Diplomacy Lab Project Menu
Diplomacy Lab Project Menu for Spring 2025
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Projects by Discipline
Climate, Energy and Environment Project Descriptions
- Mapping Climate-Health Commitments in the Pacific Region
- Addressing the Escalating Air Quality Crisis in Karachi, the Fourth Most Polluted City in the World
- Ecosystem Restoration After Invasive Species Removal at the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Advancing Interoperable Carbon Markets in ASEAN
- Unhappy Isles: Climate Crisis, Pacific Islanders, and US (and PRC?) Efforts to Turn the Tide
- Youth-Driven Urban Planning: Enhancing Walkability and Green Spaces in the United States and Spain
- Renewable Energy Infrastructure Expansion
- Urban Planning for Ukraine’s Green Recovery
- Developing Best Practices for Sustainable Development at U.S.-Mexico’s Largest Port
- Using Satellite Data to Inform Water Decisions in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Maritime Cultural Protection and Onshore Preservation Impact for Communities
- Every Drop Counts: The Case for Modernizing Central Asia’s Water Infrastructure
- Complementing Regulations – Developing Food Regulatory Infrastructure to Facilitate Access to Nuclear Science and Technology in Support of the Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
- Reducing Carbon Emissions in Agricultural and Forestry Sectors of Kazakhstan
Communications and Marketing Project Descriptions
- Niger Online Disinformation Tracker (NODT)
- “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” or Combatting Disinformation in the Pacific
- Keeping an Eye Out: Monitoring Independent Russian Media in Lithuania
- Unpopular: How Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace Can Court the Public\
- Thirty Years After Normalization: A Celebration of the U.S.-Vietnam relationship
- Campaign to Attract More International Students from the Middle East
- Evaluating the Perception of Al-Jazeera in the U.S.: Pre- and Post-October 7th
Computer and Data Science and ICT Project Descriptions
- Strategic Planning and Microlearning
- Telling the U.S. Economic Impact Story in Southeast Asia
- Niger Online Disinformation Tracker (NODT)
- Using Digital Technology to Combat Technology-Facilitated Human Trafficking: Methods and Strategies
- North America’s Digital Future: A Survey of Mexican Laws and Regulations Governing Cyber Security and Digital Policy
- Keeping an Eye Out: Monitoring Independent Russian Media in Lithuania
- DPRK: Technological Solutions to Increase Access to Information
- Overview and Gap Analysis of Information Sharing between U.S. Government, International Partners, and the Private Sector in Response to Cryptocurrency Crimes
- Analysis of the Remittance Economy, its Participants, and Sufficiency of Related Regulatory and Supervisory Regimes
Conflict, Defense and Security Project Descriptions
- Comparison of Stabilization and Conflict Prevention Activities
- Unpopular: How Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace Can Court the Public
- Modeling Indicators-Warnings to Anticipate and Prevent Conflict in the Maritime Domains
- Preventing Violent Extremism in Uzbekistan
- Collective Security for Surety: Understanding and Leveraging Non-Traditional Donor Efforts in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)
- Identifying Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Trends
- Identifying Potential EXBS Partner Countries
- Understanding AI and Strategic Trade
- Proliferation Financing and Public-Private Partnerships
- Assessing Open-Source Analytical Tools to Identify Sanctions Evasion
- Leveraging OSINT to Map PRC University Partnerships Globally
- Understanding the Biotechnology Start-Up Landscape in India in 2023
Diplomacy and International Relations Project Descriptions
- Developing Case Studies on the Conduct of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Tradecraft
- How Do Cities and States Conduct International Relations?
