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 […] The post Eight Months On: Advancing Jesús’s Case Before the UN appeared first on McCain Institute.| McCain Institute
Russian aggression is driving the erasure of the Soviet legacy and is redefining national identities. This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Blake Uhlig is a junior fellow for the Communications & Events team. Russia’s conflict in Europe is not contained to traditional warfare; it […] The post Europe’s War of Identity and Memory appeared first on McCain Institute.| 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 […] The post Uncovering Evil: Illegal Organ Harvesting in China and the 2025 “Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act” appeared first on McCain Institute.| 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 […] The post Following the Money: How Financial Evidence is Shaping Human Trafficking Prosecutions appeared first on McCain Institute.| 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