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June 29, 2016

United States
How Not To Estimate and Communicate Risks

Estimating and translating the probability of an event for decision-makers is among the most difficult challenges in government and the private sector. The person making the estimate must be able to …

SpaceX Rocket Launch

October 1, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Feminist Foreign Policy: A Conversation With Former Foreign Minister Margot Wallström of Sweden

In 2014, Margot Wallström, former minister for foreign affairs of Sweden, made headlines around the world as Sweden became the first country in the world to formally adopt a “feminist foreign policy…

Podcast Sweden's Former Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, at a news conference at the Rosenbad government building in Stockholm, Sweden. October 30, 2014.

March 22, 2016

China
Pharmaceutical PPPs and China’s Contribution to Global Health Security

One of the major challenges in developing new medical countermeasures against threats to global health security—be it a new flu pandemic or rapid spread of a neglected disease—is the lack of an under…

China Pharmacy

April 10, 2014

North Korea
How to Spot A Shadowy North Korean Business

The latest UN Panel of Experts report reveals that North Korean businesses connected with the illicit arms trade are most effective when they hide their North Korean colors and blend in to the intern…

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October 2, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Where have all the young men gone?

This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow, an Africa watcher, following politics and economic currents across the continent. He works at RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. I r…

Gambia Migrants