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Global Health Security Turns to Confront Cyber ThreatsOn May 19, the World Health Assembly adopted a new resolution calling upon all member states to confront cyber threats to global health. Such a resolution is unprecedented in the history of the World Health Organization, and developing effective policies against cyber threats will be a daunting challenge for the global health community.
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The Human Cost of Labor TraffickingIt is estimated that twenty to forty million people around the world are victims of human trafficking. Of these, the majority are trafficked for labor, and many of them are exploited in the United States.
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Graphing the Pandemic EconomyIn a fast-evolving crisis like a pandemic, GDP and other conventional economic metrics are simply too slow to be useful for policymakers who need to make decisions about when to lock down and reopen parts of the economy. Fortunately, real-time mobility data has opened a window into the world that COVID-19 has wrought.
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The Artemis Accords and the Next Generation of Outer Space GovernanceThe United States is pursuing bilateral agreements to shape international space law.
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What Does the World Health Organization Do?Since its postwar founding, the UN agency has garnered both praise and criticism for its response to international public health crises, including the pandemic of a new coronavirus in 2020.
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Women’s Power IndexFind out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.
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What’s at Stake With Rising Competition in the Arctic?A changing climate and growing competition for resources is raising tensions among Arctic nations.
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Advancing Gender Equality in Foreign PolicyIn recent years many countries have made gender equality a foreign policy priority. Government officials, civil society activists, and multilateral leaders reflected on these efforts and offered recommendations for governments to strengthen their commitments.
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Season Two TrailerIs China exporting its authoritarian model to other countries? Is the “fast fashion” industry accelerating climate change? In season two, Why It Matters explores a new series of issues that are flying under the radar now, but won’t be for long.
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Global Leadership Is in Quarantine Just When It Is Needed MostContrasting the current pandemic with past crises underscores U.S. President Donald J. Trump's abdication of global leadership.
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How Should the World Respond to the Coming Wave of Climate Migrants?Nations should use existing international institutions, instruments, and laws to protect and assist vulnerable populations, while mobilizing foreign aid to help communities in the developing world absorb the coming wave of environmental migrants.
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With the United States Backsliding, Who Will Defend Democracy in the World?A new Freedom House report finds that India and the United States were among the foremost contributors last year to democratic backslide and that global freedom continues to decline.
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A Responsibility to Protect the Earth? Reframing Sovereignty in the AnthropoceneProtecting the biosphere requires new conceptions of sovereign obligation.
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Dimming the SkyAs climate change accelerates, some scientists are researching ways to alter our climate to slow down warming. But the method, called solar geoengineering, comes with some serious risks.
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World Economic UpdateThe World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy. This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.