Capstone Reports

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have grown into significant middle powers over the past decades. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) nimbly exercise…

The United States has led the multilateral system for 80 years. While its engagement should not diminish, it is time for the United States to advance bold reforms to overcome…

The United States is entering a period of escalating great power competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). China poses a unique challenge due to its rapid accumulation of…

Illiberalism is on the rise in the Americas. The region, once a bastion of post-Cold War democracy with countries like Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay forging strong liberal institutions after overthrowing…

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is more economically powerful, militarily capable, and politically connected than at any time in the past, and its growing national power increasingly poses a…

The Western Hemisphere influences the prosperity of the United States (U.S.) more directly than any other region in the world. As a result, U.S. policies are designed to promote a…

Since the early 2000s, the governments of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and Qatar have become increasingly important actors in the humanitarian system. KSA, the UAE,…

The diplomatic and economic relations of Gulf governments have undergone a serious shift in the 21st century as the Gulf’s largest source of trade and biggest oil export destination has…

Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine poses a clear existential threat to Ukraine’s state sovereignty and the U.S.-led international order. Russia’s war has challenged the accepted post-World War II order that…

In his first foreign policy address at the State Department, President Biden declared that “America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy.” Over the past two years, the…