Project on International Order and Strategy

A policeman interrogates a suspected gang member prior to a ceremony to declare their communities a peace zone at La Selva neighborhood in Ilopango, El Salvador, February 3, 2017. The man was later released. Inhabitants of southern Ilopango declared their neighborhoods as violence-free zones to lower homicide rates in one of the most violent areas of El Salvador. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas - RTX2ZJRF

Democracy and violent crime

September 2017

Women rights activists shout slogans during a protest against what they say are violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC1486CA2300

Democracy, gender equality, and women’s physical security

September 2017

The relative of a teenager gunned down by unknown assailants reacts at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC11ADC26E60

Democracy and violent crime

September 2017

A man reacts at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera - RC197DA58290

Democracy and terrorism

September 2017

Liberal democracy as the path to greater security

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un looks on during a visit to the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 23, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - RTS1D44E

Kim Jong-un’s theory of victory

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Two people ride a motorcycle past the house of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in Caracas, Venezuela August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino - RTS1A0UH

Watch: Experts discuss the mounting crisis in Venezuela

Dany Bahar, Samantha Gross, and Ted Piccone

Thursday, August 3, 2017

A women shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote during a legislative election, in Caracas December 6, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX1XEL0

The geopolitics of democracy promotion

Monday, July 31, 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Poland's counterpart Beata Szydlo and Slovakia's counterpart Robert Fico attend a meeting of the Visegrad Group in Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Emmanuel Dunand/Pool - RTS18B85

Investing in illiberalism. Why European businesses should end their embrace of Hungary and Poland

Thorsten Benner and Wolfgang H. Reinicke

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A 21st century Truman Doctrine?: U.S. foreign policy with Senator Tim Kaine

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT