No other issue is more pressing for Mexicans than public security. The start of a new presidential term offers President Claudia Sheinbaum an opportunity to consider and test a different approach than her predecessors.

The interaction of national armed forces and private business sectors offers a useful lens for viewing the politics of numerous countries of the so-called Global South. A rising trend of military political activism—often accompanied by military commercial activity—underlines the importance of drivers and outcomes in these relationships.

Roughly half of the world lives in countries holding elections in 2024. Carnegie asked a global group scholars to reflect on the role of migration in electoral campaigns.