Palwasha Hassan is a Senior Technical and Program Director at Mina’s List, and a former senior fellow at the Institute for Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown University.

Progress on women’s rights and representation is stalling. And the prospects for improvement appear bleak ...

Karen Madoian is an independent journalist and media expert. He worked in the first online news publications in Georgia, cooperated with various European publications and research centers. Since 2008 ...

Colette Marcellin is a doctoral candidate in political science at Vanderbilt University. Portugal’s government has collapsed over a scandal, new elections are due — will the country shift to the right ...

Dr Roland Popp is a researcher at the Military Academy (MILAK) at ETH Zurich on military and overall strategic issues, nuclear arms, technological innovation and international history. He is a ...

A deadly train crash exposed serious failures in Greece’s railway system and governance. Public distrust in institutions has only intensified since picture alliance / Reuters | Alexandros Avramidis ...

Wendy Yared is the Executive Director of the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL), an independent, non-profit European umbrella organisation of national and regional cancer societies. ECL ...

The freeze in funding for USAID from the new Donald Trump administration has sent a shockwave through international development. USAID was established by John F Kennedy, with programmes focused on ...

Grant Wyeth is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue and a columnist for The Diplomat. He was previously a researcher at the Asia Institute at the ...

The more important difference between Democrats and Republicans isn’t whether they are men or women, but their attitudes about gender ...

Melissa Conley Tyler is a Senior Associate at the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue and an expert on Australian foreign policy. Previously, she headed the Australian Institute of ...