May 30, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Alaina Harkness, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This paper explores how city leaders can use economic power to narrow the gap in wealth and opportunity., Introduction, Research shows that intergenerational mobility—the “American dream” shared by most ...

September 17, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by David Scheffer, United Nations, Download Report (PDF), This paper describes the central issues in three upcoming atrocity crime decisions and the implications for the evolution of international criminal justice., Introduction , This paper describes t...

September 18, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The American public sees the US-German relationship as good for US national security but is divided over military forces in Germany., Introduction, The American public, meanwhile, sees the US-Germa...

We explore the tensions between two key US allies in Asia—Japan and South Korea—and what happened in 2019 that led the countries here.

Craig Kafura explains what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.

Women and girls make up 60 percent of the world's chronically hungry population and are 10 percent more likely than men to experience food insecurity.

Ensuring women's access to information, training, and technology can ensure land and resources alike are used more sustainably.

Citizens feel  disregarded and disempowered, motivating them to engage in demonstrations like the "yellow vest"  movement in France,  Black Lives Matter  in the United States, and the  #MeToo movement globally.

Unclean water, poor sanitation, and lousy hygiene—and resulting diseases—combine with poor nutrition as the leading causes of young child mortality and stunting. 

In early February 2019, the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Russia withdrew from the treaty the next day.