in the foreign policy and international security fields. Through workshops, research, and publications, WIIS also seeks to increase knowledge and understanding of the nexus between gender and security and bridge the divide between the traditional security studies community and the women, peace, and security community. In the next phase, WIIS will continue its Next Generation Symposium, professional development workshops, policy roundtables, and collaborations with its chapters, affiliates, and international partners.
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For core support to the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As part of the Endowment’s global network of regional think tanks, the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin is home to leading experts on Russia and the region. Its research agenda focuses on issues related to the second- and third-order effects of the Ukraine war and the worsening standoff between Russia and the West, includingenergy security, global governance, andarms control and nonproliferation. The digital media platformCarnegie Politikadelivers analyses and strategic insights on Russia’s domestic, regional, and global policies and their ramifications. With continued support, the center will pursue programs and activities to expand the scope and impact of its work.
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For GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In a crowded media landscape, the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer seeks to promote deeper understanding of geopolitical, humanitarian, and security developments nationally and internationally. With renewed support, GZERO World will continue to expose American audience to global issuesand perspectives through interviews with guests from a wide range of political persuasions and nationalities. Over the next two years, GZERO World will embark on Seasons 7 and 8 with topics of relevance to the current geopolitical climate nationally and globally.
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As a final grant for enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The field of Russian and Eurasian studies has seen an ongoing decline in federal funding that began in the early 1990s and accelerated sincedue to reductions in both federal and private funding. With support from the Corporation, Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) has been engaged in MA training, research, international conferences, and policy outreach. With renewed support, CERES will continue its activities with a research focus Russia and its neighbors. The efforts will result in MA graduates, print and on-line outputs, international conferences, and policy outreach events.
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For Critical Studies of Iraq
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
In light of recent civil society movements in Iraq, scholars and civil society actors have expressed frustration regarding the lack of academic and methodological resources fostering research and policy skills for Iraqis in social science fields. They emphasize the urgent need to foster, renew, and strengthen contemporary scholarship in social sciences and connect academia with the public on policy-relevant issues. With continued funding from the Corporation, a project team led by Rutgers sociologist Zahra Ali will be working with Iraqi partners to strengthen independent analysis and action addressing critical issues of governance, gender, environmental security, and violent conflict studies. Project activities will include training, networking, mentoring, and support to research and publication particularly by women.
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As a one-time only grant for the digitization of the Sussex Harvard Information Bank archive
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
The Sussex Harvard Information Bank (SHIB) is one of thelargest open-source archives on chemical and biological weapons. Given the strategicimplications ofthis topic and the prevalence of misinformationanddisinformation,reliable sources ofinformation arecritical. However, the current paper-based nature ofSHIB limits its sustainability andutility for a wider audience. Aproject at the University of Sussexwill digitize key materials from SHIB co-director Julian Perry Robinson’s collectionto make them publicly accessible and ensure their long-term preservation. This grant complements the digitization of a collection of key documents and recollections related to major developments regarding biological weapons nonproliferation, also funded by the Corporation.
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For congressional education on armed conflicts, fragile states, and humanitarian crises
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the role of Congress in foreign and national security policy, congressional members and the staffers who support them do not always come to Washington, D.C.familiar with the complexities of international relations. To help deepen their understanding of and inform their decisionmaking on foreign policy, a program of OXFAM America will educate congressional members and staffersabout conditions in countries experiencing conflict or humanitarian crisis. Through a series of in-personbriefings, OXFAM America, through itsOxfam Rights In Crisis Briefing Series,will expose key bipartisan and bicameral lawmakersto the perspectives of communities affected by crises. The series will aim to build congressionalawareness of what is happening on the groundand identify U.S. governmental approaches that can best address them.
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For the Scholar Rescue Fund
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
As the number of scholars facing threats to their safety or work has increased globally, IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund has been receiving a record number of applications each year since 2017. Scholar Rescue Fund placesprofessors, researchers, and public intellectuals at academic institutions around the world. Renewed fundingfrom the Corporation will enable IIE toprovide direct support to scholarsfrom the broader Middle East, and to strengthen and expand partnerships with academic institutionsfocused on the region.
