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,...
Sophie Jacobs Lebanon’s banking sector is constantly walking a fine line when it comes to financial transactions with Hezbollah. On the one hand, banking officials...
Recent events in Syria have raised concerns that the redline of chemical weapons use has been crossed, forcing the U.S. to reconsider intervening in the...
Ingrid Pederson This article originally appeared in the Central Eurasia Standard on April 19, 2013. The Boston Bomber suspects may be Chechen and lived at...
Qursum Qasim Women in conflict-affected areas do not have the luxury of debating the relative happiness and fulfillment quotients of homemakers or breadwinners – self-preservation...
Sophie Jacobs In what many be seen as a positive step for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, religious police (the Committee for the Promotion of...
Stanli Montgomery Weapons proliferation. Cyber-security. Global warming. Drug laundering. International trade. All of these above issues, among many others, are top priorities that affect national as...