Locally-led is the recent international development buzzword, and movements including #ShiftthePower and “decolonize aid” abound. Last November, Ambassador Power, USAID Administrator, reinvigorated this agenda by committing to obligating 25% of all assistance to local partners within the next four years and 50% by the end of the decade. …

When asked recently about the number one threat to national security, former Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson, said without hesitation: climate change. He is not alone. At a September 2021 emergency summit at the UN, President Biden joined with other world leaders to recognize climate change as the central foreign…

As we approach twenty years of waging the global war on terror, it is evident militaries and law enforcement cannot kill or arrest our way out of violent extremism either abroad or at home. …

As the United States recently passed the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a former police officer, there is still an urgent need to reimagine public safety and transform the nation’s police forces to serve a just and fair system. Unfortunately, while there was momentum to reform…

This first Fathers’ Day after the pandemic will be one I remember for the rest of my life. While my dad died in 2006, I often say that he is with me every day. …

The Carter Center — based in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded by the 39th president of the United States — observed over 110 elections in 39 countries before deciding to work on the 2020 U.S. elections. The Center had spent decades doing pioneering work to strengthen democracy and reduce armed conflicts…

What are the common values that underpin US democracy? What is the “big story” we all share about how society should work and how we fit together as citizens? In the U.S. today, with levels of toxic polarization astoundingly high, the narratives we use to make sense of the system…

The clear inflection point we are facing in the U.S. politically and socially is pushing businesses to rethink their role in society, increasing opportunities for collaboration with the peacebuilding community. The time is now to build more effective partnerships so we can all get to work accomplishing shared goals of…

As President Biden settles into the White House, he confronts a series of crises few presidents have faced in American history. From a devastating pandemic that has killed nearly 500,000 Americans and plunged millions into economic despair, an attempted insurrection by his predecessor that took five lives and revealed the…