
The United States has been the world’s dominant power for more than a century. Now many analysts believe that other countries are rising and the United States is in decline.

Russian hacking of U.S. elections. Rising tensions with China. North Korea’s nuclear program. Disorder in the Middle East. How should we understand today’s international landscape and global threats?

What can be done to prepare for the significant reconstruction challenges facing Yemen?

As frictions between the the U.S. and China rise, can leaders find ways to resolve security and trade disputes and establish a framework to manage competition in order to avoid zero-sum conflict?

In 2000, just 20 million Indians had access to the internet. By 2020, the country’s online community is projected to exceed 700 million and more than a billion Indians are expected to be online by 2025.

Opinion polls in both Japan and the United States show continued strong support for their security alliance and economic relationship, but Trump administration trade policies, its withdrawal from international agreements, and its undermining of multilateral institutions is stressing bilateral ties in ways not seen in decades.

With global democracy facing serious doubts about its basic health and longevity, comparative studies of safeguards and threats to democracy are multiplying.

Since 2011, the United States and other Western donors have poured over one billion dollars into stabilization and local governance programs in Syria.

As India gears up for next year’s general election, there is genuine uncertainty about the eventual outcome of the country’s gargantuan polls. Yet there is widespread consensus on one thing: the 2019 election will be one of the world’s most expensive on record.

International efforts to mitigate potential threats from biotechnologies, such as the Biological Weapons Convention, have so far proven to be of limited effectiveness preventing their misuse.