The Policy Exchange

Threats to the peace, security and prosperity of the world – and the United States – are at alarming levels. In 2017 more of humanity is displaced and seeking refuge than at any time since the massive dislocations of World War II.

The recent UN Climate Conference, held recently in Morocco in November, was the first major meeting of negotiators after last year's historic agreement was concluded in Paris.

One year into my tenure as Dean of the School of Public Policy, I was recently asked what brought me to Maryland. With a year to listen and learn under my belt, the answer has never been as clear to me as it is today.

Leading the way toward and beyond the 21^st Conference of the Parties

Imagine owning an impregnable safe, which is to say no manner of subterfuge or skill is capable of accessing the safe’s contents without explicitly knowing the combination. To achieve this level of security the safe is not only cleverly designed, but the dial contains 256 different numbers and the combination must be at least 32 long...

In 2007, after more than a decade of civil war, Burundi began exporting peace as the newly integrated Burundi Forces de Defense National (FDN) contributed the second largest contingent of troops to the UN-authorized African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

At this time of year, graduates at many schools are being charged to “go forth into the world.” The image is one of moving from the ivory tower across the commencement stage and out into the “real world.” At SPP, however, our students are already plugged into communities and institutions, both global and local, to an extent that previous...

Would the United States government ever invest in the Gates Foundation to accelerate educational achievement or dramatically reduce a global health challenge?