By Krista Mangiardi
From 2017-2019, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gansu, China. Having been on the ground, I believe that whether the closure is due to China’s development or to escalating U.S.-China tensions, the program should continue.
Read MoreBy Karim Khalifeh and Karam Alhamad
One of Syria’s most vulnerable populations, its political detainees, now faces an impending humanitarian disaster amidst the global coronavirus outbreak. Few have voiced concern over Syria’s political prisoners, who may be left to die in Assad’s detention centers.
Read MoreBy Pat Wiedorn
In recent decades, China has worked to develop the capability to exercise full military control over its near seas. During an invasion of Taiwan, this capability would be used to deny enemies the ability to deploy troops or ships to the area. To counter this threat the United States needs a larger number of smaller, mission-focused submarines.
Read MoreBy Eliot Pence
Despite some economic progress, Colombia still faces critical challenges in managing its borders and countering illicit drug production. The U.S. should consider leveraging the next generation technologies to promote an effective partnership with Colombia.
Read MoreBy Ryan Nabil
The UK's potential trade agreement with the US should not hinder Britain’s trade with other major economies like China.
Read MoreBy Łukasz Antoni Król
Establishing norms could be a much more effective strategy than arms control agreements in limiting the spread of digital weapons.
Read MoreBy Rema Rajeshwari
I assumed the post of District Police Chief of Jogulamba Gadwal, a rural district in the central Indian state of Telangana, in the summer of 2018.
Read MoreBy Matthew Burnett
2014 was the worst year of the most devastating Ebola outbreak, in one of the three worst affected countries. Nonetheless, it killed fewer people than malaria, maternal and neonatal disorders, and lower respiratory infections, and around the same number as diarrheal diseases. In an environment of constrained funding, it is essential to deliver the best value for money, extracting the most benefit from each dollar spent.
Read Moreby Christian Marin
Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will soon become the most legitimate president in the history of Mexico after winning the presidential election by more than doubling the runner up’s votes.
Read MoreBy Douglas Gledhill
Since 2016, we’ve seen a wave of populist declarations of dissatisfaction with the global trading system.
Read MoreBy Amy Fallas
During an address delivered to attendees of the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians in May 2017, Vice President Mike Pence declared that “no people of faith today face greater hostilities or hatred like those who follow Christ.”
Read MoreBy Rema Rajeshwari
The Indian version of the #MeToo movement had its humble origins in Bhateri, a small village in the state of Rajasthan.
Read MoreBy Ellen Chapin
The geopolitical implications for the Winter Olympics will be significant for 2018, and not just because of Nigeria’s trailblazing bobsled team. On January 17, North and South Korea announced that not only would they would march together under one flag at in Pyeongchang, but also, for the first time, the two countries would field a joint women’s ice-hockey team.
Read MoreBy Rema Rajeshwari
"The better we know the communities, the better we can protect them.” With these words, Charles Grady, FBI’s Community Outreach Specialist, unveiled the first annual Community, Cops and Culture event on October 28th, 2017 in Albertus Magnus College in New Haven.
Read MoreBy Rebecca TeKolste
Social impact bonds (SIB) promise to promote public sector innovation by drawing private capital to support new ideas and collecting rigorous evidence of what works. Armed with that evidence, governments will then scale up the ideas that work. At least, that’s the theory.
Read MoreBy Ellen Chapin
Long before an indictment is handed down by a grand jury, criminal prosecutors spend hours poring over every angle of the case.
Read MoreBy Shravan Bhat
In Jerusalem, a start-up called Energiya Global is designing solar energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Life in the colourful little company is a respite from “the conflict” that looms large over every dinner table conversation, every water-cooler chat, and every falafel line in Israel.
Read MoreBy Łukasz Antoni Król
In late 2015, the German government made a series of fateful pledges as thousands of asylum seekers were traveling through Europe.
Read MoreBy Kevjn Lim
Many intelligence agencies were caught off guard by the Arab Spring in 2011. Similarly, many agencies failed to anticipate the Islamic State taking over Mosul in 2014. Yet, the reasons behind these instances of strategic surprise weren’t new at all. They were already apparent over 25 years before prior to the Iranian Revolution, and still pervade contemporary intelligence work.
Read MoreBy Zenna Johar
The United Nations recently called for its member states to show increased commitment to building sustainable and inclusive societies through the implementation of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The third goal is to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” by reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases.
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