September 11, 2017
Global GovernanceGreater resilience to nationalist rollback is most likely in arenas of global governance where national governments are less dominant. Some of the disruptors to global governance that led to innovation also promise resilience to national policy change.
January 11, 2019
Women and Women's RightsFionnula D. Ní Aoláin, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, discussed her work to mainstream gender analysis thro…
August 21, 2017
Digital PolicyNew laws in democratic countries that force social media platforms to remove disinformation will encourage autocratic countries to do the same, with devastating effects on human rights.
March 25, 2016
AmericasAs Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) heads into spring break, here is what we will be reading. “This Week in Markets and Democracy” will return, relaxed and refreshed, on Friday, April 8…
August 12, 2009
United StatesEileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, says U.S. domestic climate legislation might pass in 2010, after Congress deals with health care reform. But a global climate ag…
February 5, 2018
Terrorism and CounterterrorismAmbassador Nathan A. Sales discusses U.S. counterterrorism initiatives and developments to the UN Security Council Resolution on Foreign Terrorist Fighters.
January 30, 2017
Middle East and North AfricaGraeme Wood discusses The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State, his intimate new account of what drives the jihadi group’s true believers.
February 5, 2016
GlobalExperts discuss the Zika virus health emergency, its impact on Brazil, and actions that need to be taken to prevent a crisis.
November 17, 2015
FranceExperts discuss Friday’s attacks in Paris, violent extremism in Europe, and possible connections to terrorist movements in the Middle East and elsewhere.
June 1, 2012
International OrganizationsSince the creation of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in 2006, U.S. critics have repeatedly tarred the HRC as a feckless haven for human rights abusers and a platform for egregious attacks of Israel. …
