“The China supply chain is not going to evaporate overnight,” says Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School. “Decoupling is just not realistic for these companies for the time being.”

Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, discusses CoP27, the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties climate conference.

“More and more these days, [the United States] needs STEM workers to help innovate and offering those degree holders who have serious STEM credentials an opportunity to work in the United States for three years is appropriate,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law. “But Congress ultimately should reform our broken immigration system, and as part of that effort they should take up this issue.”

“Xi’s view is really tit for tat. If you engage, they will engage. If you want to throw a punch, Xi is going to throw a punch,” says Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government. “We may look back and see Bali as an inflection point, where it might begin to level off and not accelerate so rapidly toward confrontation.”

“In order to solve a problem, we need multiple ways of knowing,” said Karim-Aly Kassam. “Other people see things because of their cultures, because of their physical and ecological experiences. They live in the mountains, they live in the Arctic; they have a nuanced perspective of their habitat, so their way of thinking is very important.”

Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government and faculty director of the East Asia Program, writes this analysis about the protests in China over its zero Covid policy. 

This year’s fellows will engage with major news media on nationalism and populism, civil-military relations, international human rights, and more.

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