The Trump administration rejects the post-Cold War international order and sets out a new vision in its National Security Strategy. At the Doha Forum, world leaders reckoned with its impact on long-standing alliances and its implications for war and peace.

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February 28, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Gloria Dabek , Catherine Bertini , Dan Glickman , and Samanta Dunford, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The United States has made big pledges for global nutrition. Our white paper offers recommendations to turn commitments into action., Approximately 768 mill...

Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award nominee Edward Glaeser examines the gaps in health care, education, and governance laid bare by the pandemic.

Just over ten years ago, the world was shaken not by a pandemic but by skyrocketing food prices.

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June 23, 2009, RESEARCH Book by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, James Wiseman, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, award-winning writers on Africa, development, and agriculture, explain through vivid human stories how our sometimes well-intentioned strategies—alternating with ignorance and neglect—...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...