- Analysis and Recommendations for U.S. Policy Towards Mexico
- Integrating Iberian Partners into the United States Space Agenda
Economics: Business, Finance and Sanctions Project Descriptions
- Telling the U.S. Economic Impact Story in Southeast Asia
- Proposal to Research Migrant Worker Remittance Flows to Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors
- Proposal to Research Chinese Investment in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
- Proposal to Conduct a Mirror Analysis of Trade Data on Dual Use Battlefield Commodities
- Identifying Potential EXBS Partner Countries
- Proliferation Financing and Public-Private Partnerships
- Assessing Open-Source Analytical Tools to Identify Sanctions Evasion
- Promoting Peace Through Business: Connecting Colombian Farmers in Former Coca Areas to U.S. Markets
- Money and Democracy: How Changing Currency Regimes Impacts Political Stability
- Attracting and Retaining Highly Skilled Foreign Workers and Investors – Analyzing the U.S. Economic and Diplomatic Impact of Domestic Renewal for H-1B and Other Skilled Worker and Investor Visas
- Local Governments’ Access to Colombian Federal Government Resources
- DPRK Human Rights: Forced Labor and Supply Chain Due Diligence
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Transformed Global Fiscal Transparency Standards
- The Illicit Importation of Mexican Oil into the United States by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
- Free Trade Zones in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC): Analyzing and Understanding the Trade-Offs of FTZs in the GCC
- Corruption’s Link to Migration in the Western Hemisphere
- Forecasting the Trajectory of the Global Cross-Border Payment Landscape
- Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Supervision for Financial Institutions
- Identifying State Requirements Relating to Company Formation and Trust Registration
- Analysis of the Remittance Economy, its Participants, and Sufficiency of Related Regulatory and Supervisory Regimes
- Social Justice as a Measure of Economic Impact: Recommendations in Adopting A-4 Circular Best Practices
- Assessment of the Effectiveness of Financial Channels in Facilitating Humanitarian Activities and Protecting Against Sanctions Evasion
Education, Cultural Studies and Youth Project Descriptions
- Strategic Planning and Microlearning
- Surfing the Wave of Youth Pan-Africanism
- Where Are All the Americans? Barriers to U.S. Students Studying Abroad in India
Global Health Project Descriptions
- Mapping Climate-Health Commitments in the Pacific Region
- Addressing the Escalating Air Quality Crisis in Karachi, the Fourth Most Polluted City in the World
- Youth-Driven Urban Planning: Enhancing Walkability and Green Spaces in the United States and Spain
Human Rights Project Descriptions
- Best Practices in Government Approaches to Global Civil Rights Movements and Militant Separatism
- Using Digital Technology to Combat Technology-Facilitated Human Trafficking: Methods and Strategies
- Money and Democracy: How Changing Currency Regimes Impacts Political Stability
- Strategy for Abolition of Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Law
- Relationship between Transitional Justice and Past Injustices in U.S. Overseas Territories
- The Return of Property as a Transitional Justice Measure
- Holding Iranian-aligned Militias Accountable in the NEA Region
- Investigating Global Human Rights Trends
- DPRK: Technological Solutions to Increase Access to Information
- DPRK Human Rights Abuses: Data, Documentation, and Accountability
International Development and Law Project Descriptions
- North America’s Digital Future: A Survey of Mexican Laws and Regulations Governing Cyber Security and Digital Policy
- Maritime Cultural Protection and Onshore Preservation Impact for Communities
- Promoting Peace Through Business: Connecting Colombian Farmers in Former Coca Areas to U.S. Markets
- Disrupting the Pacific: Factors of Instability and Future U.S. Engagement
- Strategy for Abolition of Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Law
- The Return of Property as a Transitional Justice Measure
- Global Criminal Justice Rewards Program (GCJRP) Authorities Revisions
- Local Governments’ Access to Colombian Federal Government Resources
Law Enforcement: Criminal Justice and Narcotics Project Descriptions
- Invisible Lines: Mapping the Impact of Cocaine on Belgian Society
- Holding Iranian-aligned Militias Accountable in the NEA Region
- Global Criminal Justice Rewards Program (GCJRP) Authorities Revisions
- Addressing Impunity in Gender-based Violence
- Whistleblower Protection: an Element of Protection and Not a Mechanism to Target Opposition
- Building Inclusive Community Safety Programs: Addressing Crime and Enhancing Security in Trinidad and Tobago’s Diverse Communities
- The Illicit Importation of Mexican Oil into the United States by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
- Identifying Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Trends
- Overview and Gap Analysis of Information Sharing between U.S. Government, International Partners, and the Private Sector in Response to Cryptocurrency Crimes
- Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Supervision for Financial Institutions
- Identifying State Requirements Relating to Company Formation and Trust Registration
- Social Justice as a Measure of Economic Impact: Recommendations in Adopting A-4 Circular Best Practices
Social Sciences Project Descriptions
- Effective Indicators for Diplomatic Engagement
- Preventing Violent Extremism in Uzbekistan
- Developing Case Studies on the Conduct of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Tradecraft
- Best Practices in Government Approaches to Global Civil Rights Movements and Militant Separatism
- Modeling Indicators-Warnings to Anticipate and Prevent Conflict in the Maritime Domains
- Identifying Malign Interference by the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa
- Addressing Impunity in Gender-based Violence
- Building Inclusive Community Safety Programs: Addressing Crime and Enhancing Security in Trinidad and Tobago’s Diverse Communities
