Human trafficking is considered the world’s second largest and fastest growing organized crime. It is estimated that there are 30 million people toiling as modern slaves around the globe, with about two million women and children sold every year. Profits f ...
Are we destined to relive the wartime mistakes of America’s past? Only if we ignore the patterns, traps, and lessons of history, according to retired four-star General Tony Zinni. In the current environment, rising tensions across the Asia-Pacific and cris ...
Educational inequity is a systemic global problem. Across the world, in countries at all stages of development, socioeconomic background still largely dictates educational outcomes. This takes a toll on families, communities, countries, and our collective ...
The recent capture of the world’s most notorious narcotics boss Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman showcased headway in the war on drugs. However, differences between the United States and Latin America on how best to combat the global drug trade exist. Guatemalan ...
In recent decades, US reliance on military strength in conflicts overseas has left the American public tired of war, and has made some abroad suspicious and resentful of American foreign policy. Part of the problem, according to Paul Brinkley, is that the ...
As the first-ever advisor for innovation at the US Department of State, Alec Ross made technology an indispensable tool of foreign policy and championed internet freedom across the globe. Through social media, diplomats are now connected to new and once un ...
Janet Yellen, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Marissa Mayer are among the many success stories of gender equality. In the world’s richest countries, professional women now hold nearly half of all senior managerial positions. Yet most women ...
If you thought nothing new could ever be said about the Cuba debate, you would be mistaken. Five decades of an embargo were thrust back into public discourse after the Obama-Raul Castro handshake in December. The handshake ignited a debate over whether the ...
Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth Three experts who are deeply involved in the search for post-9/11 justice condemned the Bush Administration for its torture of suspected terrorists and its bungled handling of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners–and then sca ...
A generation ago, "cyberspace" was just a term from science fiction, used to describe the nascent network of computers linking a few university labs. Today, our entire modern way of life, from communication to commerce to conflict, fundamentally ...
