Department of State

US Human Rights Policy: How to Really Build Back Better

by Francisco Bencosme and Sarah Margon

Jan 19th, 2021

Criminalizing Foreign Relations: How the Biden Administration Can Prevent a Global Arrest Game

by Steven Arrigg Koh

Dec 18th, 2020

Reviving the US Commitment to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: The UN Commission on the Status of Women

by Susan Markham and Stephenie Foster

Dec 15th, 2020

The Need for More Chris Stevenses

by Doug Wilson, Angelic Young and Alex Pascal

Dec 3rd, 2020

Cambodian Rights Activist and 55 Others Face Trial as Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies

by Kevin Osborne and Ali Baiardo

Nov 25th, 2020

How to Fight Truth Decay: Protect the Truth Tellers

by Can Yeginsu

Nov 23rd, 2020

How to Restore Ethics to the U.S. Department of State

by Donald K. Sherman

Nov 13th, 2020

Good Governance Paper No. 23: Rebuild and Renew the Diplomatic Corps

by Rachel Goldbrenner

Nov 2nd, 2020

Loyalty Above All: The “Shallow State” of the Trump Administration

by Danielle Schulkin and Julia Brooks

Nov 2nd, 2020

Think Beyond the Beltway — Bring Mayors and Governors to the Foreign Policy Table

by Scott Bade and Anka Lee

Oct 20th, 2020

Amnesty International Calls for India to Lift Account Freeze to Resume Vital Human Rights Work

by Joanne Lin

Oct 10th, 2020

Shaky Hands in the Oval Office

by John Gans

Oct 9th, 2020

Reclaiming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the Pompeo Commission – Part 2

by Jane Stromseth

Sep 23rd, 2020

Reclaiming Human Rights from the Pompeo Commission – Part 1

by Jane Stromseth

Sep 22nd, 2020

State Dept. Inspector General Report: A Troubling Message on Arms Sales

by Diane Bernabei and Beth Van Schaack

Aug 26th, 2020

Exclusive: Obstruction At All Costs: The State Department’s Petty Document Fight with Congress

by Molly Claflin and Austin Evers

Aug 17th, 2020

A Conflict of Interest Raises Questions for State Department’s Top Lawyer

by Danielle Schulkin

Aug 14th, 2020

US Iran Envoy to Step Down—Ahead of Key U.S. Move on Nuclear Program

by Laura Rozen

Aug 6th, 2020

Police Violence at Home Requires a Rethink of U.S. Foreign Policy and Assistance Abroad

by Jesse Bernstein

Aug 4th, 2020

Why We Oppose the Pompeo Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Draft Report

by Rob Berschinski and Reece Pelley

Jul 30th, 2020

Questions the Senate Should Ask State Legal Adviser Nominee CJ Mahoney

by Tess Bridgeman and Danielle Schulkin

Jul 20th, 2020

Trump Administration’s Women, Peace and Security Plans: Blueprint for Action or Empty Promises?

by Ambassador Donald Steinberg

Jul 20th, 2020

Suing Foreign States in U.S. Courts

by Sam Kleiner and Julian Beach

Jul 16th, 2020

Patriotism and Justice on an Unusual Independence Day

by Stuart M. Gerson

Jul 3rd, 2020