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As a one-time grant for a project on the 2024 elections
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Geopolitical crises like Russia’s war with Ukraine, U.S. tensions with China, and the Hamas-Israeli war along with other conflicts and global trends are consequential to the United States and the world. As foreign policy does not feature prominently in U.S. elections, the Corporation supports initiatives to inform the American public about the world and U.S. foreign policy positions leading to presidential elections. For the 2024 elections, a project at the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program will seek to provide a platform for anexamination of key foreign policy issues and America’s role in the world through a set of publications, podcasts, and public events.
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As a one-time grant for a project on the 2024 elections
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Geopolitical crises like Russia’s war with Ukraine, U.S. tensions with China, and the Hamas-Israeli war along with other conflicts and global trends are consequential to the United States and the world. As foreign policy does not feature prominently in U.S. elections, the Corporation supports initiatives to inform the American public about the world and U.S. foreign policy positions leading to presidential elections. For the 2024 elections, a project at the Council on Foreign Relations will provide a platform for an examination of key foreign policy issues and America’s role in the world through a set of activities, including a digital election hub, publications, podcasts, and public events throughout the country.
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For social science education of early career journalists
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Febrayer is a regional network that supports journalism and knowledge production in the Arab region. It connects independent media institutions and provides professional development to researchers and writers. The Corporation will contribute support toward a postgraduate training program that selectively enrolls thirty students annually. While teaching journalism skills, the program works with university-based experts to cover academic disciplines that have the potential to enrich journalism: humanities and social sciences such as economics, anthropology, political theory, literature, arts, and feminist studies.
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As final grant core support of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) in Armenia
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) in Armenia is part of a network of CRRCs initially launched in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. CRRCs are dedicated to generating and disseminating data-driven research for diverse communities of decisionmakers, from policymakers to the business community to educational and academic stakeholders. With this final grant, CRRC Armenia will continue a set of initiatives aimed for social development in Armenia and the region.The grant will also support CRRC Armenia’s efforts to focus on development and sustainability to remain an active and effective non-governmental organization in the region.
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For core support on international crisis mediations
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Inter Mediate is a nongovernmental organization working on international crisis mediations around the world. Its key objective is to offer high-level peace advice and process support to leaders of ongoing conflicts and escalating crises. With Corporation support, it will expand and intensify its crisis response activities through engagements with respective stakeholders and search for effective solutions. The grant will also enable Inter Mediate to document the legacy of peacemaking lessons for leaders around the world.
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For Smolny Without Borders
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s first liberal arts college, Smolny College, was founded in 1994 by the St. Petersburg State Universityin collaboration with Bard College. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent restrictions within Russia’s civil society and educational space, former faculty members of Smolny College andofother Russian liberal arts programs founded a virtual education platform in 2022, calledSmolny Beyond Borders. It offers courses for university credit, grounded in a broad liberal arts and sciences curriculum.Corporation’s grant will supportits core activities, includingresearch, teaching,and publication through fellowships, professional development, andonline courses.
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As a final grant for strengthening U.S. expertise and knowledge about Russia
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the premier national research center established to improve American expertise and knowledge about Russia, Ukraine, and other states in the region through research and exchange. With renewed support from the Corporation, the Institute will provide communication training to scholars in residence, organize briefings in Washington, D.C. with prominent experts on Russia and the region, and administer an active program of public lectures and conferences. The activities will result in publications and dissemination. As the Russia studies field continues to adapt to challenges that have resulted from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Institute will continue to serve as a nonpartisan space for presenting and debating ideas.
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For a final grant for nuclear policy outreach and education for Congress
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the key role of Congress in foreign and national security policy, congressional Members and aides do not always come to Capitol Hill familiar with the complexities of international relations. Knowledge about nuclear weapons in particular has been eroding as rhetoric about their possible use continues to intensify. This disparity has heightened the need for lawmakers who are informed about national security and nuclear issues. To expand congressional knowledge on nuclear-relevant issues, the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation (CACNP), led by former Congressman John Tierney, conducts bipartisan and bicameral off-the-record briefings and other programs for Members and staffers by experts. The briefings are tied to current events, to maximize their relevance for those on the Hill who seek real time insights on unfolding developments.
