UNAMI is set to conclude its 22-year mandate at the end of this year. However, this decision was made before Israel's escalation with Iran and Hezbollah last summer. With regional tensions rising, ...

An increasingly frequent number of cases of damage to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have been reported since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Wilson Center has ...

In September 2024, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pushed through a major constitutional reform deliberately intended to make Mexico’s judiciary more responsive to popular opinion and ...

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 ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged a winner in Germany's snap general election on February 23. It doubled its share of the vote, which signals a historic shift in the country’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

An issue getting scant attention should be among the most pressing concerns for the US. Preserving our innovation and technological edge and leadership is imperative to our economic success and to our ...

Finland’s shipyards have the capacity to produce icebreakers quickly and at a reasonable cost. It is estimated that, compared to US icebreaker production underway, the average Finnish icebreaker would ...

In collaboration with the RadicalxChange Foundation, and Rio's Institute of Technology and Society, we hosted the “Plurality” event in June, featuring the launch of the book Plurality. The event ...

Venezuela was once South America’s wealthiest country. Now it’s one of the world’s least prosperous. According to United Nations and humanitarian officials, 70% of the people currently heading ...

The Mexican judiciary is in crisis. Most Mexicans do not trust their judicial system due to rampant corruption, nepotism, and subservience to monied interests in both the federal and local judiciaries ...