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Researchers from the V-Dem Institute, registered a rise in the numbers of autocracies from around the world. Between 2010 to 2020, the percentage of the world population who lived under non-democratic regimes rose to 68%.

Join USIP for a timely conversation, moderated by Ambassador George Moose, with the lead author of “Global Trends 2040,” from the National Intelligence Council as well as a panel of global leaders and scholars from across the national security, development and private sectors. Panelists will evaluate the findings from this year's report and consider how a range of actors can harness these trends to shape a more secure and prosperous future.  

Remarks MITs Robert A. Muh Award in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Awarded to David Miliband, President and CEO of the IRC The Age of Impunity: How Countervailing Power Can Rebuild Accountability April 27, 2021   It is a pleasure to be back at MIT (albeit virtually). I had a wonderful year at the university as a graduate student in 1988/9; came back as UK Foreign Secretary in 2010 to give the Compton Lecture, arguing for a national and regional political settlement to end the war in Af...

Igor Kutyaev / Getty Images Expect nation-state-sponsored threats to intensify in the coming two decades, according to two new reports released in the first half of April by United States intelligence agencies. Competitive and adversarial relations with China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea percolate to the top, while global issues like the pandemic and economic migration will strain governments around the world, including the US. The leading actors will be no surprise: China, Rus...

Insight, however, no matter how good, is wasted when policymakers aren’t paying attention — a lesson that the Global Trends report makes painfully clear.

Intel report warns of "more intense" global challenges before 2040 Olivia Gazis © Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Traffic congestion after the curfew ends in Istanbul More frequent and intense global challenges — in the form of disease outbreaks, financial crises, or the negative effects of climate change or new technologies — are likely to stress already brittle systems of government and international organizations over the next two decades, according to a co...