The U.S. formally accused Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya population. The declaration “adds another layer to the already quite damning accusations against Myanmar for atrocities committed against the Rohingya,” says Oumar Ba, assistant professor of government. 

Robert Frank, professor of management and economics, writes this piece about how peer pressure can help stop climate change. 

“On the world stage, China appears to be the only friend that Russia has left. But it would be a mistake to overstate the strength of such seeming Sino-Russian friendship,” says Allen Carlson, associate professor of government. “President Xi Jinping is highly unlikely to allow China to get dragged into the conflict through providing direct military support to Russia.” 

“The risk now is that these sanctions have a grave impact on the world economy because of their size and the role of the Russian economy in global markets,” says Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history. “It is going to be a pretty serious drag on global growth and could lead to recession.” 

Gunisha Kaur, Migrations faculty fellow and anesthesiologist, writes this opinion piece about the working conditions for farmers in India. 

“The supply chain disruptions should be a wake-up call for people,” says Chris Barrett, professor of applied economics and management.

This article references the work of Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history, who finds that in the 20th century, sanctions achieved at least part of their aim about a third of the time. 

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and whether an agreement between the countries is possible.  

“The war and its spillover effects substantially intensify the conundrum the Fed already faced about how aggressively to tighten [policy],” says Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy. “It’s a tough call.” 

“How in no time the west has gone from targeted sanctions to financial war against the post-Soviet economic space, without unified aims nor clear conditions for lifting restrictions, all while an impetuous nuclear-armed tyrant is waging a war of aggression, is quite terrifying,” tweeted Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history. This piece also references Mulder’s book, “The Economic Weapon”.