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Eswar Prasad, SAP

“The sense is that the world has changed fundamentally in ways that cannot easily be put back together. Every country has to figure out its own place...

New Essay Collection "Fugitive Tilts"

The book collects two decades’ worth of probing reflections on his childhood in Jamaica and the country’s cultural and colonial history.

David Cortright, PACS

“The arms limitation treaties that previously guarded against unconstrained nuclear competition between the US and Russia have been discarded. The...

GETSEA Mini-Course deadline extended to May 17

Taught by Kurt W. Kuehne, New York University Abu DhabiOffered virtually from June 24 to July 30, 2025, Tuesdays, 8:00pm-10:00pm Eastern Time. (Check...

Tom Pepinsky, SEAP

“We had been thinking about this as the prisoners’ dilemma, but we were wrong,” says Tom Pepinsky, professor of government.

Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, SEAP

“Min Aung Hlaing is leveraging the earthquake for regional engagement and electoral legitimacy. The humanitarian crisis gives him a pretext to open...

Ian Kysel, Migrations

Fleeing threats of arrest for apostasy, Artemis Ghasemzadeh escaped Iran in December 2024, hoping to find religious freedom in the United States....

Karim-Aly S. Kassam, PACS/SAP

Karim-Aly S. Kassam writes about the role of Canada after remarks from President Trump about taking it over.

Conference on May 8-9

In honor of our colleague Nicolas van de Walle (1957-2024), the Institute for African Development is cohosting a conference on African politics.

Bryn Rosenfeld, IES

Bryn Rosenfeld, associate professor of government, says “Even if Ukraine is forced to cede significant territory, the Ukrainian state that remains...