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Next Generation Leaders 2014 Cohort Graduation Ceremony
On Thursday, September 3, 2015, The McCain Institute’s 2014 Next Generation Leaders (NGL) participated in a graduation ceremony marking their...
Reporting While Female
Female reporters and authors often face unique challenges when investigating and reporting for their work, especially in repressive regimes. Delphine...
Drones and Aerial Observation: New Technologies for Property Rights, Human Rights, and Global Development
Clear and secure rights to property-land, natural resources, and other goods and assets-are crucial to human prosperity. Most of the world's...
Fallujah Redux: Lessons in Leadership and Engagement from the Fallujah Awakening
Lieutenant Commander Dan Green, who served in Fallujah in 2007 as a tribal and leadership engagement officer, is the co-author with Brigadier General...
Team of Teams
When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2003, he quickly realized that conventional tactics were...
Terrorists at the Table
Should governments talk to terrorists? Do they have any choice? In Terrorists at the Table, Jonathan Powell argues that we will never end armed...
A New Transatlantic Trade Deal: Good for America?
On Monday, June 22, 2015, The McCain Institute for International Leadership hosted "A New Transatlantic Trade Deal: Good for America?" Two years since...
Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State
In June 2014, ISIS seized Mosul, the anchor of northern Iraq and home to more than two million. Twelve days before the city fell, President Obama...
Cyber War vs Cyber Realities : What Should We Believe and How Should We Respond?
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has recently release a new Cyber Strategy, which provides the rationale for the DOD's establishment of 133 Cyber...
War of Women: Why We Need Female Service-Members to Fight Tomorrow's Battles
As January 2016 and the deadline to open all combat roles to women approaches, much has been discussed about women could do and are capable of. Much...
Rethinking Higher Education featuring Ben Nelson, founder, chairman and CEO, Minvera Project
On Thursday, June 4, 2015, the Frank Rhodes Lecture on the Creation of the Future featured Ben Nelson, founder, chairman and chief executive officer...
Contested Terrain: The Future of Afghan Women
With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan and a new Afghan government having assumed power, what kind of future do Afghan women face? In her new...