Opinions & Insights

Jessica Maksimov, intern at Our Secure Future, discusses the necessity of incorporating a Women, Peace and Security lens in the digital space to help policymakers identify gender blind spots.

Jessica Maksimov, intern at Our Secure Future, examines the role that AI plays in the production of gendered and sexualized disinformation.

Guest author Jeanne Hoerter discusses the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program and how it supports the Women, Peace and Security framework.

A discussion of how artificial intelligence can amplify gender biases and the need to promote the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the digital space.

On May 25, 2023, Captain Cecilia Erzuah, a Ghanaian peacekeeper, received the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.

Sarah Petrin, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, examines the 2022 U.S. National Security Strategy and its solutions to strategic competition with Russia and China.

Sarah Petrin, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, discusses why private sector and individual donors need to invest in local women-led organizations.

For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, this blog highlights the WPS UN resolutions that address sexual and gender-based violence, and their applications.

Sarah Petrin, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, shares an excerpt from her book, "Bring Rain: Helping Humanity in Crisis."

Kelly Case, a Director at Strategy for Humanity, explains the necessity of empowering grassroots organizations in conflict-affected countries.

A review of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research recent report, "Does Military AI Have Gender?: Understanding bias and promoting ethical approaches in military applications of AI."

A review of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research recent report on the military applications of AI and gender.

This blog piece explores the role masculinities play in contributing to, suffering from and responding to climate change, a concept crucial for evolving truly gender equitable strategies to climate resilience across the world.

Sarah Petrin, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, discusses changing the course of U.S.-Russia relations.

Watch our series in collaboration with Strategy for Humanity interviewing men as partners for Women, Peace and Security.