The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts in the Global Criminal Underworld
To say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true.
To say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true.
Following the recent ouster of Brazil’s popular justice minister, Sergio Moro, the world’s fourth-largest democracy is on the brink of plunging into even deeper instability.
As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, social media have been rife with reports touting some of the environmental and climate benefits of the pandemic.
Cities are at the center of this pandemic, as they have been during so many plagues in history.
The COVID-19 pandemic is painfully exposing the world's many interconnected fragilities
In every crisis it is the poor, sick, disabled, homeless and displaced who suffer the most.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world's bustling cities to a screeching halt
Published in Foreign Policy By Robert Muggah The world is convulsed by the novel coronavirus, but that is not the only pathogen that afflicts us. Criminal violence is also endemic, contagious, and highly virulent. More than 464,000 people were killed in homicides in 2017 (the last year for
Published in Council on Foreign Relations By Louise Marie Hurel The February 20 Brazil-EU Cyber Dialogue signaled the most recent step taken by Brasília and Brussels to collaborate on advancing responsible state behavior in cyberspace. While there have sometimes been differences in the two parties' approaches to
With COVID-19 infections now evident in 176 countries, the pandemic is the most significant threat to humanity since the second world war. Then, as now, confidence in international cooperation and institutions plumbed new lows.