In the global competition for technological leadership and economic resilience, Southeast Asia is quickly emerging as a critical node. Anchored by countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, the ...

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 ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a technological breakthrough—it is a transformative force shaping the future economy, security landscape, global power dynamics, and daily life. The US, along ...

The proverb reminds us that "For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost." Today, the United States faces mounting risks from the metaphorical lack of a nail—inadequate equity investment that could ...

America is making a critical mistake in its AI strategy—it is overreaching in playing defense but doing the opposite in playing offense. While Washington is busy building regulatory walls to restrict ...

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 ...

On August 1, 1975, the Helsinki Final Act (also known as the Helsinki Accords) was signed by 35 countries. The Helsinki Final Act was the outcome of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in ...

Meghan Bodette and Aras Yussef share the results of a survey of 31 women co-chairs in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. They find that while representation at all ...

In 1892, a group of adventurers settled on a new idea for Arctic exploration. Rather than using a regular sailing vessel, optimized for speed on the open ocean but weak to the crushing forces of sea ...

Join our co-hosts for a conversation with Daniel Goldsmith, CEO of Heights Labs, on how forensic analytic labs like his help law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels crack down on ...

Latin America has long been a playground for Russia’s anti-American influence operations. But today Russia isn’t alone in this game: In recent years Iran has become an increasingly prominent player on ...

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski and guest Michael Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at Wilson Center, discuss the ongoing political upheaval in Bangladesh in the ...