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June 1, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Why #JusticeForNoura Matters

Sudanese 19-year-old Noura Hussein was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man who raped her. Global leaders must stand up to this injustice and take action to help all women survivors of vio…

Women wait in line at a mobile health clinic in the village of Rubkuai, South Sudan.

March 21, 2016

Defense and Security
Ten Whats With…Adam Segal

Adam Segal is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is author of The Hacked World …

Segal Cover Edited

May 4, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women this Week: Making History in Lebanon

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering April 27 to May 4, was compiled with supp…

Girls walk past pictures of Lebanese parliament candidates in Beirut.

March 14, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Technological Change and the Frontiers of Global Governance

The history of global governance is in many respects the story of international adapation to new technologies. As breakthroughs emerge, sovereign governments have tried to craft common standards and …

An agricultural aircraft flies over Prachuab Khirikhan

September 10, 2014

Conflict Prevention
Ebola Reveals Gaps in Global Epidemic Response

Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program.   Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), calls t…

Health workers screen patients for the Ebola virus at a local government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on June 30, 2014.