March 2, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by Ethan Kessler, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), What are economic sanctions? How are they used in US foreign policy? And what should future policymakers consider before employing them?, Economic sanctions are a frequently used tool of US foreign policy. Und...

June 30, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), US aid would not have been nearly as effective without Ukraine’s efforts to improve its military prior to the 2022 Russian invasion., US security assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s all-out invasion in Feb...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Law, Sector, Academia, Juliet Sorensen is a clinical professor of law and the director of Loyola's Rule of Law Institute and Program in Rule of Law for Development. Previously, she was a member of the clinical faculty at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, wher...

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August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Sanderson, AP Photos, America’s unconditional security sector assistance has helped facilitate Ethiopia’s violent responses to opposition., Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country and the oldest independent nation on the continent. Fr...

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, AP Photos, US security assistance meant for counterterrorism efforts is also implicated in the government’s war against Anglophone separatists., Cameroon is a country of 29 million straddling West and Central Africa, rich in natural resou...

Europe's attempts to diversify its gas supplies could have unintended and negative consequences for climate progress, writes Chris Morris.