As recently as 18 months ago, many policymakers, academics, and pundits in the United States and Europe were waxing lyrical about the…
Credible fact-making for policy demands the same legitimating moves as are required for credible politics. Experts, like politicians, must…
The global population of unaccompanied minors—children and adolescents younger than 18 years who migrate without their legal guardians—is…
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
To survive the challenges we must reinforce respect for science and nature, sensible public policy, and the interconnected world.
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia — a UNESCO world heritage site and museum — as a house of…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
Realizing Roma Rights investigates anti-Roma racism and documents a growing Roma-led political movement engaged in building a more…
Every minute 24 people are forced to leave their homes and over 65 million are currently displaced world-wide. Small wonder that tackling…