Shannon O’Neil, CFR’s Mexico expert, says Washington’s $1.4 billion multiyear plan to bolster Mexico’s crackdown on drug and criminal rings, while drawing criticism, is likely to win congressional approval. 

The roundtable series on Global Islamic Politics facilitates discussion and debate on key issues that will shape the direction of politics in the Muslim world in the coming years and their ensuing impact on U.S. foreign policy. Olivier Roy discusses the future of radical Islam in Europe.

Dalton Conley, professor of sociology at New York University, discusses sub-Saharan Africa’s high fertility rates and their implications for the continent's economic growth.

As part of the China project, Washington Post takes a detailed look at social and economic factors reshaping China's traditional families.

This report from Amnesty International describes the plight of the estimated 150-200 million rural-to-urban migrants who have moved to China’s cities in search of work and better lives in what has been called "the world’s largest ever peacetime migration", documenting how they are treated as second class citizens within their own country.

The International Crisis Group (ICG) issues a report tracing the exodus of North Koreans from their country.

The Migration Policy Institute reports on Iran's immigration and emigration trends.

Listen to experts analyze human trafficking in relation to human rights, immigration, and labor rights.

Listen to experts address health and security issues associated with human trafficking and discuss the efficacy of national and international legislations designed to combat trafficking.

Listen to Global Fund President Kavita Ramdas and Ambassador John Miller, the U.S. State Department’s point person on human trafficking, discuss the Bush administration's anti-trafficking strategies.

Ambassador John R. Miller talks about his efforts to strengthen the U.S. response to human trafficking and coordinate other countries around the world.

Panelists provided a broad overview of human trafficking, discussing it from the labor rights, immigration, and human rights perspectives.

This portion of the symposium addresses specific health and security issues related to human trafficking and examines the efficacy of national and international legislation designed to combat trafficking.

Human trafficking is a growing problem, affecting virtually all countries, according to a recent UN report on the crime. But the problem has yet to be confronted in many countries and non-governmental groups are divided on what to do.

The Global Commission on International Migration, which presented its Report to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UN member states on 5 October 2005, says that the international community has failed to realize the full potential of international migration and has not risen to the many opportunities and challenges it presents. Greater coherence, cooperation and capacity are required for a more effective governance of migration, at national, regional and global levels

International Organization for Migration. World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration

Where are people migrating today and why? What are the implications for the world's developing and industrialized economies? And what are the key issues facing policy makers in migrant origin, destination, and transit countries? World Migration 2005 analyses the effects of globalization, trade liberalization, economic integration and the widening gap between rich and poor nations on migration flows.