Dr. Cecilia Cannon, Adviser to the United Nations for its 75th anniversary, joined DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy Program for a conversation on the outcomes of the United Nations’ landmark UN75 initiative. "The Secretary-General agreed that it's not really a year for celebrations," Dr. Cannon said. Read more.

At a webinar by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies, W. Robert Pearson says that President Erdogan’s assertiveness on the global stage poses challenges to the U.S. and the NATO alliance. W. Robert Pearson is a former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and a fellow of DUCIGS' Rethinking Diplomacy Program. Read more.

The 9th Summit of the Americas (SOA), “will be the Biden administration’s first opportunity to reset U.S. relations with the Latin America,” writes Patrick Duddy in an op-ed for The Hill. “These days,’ he adds, “China has become nearly as important to Latin America’s economies as the U.S.”

Despite the rise of threats related to "gray zone" tactics by Russia and China, national security policy stagnation around the Arctic region has been common across the transatlantic community, writes Benjamin Schmitt in an Atlantic Council op-ed.