Global Migration: Headlines and Trendlines

With headlines focusing on the Trump administration’s efforts to build more wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, in this edition of Wilson Center NOW we attempt to separate those headlines from trendlines in global migration with Wilson Center Global Fellow James Hollifield.

With headlines focusing on the Trump administration’s efforts to build more wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, in this edition of Wilson Center NOW we attempt to separate those headlines from trendlines in global migration with Wilson Center Global Fellow James Hollifield.  Hollifield highlights how the U.S. and other nations will need to reform their systems and increasingly compete among themselves for increased immigration as fertility rates fall below replacement levels around the developed world.

Guests

Environmental Change and Security Program

The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.   Read more

Environmental Change and Security Program

Global Risk and Resilience Program

The Global Risk and Resilience Program (GRRP) seeks to support the development of inclusive, resilient networks in local communities facing global change. By providing a platform for sharing lessons, mapping knowledge, and linking people and ideas, GRRP and its affiliated programs empower policymakers, practitioners, and community members to participate in the global dialogue on sustainability and resilience. Empowered communities are better able to develop flexible, diverse, and equitable networks of resilience that can improve their health, preserve their natural resources, and build peace between people in a changing world.   Read more

Global Risk and Resilience Program