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,...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global August 29, 2019 Throughout 2019, conservative states in the U.S. have been adopting increasingly restrictive abortion laws in...
Sarah Soliman is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at American University in International Studies...
By Sarah Kenny, Senior Program Assistant, WIIS Global August 1, 2019 During the summer of 2017, violent activists associated with the “Proud Boys” twice...
The WIIS Global team -- Kayla McGill and Zi Xue -- were thrilled to meet and interview Dr. Angela Stent, a long-standing member and supporter...
Written by: Hannah Lynch, Kayla McGill, Hannah Proctor The United States Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (the Strategy) was released in June 2019 to...
Roksana Verahrami is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is also pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Affairs with...