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For Brookings' Foreign Policy Program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As one of theleading think tanks working on U.S. foreign policy and international relations, the Brookings Institution is an influential player in the field. With continued Corporation support, the Brookings’ Foreign Policy program will generate and disseminate independent research, analyses, and publications on a range of geopolitical, economic, and security issues to inform policy considerations among policymakers, as well as understanding among the public. The Corporation’s core grant will supportscholars, events, and publications.
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For a one-time project on the securitization of migration as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Migration and the security measures that result from it have created new inter- and intrastate political levers. Through this grant, the Fletcher School at Tufts, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, will analyze migrant weaponization by transit states and illicit political economies, convene workshops to create alternative scenarios for managing these challenges, and disseminate the findings through papers and briefings to relevant policymakers both in the United States and abroad.
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For a one-time project on mapping critical value chains as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Jain Family Institute (JFI) proposes to build and disseminate tools to map prospective and proposed global value chains central to the competition over strategic minerals between the U.S. and China. These tools will identify different viable configurations of these supply chains and quantify the distribution of potential benefits to low- and middle-income countries. JFI will build capacity to use these tools within developing and emerging economies and international financial institutions. It will publish public-facing articles and webinars to ensure that the tools, methodology, and findings are widely disseminated. It will also work directly with political and policy officials in the Global South, especially and initially in Brazil, where JFI has an extensive existing network, to refine these tools and outputs and place them in the hands of decisionmakers.
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For a one-time project on transnational networks shaping non-Western shadow spaces as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Ongoing geopolitical conflict has led to the proliferation of ungoverned ‘shadow spaces,’ or zones where state and non-state actors engage in criminality and illicit behavior that further disrupt the norms, institutions, and security of the global system. This project will conduct case studies on regional and technological actors and networks to establish transnational maps of illegitimate networks. It thenwill examine the effects of these networks on geopolitical crises to produce recommendations to contain threats of destabilization, strategically communicating findings to stakeholders in the form of media publicity and public events convened in Washington,London, and Stockholm.
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For a one-time project to assess the evolving global order from the perspective of Pacific islands as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The location of the Pacific islands has long set them at the crossroads of geopolitical competition, a position of strategic importance that is growing in a global order largely shaped by U.S.-China relations. Islands themselves are understudied as a unit of analysis for understanding and influencing larger shifts in international affairs. The Pacific Center for Island Security (PCIS) seeks to break down information silos around geopolitical activities in the Northern Pacific through a two-part project. First, they will create a comprehensive tracking infrastructure to analyze major powers’ military, diplomatic, and economic activity in islands. Second, they aim to develop local capacity within Micronesia for the analysis of geopolitical issues by supporting local scholars and convening a group of decisionmakers from the region to discuss a shared security agenda. This project will provide a new view of the islands from the islands.
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For a one-time project on anticipating the political impacts of artificial intelligence in Latin America as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
27 months
Description
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming industries, governments, and the international order. While AI promises significant advancements, it also poses challenges, particularly in labor markets with a high risk of job replacement. Although existing research has highlighted the economic consequences of AI, little is known about its political impacts. This project addresses this crucial knowledge gap by examining how AI adoption affects political attitudes and policy preferences. The research team has strategically chosen to begin in Latin America due to its economic and political diversity, and because AI adoption will lag behind the Global North, thereby allowing a unique opportunity to study the initial impacts of AI exposure. The methodologies developed, and insights gained from this research will be applicable to understanding AI’s impacts in other developing regions and even in more advanced economies.
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For a one-time project on transnational political networks as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The major factors shaping the global order are typically assumed to be those derived from the power of states. Yet social power—or soft power—is key to galvanizing populations and governments. This project will explore the potential of transnational political networks to shift norms through the use of social power. It will convene a team of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners from a range of institutions who will create a series of case studies, produce white papers outlining roadmaps for future strategies, and design and convene workshops in different global locations. The specific topics of exploration will include technological changes, geostrategic challenges, and ecology.
