“The current government appears to be trying to wait these protests out, hoping that the crowds will disperse in time," says SAP program manager.

“The desire of many reserve managers to diversify away from dollar-denominated assets might help to marginally bolster the yen’s share in the coming years,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy. 

Awarded an NSF Career award, Professor Sabrina Karim in the Government Department is developing research on the domestic and global politics of police violence to confront the challenge of excessive and/or illegitimate violence around the world. 

“You’ll recall that after the Mariel Boatlift of 1980, thousands of Cubans were detained indefinitely, across the United States, because Cuba refused to take them back. It wasn’t until the early 1990s that the Castro regime began accepting a small number of these Cuban detainees,” says Maria Cristina García, professor of history. 

“The already extensive disruptions to global supply chains are being exacerbated by the lockdowns in China, adding to inflationary pressures and difficulties in procuring a broad range of consumer goods,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.

Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history, writes this opinion piece on why sanctions on Russia won’t win the war. 

Mildred Warner, professor of global development and city & regional planning, says that local governments will need help from state governments to get federal infrastructure money. “What’s been happening in the last - I don’t know - 20 years is this cooperative federalism has become a little less cooperative. And I would call that an uncooperative federalism.” 

Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy and economics, discusses the impact China’s zero-COVID policy will have on its economy.

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, discusses sanctions and Russia’s assault on Eastern Ukraine.