The Urdu word “Pakistan” translates to “Land of the Pure.” And with Pakistan’s religious demographics shifting from heterogeneity to increasing homogeneity since independence, certain laws and sections of society are intolerant of religious minorities. At ...
Following the program, “ Growth Markets: The Next Champions of the Global Economy,” leadership supporters at the President’s Circle level and higher are invited to a dinner with speaker Ruchir Sharma. Cost: $160.00 Registration for the dinner includes adm ...
The private sector has steadily increased investment in global agriculture, but the global south will continue to face an investment gap that amounts to billions of dollars. This gap, along with increased food production demands due to rising populations ...
Sparta and Athens grew toward a conflict that neither wanted – what Graham Allison calls Thucydides’s Trap. Named for the classical Greek historian, Thucydides’s Trap describes the structural stresses that result when a rising power threatens to displace ...
More than 60 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Billions of investment dollars. Thousands of miles of rail, roads, and pipelines. China’s grand “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure and development project is set to transform the Eu ...
By 2050, Africa’s population will double, with 1 billion projected to be under 18 years old, and many others regions are experiencing similar trends. How can we harness the potential of this promising demographic to secure economic growth and stability? G ...
Signed in 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is the longest lasting alliance between two major powers since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The relationship has weathered the Cold War and political dev ...
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled. Join the Council on Global Affairs and Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry for a conversation on the state of US-Pakistan relations. Members $10 Nonmembers $20 Not a member? Join now. This program ...
Mao, Deng, and now Xi. At the Communist Party Congress last October, Xi Jinping’s name was written into the Chinese Constitution, signaling his—and his ideology’s—centrality to the country’s national identity. As he embarks upon his second term, the count ...
Green finance is crucial to realizing global sustainability goals. Countries around the world implementing plans to realize the Paris Climate Agreement are faced with an enormous investment gap between what is necessary and what the public sector can prov ...
