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26 Jun 2026

Compounding Asymmetries in Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening: Policy Pathways for Strengthening Global Biosecurity Governance

This perspective argues that narrowing global screening asymmetries requires reframing adoption as a spectrum rather than an all-or-nothing compliance threshold.

Sana Zakaria, Sophie Peresson, Matt Sharkey, Kirsten Engel
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25 Jun 2026

AI agents put offensive cyber within reach of novices: Comparing the performance of AI agents to humans in offensive cyber operations

Agentic AI models now enable non-experts to conduct advanced offensive cyberattacks. This study finds AI agents can autonomously breach complex systems rapidly, highlighting urgent needs for evolved defence and better cyber risk assessments.

Benjamin Sperisen, Jair Aguirre, Henri van Soest, Zylex Lopez
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16 Jun 2026

Addressing EU Demographic Challenges: Supporting Large Families and Single Parents

Examines how EU Member States support large families and single parents through cash benefits, tax measures, and in-kind schemes, mapping policy approaches across the EU-27 to help address demographic challenges and child poverty.

Olatz Ribera Almandoz, Kate Brockie, Elizabeth Kadar, Madeline Nightingale, Mateusz Krzątała, Katarzyna Lipowska, Iga Magda, Mateusz Smoter
Commentary

10 Jun 2026

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Global capacity to sequence a new pathogen or deliver a vaccine is greater than ever. But mounting a coordinated response to future biosecurity threats will require a framework designed with geopolitics in mind.

Sana Zakaria, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon
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4 Jun 2026

Feelings and Emotions Associated with Job Searching and Working Amongst People Receiving Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drugs

Explores feelings and emotions of 16 people in alcohol and drug treatment in England who secured paid work through IPS, finding both positive outcomes and heightened emotional challenges across a longitudinal 'emotions journey'.

Joanne Neale, Sarah Cosgrove, Josh Dumbrell, Kevin Gardiner, Sophie McCluskey, Madeline Nightingale, Andy Perkins, Samantha Steele, Kankan Zhang
Commentary

1 Jun 2026

Deterring Russia Beneath the Waves: Securing NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure

The sea is home to an increasingly complex and vulnerable assemblage of data cables, energy pipelines, and electricity interconnectors. How might NATO help deter attacks on this critical underwater infrastructure?

Samu Paukkunen, James Black
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29 May 2026

Strategic Implications of Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Defence

Examines strategic implications of AI in defence, analyzing how AI could shift the offence-defence balance, accelerate proliferation, empower non-state actors, and intensify great power competition.

James Black
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28 May 2026

Investigating the potential use of frontier AI models for offensive cyberattacks: A human uplift study

RAND researchers found that today’s most advanced AI tools can help less-skilled people get started and work faster on cyberattacks, but they do not yet reliably enable them to carry out full, sophisticated attacks.

Jair Aguirre, Henri van Soest, Benjamin Sperisen, Zylex Lopez, Nicholas Kong, Adam Seri-Levi, James Caridi-Doyle, Elizabeth Moisan, Evie Graham, William Mitchell Reid
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26 May 2026

Climate-driven Trends Influencing Future Occupational Safety and Health

This policy brief is one of a series that focuses on OSH challenges and opportunities related to climate change and crises.

Giulia Maistrello, Katie Sykes, Lili Xu, Avery Adams, Erik Silfversten, Totti Könnölä
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26 May 2026

Climate-driven Scenarios for Future Occupational Safety and Health in Europe 2050

This policy brief is one of a series that focuses on OSH challenges and opportunities related to climate change and crises.

Giulia Maistrello, Katie Sykes, Lili Xu, Avery Adams, Erik Silfversten, Totti Könnölä
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26 May 2026

From Vision to Action: Climate-Driven Developments Influencing Future Occupational Safety and Health and Their Implications for Stakeholders

This policy brief is one of a series that focuses on OSH challenges and opportunities related to climate change and crises.

Giulia Maistrello, Katie Sykes, Lili Xu, Avery Adams, Erik Silfversten, Totti Könnölä
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21 May 2026

Foresight Study on the Occupational Safety and Health Implications of Future Climate Change-Related Developments and Crises: Report

This foresight study explores the indirect and cascading impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health and the future of work in Europe over the next 10 to 25 years.

Giulia Maistrello, Katie Sykes, Lili Xu, Avery Adams, Erik Silfversten, Totti Könnölä

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Compounding Asymmetries in Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening: Policy Pathways for Strengthening Global Biosecurity Governance

AI agents put offensive cyber within reach of novices: Comparing the performance of AI agents to humans in offensive cyber operations

Addressing EU Demographic Challenges: Supporting Large Families and Single Parents

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Feelings and Emotions Associated with Job Searching and Working Amongst People Receiving Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drugs

Deterring Russia Beneath the Waves: Securing NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure

Strategic Implications of Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Defence

Investigating the potential use of frontier AI models for offensive cyberattacks: A human uplift study

Climate-driven Trends Influencing Future Occupational Safety and Health

Climate-driven Scenarios for Future Occupational Safety and Health in Europe 2050

From Vision to Action: Climate-Driven Developments Influencing Future Occupational Safety and Health and Their Implications for Stakeholders

Foresight Study on the Occupational Safety and Health Implications of Future Climate Change-Related Developments and Crises: Report

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