The Project on Prosperity and Development, Global Food Security Program, and Humanitarian Agenda examine the United States’ leadership role in advancing development and creating efficient, effective, and sustainable foreign assistance programs.

Flags of the world

Creatas Video via Getty Images adapted by Sarah B. Grace

Pursuing Global Order in the Twenty-First Century

Amid rising great power competition, the United States needs to rethink its engagement with the Global South—a diverse but increasingly populous and wealthy group of states that will be vital to addressing the world's problems.

Digital Report by Jon B. Alterman and Lily McElwee — April 22, 2024

See all analysis on International Development

Latest Podcasts

See all podcasts on International Development
The Truth of the Matter

Russia’s Food War

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Caitlin Welsh — March 7, 2024

Past Events

See all events on International Development

Related Programs

Experts

Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde

Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin Welsh

Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
Romina Bandura

Romina Bandura

Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development
David Michel

David Michel

Senior Fellow, Global Food and Water Security Program

All International Development Content

Filter by

Filtering By:

1 - 10 of 552 results

Strategic Japan 2024: Japan and the Global South

Strategic Japan is a CSIS Japan Chair initiative to introduce research from Japanese scholars on regional and global challenges and the implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance. This year explores Japan's engagement with the Global South. 

Event — March 13, 2024

2024 Global Forecast: Vying for Influence in the Global South

In the fourth and final installment of the 2024 Global Forecast, CSIS experts analyze the key challenges that will define the battle for influence in the Global South, which will determine geopolitical power and shape the future of the global order.

Digital Report by Michelle Strucke, J. Stephen Morrison, Noam Unger, Caitlin Welsh, Richard M. Rossow, Gregory B. Poling, Ryan C. Berg, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Craig Cohen, and Alex Kisling — February 7, 2024

2024 Global Forecast: A World Dividing

Amid great power competition and conflicts raging around the world, the 2024 Global Forecast—A World Dividing—offers insights from dozens of scholars on security, technology, geoeconomics, alliances, and the battle for influence in the Global South.

Digital Report — January 25, 2024

Analyzing the Latest Xi-Putin Meeting and China’s Belt and Road Forum

From October 17–18, China hosted the third Belt and Road forum, during which Xi Jinping met one-on-one with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Read analysis of the Xi-Putin meeting and forum by members of the China Power Project.  

Commentary by Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Samantha Lu, and Yu-Jie (Grace) Liao — October 23, 2023

The Waterfall’s Shadow in the Mekong Region

Infrastructure programs like China's Belt and Road Initiative further authoritarian influence in climate and water-stressed regions. The United States needs strategies that simultaneously advance water security and national security to compete with China. 

Brief by Benjamin Jensen, Daniel F. Runde, and Thomas Bryja — September 29, 2023

Water: Access, Livelihoods, and Security

Please join CSIS for a panel discussion regarding water access and security. A quarter of the global population lacks clean water access, particularly marginalized groups like women. Lack of water access is an international security hazard as it exacerbates conflicts. 

Event — September 12, 2023

Innovative Public-Private Partnerships in Food Systems of the Future

Join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, in collaboration with the CSIS Global Food Security Program, for a conversation on private-sector engagement on food security and the importance of promoting impactful public-private partnerships in the future.

Event — July 18, 2023

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Building Peace and Keeping It with Bob Berg

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Bob Berg who shares insights into the importance of peacebuilding, the challenges to peacekeeping, and some of the current shortcomings on the international stage, particularly in the developing world.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — July 13, 2023

CSIS Building the Future
Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Multi-stakeholder and Public-Private Partnerships in Food Systems of the Future

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by C.D. Glin, the president of the PepsiCo Foundation and the Global Head of Philanthropy at PepsiCo Inc, and Ginya Truitt Nakata an expert in food security and an independent consultant to discuss insights on global agriculture and food security, and how the private sector has the potential to facilitate the growth of more sustainable food systems worldwide.  

 

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — June 21, 2023

CSIS Building the Future