World in Focus Briefs
Research and Policy Insights from Einaudi Experts
Explore recent research publications and op-eds by our faculty. Their global perspectives help put our world in focus.
Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland (Princeton UP), a book by Cristina Florea (IES/PACS), won an ASEEES prize for Southeast European history since 1600.
In this Diplomat op-ed, Allen Carlson (EAP/SAP/SEAP) writes, “Taiwan was not bargained away at the Trump-Xi summit. But it was left on the table, within reach.”
CRADLE cofounder Kaushik Basu (IES/SAP) assesses labor market divides and policy solutions in the U.S. and India in this op-ed.
CNN's Zain Asher talks with Sarah Kreps (PACS) about Meta's landmark trial over child safety and social media addiction.
CRADLE cofounder Kaushik Basu (IES/SAP) analyzes the consequences of political interference in economic policy using high-profile global examples.
Lab of Ornithology's Wendy Erb (SEAP/Migrations) leads a team documenting sound changes in Borneo's forests as Indonesia builds its new capital.
According to this International Monetary Fund article by Nicholas Mulder (IES/PACS), the world is experiencing a fourth wave of nationalization. Recent government takeovers may rearrange longtime patterns of international trade and investment.
Isabel Perera (IES) has won two prestigious book awards for “The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies” (Cambridge UP).
PACS visiting scholar David Cortright argues that, to create a safer world, Americans need to mobilize to end the war in Iran, prevent nuclear proliferation, halt the arms race, and slash military budgets.