Colombia is home to some of the world’s grimmest prisons, and El Buen Pastor in Bogota is no exception. Since the early 1990’s, crimes committed by women have increased dramatically with more than 74,000 behind bars across Latin America. In an effort to ad ...
Venezuela’s opposition swept to a resounding victory in legislative elections on December 6, 2015, obtaining a congressional supermajority and inflicting the “Chavista” movement’s worst ever defeat. In theory the watershed result presents the opposition wi ...
Join the Council on Global Affairs and Geopolitical Futures and Stratfor founder George Friedman for an incisive analysis and discussion of global hotspots such as Europe, Russia, the Middle East, China, and beyond. George Friedman’s book, Flashpoints: Th ...
Five years on from the protests that forced Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak from power, the hopes of Tahrir Square are unfulfilled. Indeed, rather than beginning to transition toward democracy, Egypt has been backsliding toward dictatorship. What factors determine w ...
HIV, Ebola, Malaria, and recently the Zika Virus in Brazil have pushed the healthcare system to its limits in many parts of the world. The World Health Organization estimates there is currently a shortage of over 7 million healthcare workers in the world– ...
Members of the Council’s Emerging Leaders Class of 2016 will discuss how mental health services, social security, and health care are adapting to address 21 st century needs. Each year the Council selects the best and brightest mid-career leaders in Chica ...
< Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Emmy Award-winning CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg present a screening of the film, “Ecuador: The Royal Tour.” This film is presented in partnership with WTTW and will be broadcast by public television ...
Brian is vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He oversees the Council’s research operations and hosts the weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs. Prior to joining the Council, Brian taught courses on international rela ...
The international system of law has been used as a mechanism for enforcing peace, security, and human rights in the decades since World War II. Yet, significant risks exist to the post-World War II liberal order championed and erected by Europe and the Un ...
Human rights form an integral part of modern international law, but should they? Many governments have ratified human rights treaties and incorporated human rights law into their legal systems. Yet the persistence of extrajudicial killings, religious pers ...
