Dougherty, Filipetti, Lee, and Westbrook will join recently announced Wilson Center Distinguished Fellows Ambassador David Hale and Ambassador (ret.) Philip Reeker to lead mission-focused projects in ...

Christopher Solomon chronicles the evolution of Hayat Tahrir al Sham in Syria. HTS is a hardline group committed to replacing the Assad government with an Islamic state. As a fighting force, HTS has ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a technological breakthrough—it is a transformative force shaping the future economy, security landscape, global power dynamics, and daily life. The US, along ...

For many years now, the five Arctic Coastal states have conducted bathymetric and geologic work in the Arctic Ocean region toward what some observers have—alarmingly but falsely—called a competitive ...

During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia’s reputation of intolerance and even violence toward people of color made international headlines. Many commentators questioned the safety of the dozens of ...

The expansion and persistence of slums in Mumbai is primarily a function of failed housing policies combined with other political factors, writes Fellow Yue Zhang. Urban Sustainability Laboratory From ...

Federalism in Iraq is being dismantled. Kurdistan exercised some autonomy, but after its failed independence bid, Baghdad began clawing back its privileges. Centralization may be the norm for Middle ...

For decades, the US has taken the security of global sea lanes for granted, assuming that commercial and military shipping would always function smoothly. But while America remained complacent, China ...

On January 13th, President Claudia Sheinbaum presented “Plan Mexico,” a vision for national development with 13 goals to reduce poverty and inequality. This plan entails a portfolio of 277 billion ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) models continue to improve and become more accessible, the harms stemming from their misuse also continue to grow. Some of the most heinous misuse includes ...

In 2005, the US hastily formulated Iraq’s new constitution. This did not bring “democracy” to Iraq, but rather created a system dependent on divergent sectarian interests. We must ask ourselves when ...

Less than 6% of people in Taiwan either support the immediate pursuit of independence from, or unification with, the People’s Republic of China. More than 88% want to maintain the status quo—at least ...