Fifth-generation telecommunications (5G) technology promises to dramatically increase the interconnectedness and efficiency of commercial and civilian communication infrastructures. 5G will also enable other advances. On...
For delivery within the European Union, Amazon now sells facial recognition cameras for door locks, webcams, home security systems, and office attendance driven by artificial...
The rise of China poses a strategic challenge for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Alliance needs a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy...
The majority of countries have gender-blind foreign policies. While this may seem like a good thing, such policies fail to acknowledge and address existing gendered...
On August 12, 2017, neo-Nazis and white supremacists shocked the United States and the world alike with a deadly display of domestic terrorism. Tiki-torches, firearms,...
Women who seek to participate in peace processes and political decision-making face many obstacles. To achieve sustainable peace and development, societies emerging from conflict must...
On March 6th, 2019, the AU Women and Politics Institute, AU School of Public Affairs, and Delta Phi Epsilon held a panel discussion and reception...
When the 116th Congress is sworn into office this winter, there will be a record 121 women and counting ready to take their seats.[1] The...
In April 2018 Alek Minassian drove a van into a crowd of people in Toronto, killing ten people. A few minutes before, he had posted...
By Sanaa Alvira, WIIS Member On the first anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death in August 2019, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid homage to the...
Julia Batavick is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at Women in International Security Global. She is currently pursuing a double major in English...
By Roxana Allen Although envisioned by many philosophers in the 18th and 19th century, only after the carnage of World War I did diplomats begin...
WIIS Global’s March book club read, Half the Sky, is a nonfiction book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn regarding what they call “a passionate...
By Susan McLoughlin, Program Assistant, WIIS Global Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Violence After gaining vast amounts of national and global attention, Delhi’s “Nirbhaya” gang...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global March is Women’s History Month and the month of the International Day of the Woman (March 8). It’s an...
Maeve Murphy is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS Global and an undergraduate student in the Elliot School of International Affairs at...
Susan McLouglin is a Spring 2020 Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. Susan is pursuing her Bachelor’s in International Studies at American University...
By Scott Weiner, Policy Analyst, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Saudi Arabia’s approach to women’s rights prioritizes form over function. The changes it has...
By Kelsey Brennan, Rachel McGrath, and Jessica Sprouse WIIS Members, Co-Founders of WIIS-Pitt November 5, 2019 International security does not just happen in Washington or...