World Economic Forum – The world is moving to the city. No part of the planet is urbanizing faster than sub-Saharan Africa

The Boston Globe – Brazil’s friendishly complicated political and economic crises are sending the country into a tailspin

The Hill Times – What makes a city prone to instability is often surprising

World Economic Forum – High-profile attacks on major cities in Belgium, France and the United States have set the world on edge

Open Canada – The world is urbanizing at breakneck speed. But not all regions are moving at the same speed

Outdated drug policies around the world have resulted in soaring drug-related violence, overstretched criminal justice systems

Los Angeles Times – El Salvador is the world’s most violent country and its capital, San Salvador, is the world’s most homicidal city

Virtually every government, business and civil society organization around the world has to contend with some kind of fragility

From ensuring women’s participation to shifting toward sustaining peace, here are top takeaways from recent UN reviews on fostering global stability

Global Post – The news trickling out of Caracas just keeps getting worse. A recently published ranking of the world’s most dangerous cities listed the Venezuelan capital at the top of the charts

Carta Capital – Ao contrário do que dizem os críticos do Estatuto do Desarmamento, menos armas representam menos crimes

World Economic Forum – The world is urbanizing at a breakneck pace. But not all regions are moving at the same speed

Open Democracy – Probably San Salvador’s murder rate exceeds the violent death rate in many of the world’s most vicious armed conflicts

Americas Quartely – A new study shows narco-trafficking gangs are only part of the problem

Open Democracy – The question now is whether citizens will wake up only after it’s too late