By Katelyn Jones and Julia Whiting In October 2020, Chicago was headed toward an increase of at least 51 percent in the murder rate and...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Karuhanga Atuhaire On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, which is the highest-level...
By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Kayla McGill and Zi Xue UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) called for...
To mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), Women In International Security (WIIS) and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung...
Fifth-generation telecommunications (5G) technology promises to dramatically increase the interconnectedness and efficiency of commercial and civilian communication infrastructures. 5G will also enable other advances. On...
For delivery within the European Union, Amazon now sells facial recognition cameras for door locks, webcams, home security systems, and office attendance driven by artificial...
The rise of China poses a strategic challenge for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Alliance needs a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy...
The majority of countries have gender-blind foreign policies. While this may seem like a good thing, such policies fail to acknowledge and address existing gendered...
On August 12, 2017, neo-Nazis and white supremacists shocked the United States and the world alike with a deadly display of domestic terrorism. Tiki-torches, firearms,...
Julia Batavick is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at Women in International Security Global. She is currently pursuing a double major in English...
By Roxana Allen Although envisioned by many philosophers in the 18th and 19th century, only after the carnage of World War I did diplomats begin...
WIIS Global’s March book club read, Half the Sky, is a nonfiction book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn regarding what they call “a passionate...
By Susan McLoughlin, Program Assistant, WIIS Global Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Violence After gaining vast amounts of national and global attention, Delhi’s “Nirbhaya” gang...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global March is Women’s History Month and the month of the International Day of the Woman (March 8). It’s an...
Maeve Murphy is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS Global and an undergraduate student in the Elliot School of International Affairs at...