Strauss Center Director Dr. Francis Gavin was quoted by Newsweek.com in an article by Rob Verger titled “JFK’s Most Underrated Achievement.” The article argues that the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 was one of JFK’s biggest–and most underrated–oreign policy accomplishments, as well as a turning point during the most dangerous period of the Cold War.
Says Gavin, “[this Treaty] was a way for the Americans and Soviets to signal to each other that they respected each other’s status quo.”
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Joshua Busby recently co-authored a piece in The National Interest titled “No Easy Solutions to Europe’s Geopolitical Trilemma.” Busy examines the mounting strategic pressures facing the European Union as it seeks defense, economic, and energy autonomy amid growing uncertainty from Russia, China, and the United States. “Thankfully for Europe, it is wealthy enough to continue restricting...
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Dr. Joshua Busby, the former Senior Advisor for Climate at the U.S. Department of Defense and a Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center, recently spoke on The India Energy Hour Podcast, addressing questions regarding India’s energy security while phasing down inefficient coal power plants. “If the international community truly prioritizes a clean energy transition in the Global South, including but not limited to India,...