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Driving Impact Live: Leading USAID's Global Mission for Impact

Clinton D. White, Counselor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), discussed his experience as the highest-ranked career Foreign Service Officer at USAID on an episode of Driving Impact.

Transcript — November 19, 2024

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Whither the United States on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?

This paper briefly explores the history of U.S. positions on economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR), with a focus on developments since the Obama administration, and makes recommendations on the posture the United States should take on these rights going forward.

Brief by Scott Busby — October 23, 2024

Great Power Competition in the Multilateral System

China is gaining influence within the international institutions that the United States has created, funded, and legitimized. China’s strategic positioning in multilateral bodies has allowed it to exert considerable influence, particularly within the UN system.

Report by Daniel F. Runde and Austin Hardman — October 23, 2024

The 20th Anniversary of the North Korean Human Rights Act

The North Korean Human Rights Act passed twenty years ago in 2004 provided us with useful tools to address the deplorable human rights situation in North Korea by focusing our efforts to help both those who flee the regime and those who are trapped inside the country.

Commentary by Robert R. King — October 18, 2024

Humanitarian Finance: A Missed Opportunity for Reform at the Summit of the Future

The United Nations hosted the Summit of the Future in New York on September 20–23, seeking to “forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future," yet humanitarian finance was not meaningfully included in its agenda or outcome.

Critical Questions by Marc Cohen and Michelle Strucke — September 30, 2024