Expert

David Scheffer is the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He was the US ambassador at large for war crimes issues (1997-2001) and the UN ...


Events

The future of liberal democracy is in peril, believes Yascha Mounk. With populist movements gaining prominence across the world, faith in democratic institutions has fallen to an all-time low, while openness to illiberal forms of government is on the rise ...


Events

This event is sold out. Watch the live stream: Sign Up The first year of President Donald J. Trump’s administration has been unlike that of any other American president. Trump’s prolific use of Twitter, willingness to reevaluate long-held policies and all ...


External Commentary

http://citiscope.org/commentary/2017/02/what-diplomats-can-learn-urbanists-and-v... February 6, 2017 CitiscopeGlobal Cities, Global Energy, Policy & PoliticsGlobal Cities, Global Energy, Policy & PoliticsLatin America Ian Klaus ...


Events

Campaign rallies, inaugural addresses, States of the Union, declarations of war: presidential speeches have provided defining moments in the United States’ history. In most cases, addresses to the nation are delicately crafted, behind the scenes, by exper ...



External Commentary

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/23/populism-is-coming-for-latin-america-in-2018... October 23, 2017 Foreign Policy Policy & Politics, Latin AmericaPolicy & PoliticsLatin America Robert Muggah ...


External Commentary

https://www.cidob.org/en/articulos/cidob_report/n1_1/the_transnational_diffusion... April 1, 2017 Barcelona Centre for International AffairsGlobal Immigration, Policy & PoliticsGlobal Immigration, Policy & Politics John Slocum ...


Publications

Executive summary Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are actively forging links across borders, taking part in setting the international agenda, and s ...


Events

Where is American foreign policy heading? Jake Sullivan, former director of policy planning at the US Department of State, argues that the current administration is departing from core principles that have underpinned US foreign policy for decades—the imp ...