Projects by Region
- Niger Online Disinformation Tracker (NODT)
- Surfing the Wave of Youth Pan-Africanism
- Developing Case Studies on the Conduct of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Tradecraft
- Identifying Potential EXBS Partner Countries
- Money and Democracy: How Changing Currency Regimes Impacts Political Stability
- Identifying Malign Interference by the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa
East Asia Project Descriptions
- Comparison of Stabilization and Conflict Prevention Activities
- Modeling Indicators-Warnings to Anticipate and Prevent Conflict in the Maritime Domains
- Thirty Years After Normalization: A Celebration of the U.S.-Vietnam relationship
- Leveraging OSINT to Map PRC University Partnerships Globally
- DPRK: Technological Solutions to Increase Access to Information
- DPRK Human Rights: Forced Labor and Supply Chain Due Diligence
- DPRK Human Rights Abuses: Data, Documentation, and Accountability
South Asia Project Descriptions
- Best Practices in Government Approaches to Global Civil Rights Movements and Militant Separatism
- Addressing the Escalating Air Quality Crisis in Karachi, the Fourth Most Polluted City in the World
- Identifying Potential EXBS Partner Countries
- Where Are All the Americans? Barriers to U.S. Students Studying Abroad in India
- Understanding the Biotechnology Start-Up Landscape in India in 2023
Southeast Asia Project Descriptions
- Telling the U.S. Economic Impact Story in Southeast Asia
- Developing Case Studies on the Conduct of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Tradecraft
- Maritime Cultural Protection and Onshore Preservation Impact for Communities
- Advancing Interoperable Carbon Markets in ASEAN
- Strategy for Abolition of Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Law
Pacific and Oceania Project Descriptions
- Mapping Climate-Health Commitments in the Pacific Region
- Unhappy Isles: Climate Crisis, Pacific Islanders, and US (and PRC?) Efforts to Turn the Tide
- Disrupting the Pacific: Factors of Instability and Future U.S. Engagement
- “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” or Combatting Disinformation in the Pacific
- Relationship Between Transitional Justice and Past Injustices in U.S. Overseas Territories
Eastern Europe Project Descriptions
- Using Digital Technology to Combat Technology-Facilitated Human Trafficking: Methods and Strategies
- Assessing Open-Source Analytical Tools to Identify Sanctions Evasion
- Keeping an Eye Out: Monitoring Independent Russian Media in Lithuania
- Urban Planning for Ukraine’s Green Recovery
Eurasia and Central Asia Project Descriptions
- Preventing Violent Extremism in Uzbekistan
- Proposal to Research Migrant Worker Remittance Flows to Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors
- Proposal to Research Chinese Investment in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
- Proposal to Conduct a Mirror Analysis of Trade Data on Dual Use Battlefield Commodities
- Every Drop Counts: The Case for Modernizing Central Asia’s Water Infrastructure
- Reducing carbon emissions in agricultural and forestry sectors of Kazakhstan
Western Europe Project Descriptions
- Invisible Lines: Mapping the Impact of Cocaine on Belgian Society
- Integrating Iberian Partners into the United States Space Agenda
- Youth-Driven Urban Planning: Enhancing Walkability and Green Spaces in the United States and Spain
Middle East and North Africa Project Descriptions
- Holding Iranian-aligned Militias Accountable in the NEA Region
- Campaign to Attract More International Students from the Middle East
- Evaluating the Perception of Al-Jazeera in the U.S.: Pre- and Post-October 7th
- Free Trade Zones in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC): Analyzing and Understanding the Trade-Offs of FTZs in the GCC
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Project Descriptions
- Ecosystem Restoration After Invasive Species Removal at the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Analysis and Recommendations for U.S. Policy Towards Mexico
- North America’s Digital Future: A Survey of Mexican Laws and Regulations Governing Cyber Security and Digital Policy
- Using Satellite Data to Inform Water Decisions in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Developing Best Practices for Sustainable Development at U.S.-Mexico’s Largest Port
- Building Inclusive Community Safety Programs: Addressing Crime and Enhancing Security in Trinidad and Tobago’s Diverse Communities
- The Illicit Importation of Mexican Oil into the United States by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
- Corruption’s Link to Migration in the Western Hemisphere
South America Project Descriptions
- Developing Case Studies on the Conduct of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Tradecraft
- Promoting Peace Through Business: Connecting Colombian Farmers in Former Coca Areas to U.S. Markets
- Addressing Impunity in Gender-based Violence
- Whistleblower Protection: An Element of Protection and Not a Mechanism to Target Opposition
- Unpopular: How Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace Can Court the Public
- Local Governments’ Access to Colombian Federal Government Resources
United States Project Descriptions
- Strategic Planning and Microlearning
- Effective Indicators for Diplomatic Engagement
- How Do Cities and States Conduct International Relations
- Attracting and Retaining Highly Skilled Foreign Workers and Investors – Analyzing the U.S. Economic and Diplomatic Impact of Domestic Renewal for H-1B and Other Skilled Worker and Investor Visas
- Youth-Driven Urban Planning: Enhancing Walkability and Green Spaces in the United States and Spain
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Transformed Global Fiscal Transparency Standards
- Overview and Gap Analysis of Information Sharing between U.S. Government, International Partners, and the Private Sector in Response to Cryptocurrency Crimes
- Social Justice as a Measure of Economic Impact: Recommendations in Adopting A-4 Circular Best Practices