This is a guest post by Emma Welch, research associate in the Center for Preventive Action and the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, on the Politics, Power, and Preventive Action blog. She weighs in on the UN's reframing of family planning as a universal human right, and argues that the shift could have "profound normative implications in the long term."

This is a guest post by Emma Welch, research associate in the Center for Preventive Action and the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, on the Politics, Power, and Preventive Action blog. She argues that Congress should vote to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without delay.

Stewart M. Patrick and Emma Welch assess the debate over an international conventional arms trade treaty and find that U.S. domestic objections are unfounded.

Micah Zenko and Emma Welch map out the launch pads for Obama's secret wars.

This is a guest post by Emma Welch, research associate in the Center for Preventive Action and the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, on the Politics, Power, and Preventive Action blog. She argues that U.S. foreign assistance is the "most effective and sustainable means of projecting smart power by protecting U.S. interests and promoting values."

Micah Zenko and Emma Welch argue that while the Republican presidential candidates overwhelmingly describe the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapons capability as "unacceptable" and endorse the use of military force if that were necessary to prevent an Iranian bomb, there is a complete absence of any details on how the use of force could accomplish this ambitious objective.