October 23, 2019
United StatesA U.S. president can launch a first-strike nuclear attack at any time and, according to the law, does not need to seek advice first. Some experts think that’s too much power to put in one person’s ha…
September 26, 2001
Human RightsStatement of Morton H. Halperin, Chair, Advisory Board, and Kate Martin, Director, on behalf of the Center for National Security Studies Before the Permanent Select Committe…
September 14, 2017
GenderVoices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is authored by Karen Sherman, …
April 11, 2019
ChinaPanelists discuss China’s treatment of Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, reports of detention and torture, and the response of other countries, including the United States. The Arthur C. Helton Memo…
July 27, 2017
GenderVoices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is authored by Melanne Verveer…
March 14, 2019
HealthPanelists will discuss the links between democratic governance and global health.
July 12, 2017
CorruptionLast year was momentous for the breadth and depth of corruption revealed globally. Among the many remarkable events of 2016, the massive Panama Papers release, the multinational Odebrecht settlement,…
April 24, 2017
International OrganizationsThe following is a guest post by Kate Almquist Knopf, director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, and Payton Knopf, former coordinator of the UN Panel of Experts on South Sudan. On Tuesda…
April 26, 2017
International OrganizationsThis post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations The Internationalist Blog and is written by Kate Almquist Knopf, director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, and Payton Knop…
March 16, 2017
Diplomacy and International InstitutionsAs part of CFR’s Academic Outreach Initiative, I recently had the privilege of moderating a panel on inequality and the rise of authoritarianism with Jack A. Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel …