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For a one-time project on small-state statecraft and realignment as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As the forces supporting global order continue to weaken, Texas A&M University proposes to research the drivers of small-state alignment with greater regional and global powers. Combining social, economic, and political measures in a latent variable statistical analysis, Texas A&M will create a global alignment measure for every country in the world, tracing what factors influenced alignment behaviors from 2000-2025. The project’s findings will be compiled in a final report to be published and briefed to policymaking and analytical communities.
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As a final grant for the Center for Human Rights
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights aids governmental, corporate, and civil society actors in understanding and applying regulations that protect civilians in armed conflict. Among its successes, the ABA’s Human Rights Due Diligence Guidance,has become a resource for policymakers,as well as for multilateral organizations and the private sector. Renewed funding will allow the Center to continue providing both public information and services to nonprofits and the private sector currently engaged in setting up human rights due diligence programs internationallyto advance oversight of arms transfers andinternational peace.
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As a final grant for the Forum on the Arms Trade
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Forum on the Arms Tradeis a communication and dissemination hub for 180 international researchers centered in Washington, DC. They analyze data on security assistance and related policies, with an aim to advance both transparency and policy alternatives. The Forum’s publications and online panels attract major media as well as smaller outlets in the U.S. and overseas. A grant to the expanding Forum will support training internationalresearchers from a diverse range of backgrounds. Renewed funding will result in a new cohort of emerging experts, as well as outreach and facilitation of collaborative research.
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As a final grant to research and policy development on security in the Middle East
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The World Peace Foundation (WPF) at Tufts University works with a network of international scholars to increase understanding and informed dialogue about conflict dynamics and peacebuilding. This work expanded its scope and impact through a policy development initiative called “Pathways to Renewed and Inclusive Security in the Middle East” (PRISME). Launched in 2022,PRISME fosters interactions between international academics and practitioners working torefine the concept of security in the Middle East and NorthAfrica. WPF and PRISMEpublish research and provide data to journalists and policy researchersin multiple languages. Renewed funding will support data collection and analysis, publications and briefings, and professional development for a new generation of policy researchers.
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For innovative and analytical proposals for immigration
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
19 months
Description
The Migration and Human Rights Program at Cornell Law School advocates for executive action to provide immigration relief to long-term undocumented residents. The program is home to an immigration law and advocacy law clinic that focus on innovative work on behalf of undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) communities through the Path2Papers Project, including streamlining access to employment-based visas for youth with DACA Status, and on advocacy for detained immigrants and asylum seekers. The program also houses the Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, the State Policy and Advocacy Clinic, and the Fellows Program, which brings prominent immigration scholars, policymakers, and other public figures across the ideological spectrum to teach, conduct research, and engage with the public. With Corporation support, Cornell University will continue to expand its projects and programs to identify, develop, and seize opportunities for innovative law and policy change at the local, state, and national level.
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For project support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute's mapping project of U.S. civic infrastructure
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The decline in spaces of civic life has led to an era of polarization, distrust, disinformation, and societal fragmentation. These spaces provided people with the necessary experiences to cultivate the capacities for collective life in pluralistic societies. In 2017, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) founded the Agora Institute, inspired by the Greek word for assembly, to integrate research, teaching, and practice to strengthen opportunities for people of all backgrounds to participate in civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue. With Corporation funding, the Agora Institute will undertake the Mapping the Modern Agora (MMA), which will create the first comprehensive civic infrastructure map of the United States to better understand what kind of groups are cultivating a healthy democracy.
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For the Issam Fares Institute Fellows Program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
33 months
Description
The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) is a research-based policy institute at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Institute is one of the leading think tanks in the Arab region, bridging academia and policymaking by producing evidence-based research on challenges faced by Arab societies and creating an intellectual space for exchange of ideas among scholars, civil society, media, and policymakers. A new grant from the Corporation would support research and policy development, andincreaseIFI capacity building, professional development, and public communication outreach for its fellows.
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