Shortly after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, secondary school education for girls was banned throughout the country. The School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) picked up and moved from Kabul to Rwanda.

One speech can change a career — consider the unknown state senator from Chicago whose oratory at the 2004 Democratic National Convention set him on a glide path toward the Oval Office. 

The IGP convened a panel of global experts to discuss the connections between climate change, the energy transition, and national security.

In Munich, IGP faculty and fellows discussed how interconnected, complex geopolitical challenges will require a new playbook.

Experts, scholars, policymakers, and activists discussed the use of rape, torture, and other forms of gender-based violence as weapons of war, and the policies and international frameworks that can help prevent it.

Distinguished guests included Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, and Marie Yovanovitch, a former US ambassador to Ukraine and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow.

The Institute of Global Politics convened an expert panel to host the first of several events this year devoted to Ukraine and its future.

An illuminating conversation between Dennis Ross and Ghaith al-Omiri was also the first event in SIPA's Dialogue Across Difference series.

AI Democracy Projects convened a panel of experts for discussion, followed by a workshop aimed at measuring the performance of chatbots and other AI tools that provide information to the public.

Professors Thomas J. Christensen and Andrew Nathan discuss the outcome and implications for the region and beyond.