The Aspen Health Strategy Group explore the disconnect between correctional health and community-based structures of care, the intertwined relationship between incarceration and behavioural health, the influence of structural racism, and the community health impacts of incarceration, with many relevant lessons for New Zealand.

Welcome to the April edition of ‘The Lookout’, bringing you a global perspective on issues that matter. In this edition, we pay tribute to Secretary Madeleine Korbel Albright, former Trustee of the Aspen Institute and founder of the Aspen Ministers Forum (AMF).

As Russia’s war spills into cyberspace, there is a growing risk of large-scale cyber disruptions well beyond Ukraine. How did the digital world become so vulnerable to big shocks? What can be done to create resilience?

The Aspen Institute mourns the passing of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright. A diplomat, professor, author, and business leader, she was the first female US Secretary of State—an iconic fixture in American foreign policy circles with a truly essential voice. She leaves an enormous legacy as a longtime champion of the Aspen International partners in our role in promoting a free, just, and equitable society. Vale Madeleine.

In this edition we put the 'unintended consequences of autocracy' in-focus leading with a speech from the former Minister of Finance of Ukraine and Chair of Aspen Kyiv, calling for the global community to do more.

Stand With Ukraine.

In its work around the world, the Aspen Institute strives to promote a free, just, and equitable society. The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia threatens that vision and the values we hold dear.

The relationship between the United States and its European allies has been stressed over the last several years. The NextGen Network, launched by the Institute’s international Partners in collaboration with Microsoft, says that we need to look to a new crop of leaders to address challenges such as climate change and threats to democracy. Their latest report brings millennial and Gen Z perspectives to the table and includes recommendations for a vibrant transatlantic partnership.

Welcome to Year of the Water Tiger and the first edition of The Lookout for 2022 bringing you a global perspective on issues that matter.

Scientific studies increasingly confirm what human beings across cultures and throughout time have long recognised: we are wired for art. The arts in all of their modalities can improve our physical and mental health, amplify our ability to prevent, manage, or recover from disease challenges, enhance brain development in children, build more equitable communities, and foster wellbeing through multiple biological systems.