This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Abigail Bergan is a junior fellow for the Leadership Programs team. Most Americans do not feel connected to their own armed forces. Fewer than 1% of U.S. adults are active-duty service members, and as of February 2025, only […]| McCain Institute
Marilena Stegbauer is a 2023 McCain Global Leader from Germany and an international lawyer based in London. She is part of the legal team advocating for the release of Jesús Armas. On December 10, 2024, my friend and fellow McCain Global Leader, Jesús Armas, was forcibly disappeared by masked men in Caracas. Today, eight months […]| McCain Institute
Russia’s conflict in Europe is not contained to traditional warfare; it has been waging a cultural war for decades. Its imperialist maneuvers are rooted in cultural, territorial, and linguistic ties tracing back to the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.| McCain Institute
This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Jillian Proshan is a junior fellow for the Human Rights & Freedom program. Let’s begin with a math problem. As of 2015, China declared that all organ donations would be “sourced from voluntary donors,” repealing an earlier policy […]| McCain Institute
This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Jillian Proshan is a junior fellow for the Human Rights & Freedom program. “Have any of you seen the TV show Ozark?” This question began the June 2025 meeting of the McCain Institute’s Global Experts Consortium on Prosecuting […]| McCain Institute
The 2024 Europe and Eurasia cohort of McCain Global Leaders will travel to Poland for a week of learning, engagement, and community-building this July.| McCain Institute
