Member Articles

While the European Union’s strategy on cybersecurity strengthens Europe’s technological and digital sovereignty, additional measures are needed to develop European cyber diplomacy that upholds strategic openness and protects the digital-single market.

The pandemic set back the 2020 climate change agenda. Although the United States, China, and the European Union will drive the 2021 climate change agenda, they are also competitors. Can the EU strengthen multilateralism to meet the Paris Agreement?

Nigeria’s Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala brings an impressive skillset and perspective to the WTO as the organization faces many challenges such as COVID-19's effect on the multilateral trading system and divisions between developed and undeveloped countries.

The UN Panel of Experts reported that Iran and North Korea have resumed missile cooperation. Iran will not forgo its missile program. Policymakers should aim to negotiate a missile range limit and persuade Iran to accept transparency measures promptly.

The January insurrection on the U.S. Capitol bared the contradiction between the United States' global ambitions and its domestic dysfunction to the world. Renewed U.S. global leadership depends on its domestic strength, which needs to be restored.

With vaccine approvals, world leaders race to vaccinate their populations while letting other nations fend from themselves. The UN advocates vaccine distribution across humanity, not just within national borders, to combat COVID-19.

The World Trade Organization proved its resiliency by helping to manage the pandemic-induced economic shock. It assisted members to coordinate trade policies, ensured transparency for new trade restrictions, and monitored trade responses and trends.

India is often praised for its progress in implementing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and contributing female peacekeepers. Yet, gender stereotypes reinforced by the government and society hinder women’s participation in India’s security sector.

The competition between the United States and China could lead to a bifurcation in the global information and technology systems. The ramifications expand beyond the communications realm, threatening the security and defense sectors.

More Asian countries are experiencing a rise in far-right Christian extremism. Countries start to reconsider their countering violent extremism strategies to expand beyond militant jihadism to account for the rising trends in far-right movements globally.