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.
A global study of democratic backsliding from Ken Roberts and Rachel Riedl offers ways for U.S. democracy to resist authoritarian attacks.
Barry Strauss (PACS), the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus, won a 2025 Bradley Prize for his work on political and military leaders of the ancient world.
PACS director Rebecca Slayton's article on the role of uncertainty in the cyber security industry won an International Studies Association award.
“We are involved because we care about the world we live in and the people who inhabit it,” says David Cortright (PACS) in his essay on Vietnam war activism in this month's American Historical Review.
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, past Global Public Voices fellow Alexandra Dufresne advises fellow academics on how to work with state and local policymakers.
In this op-ed, CRADLE director Kaushik Basu argues that social media has given the super-rich new tools to manipulate public opinion.
In this BBC Radio clip, PACS steering committee member Christine Leuenberger discusses the politics of maps and territorial disputes.
Einaudi Center director Ellen Lust is coeditor of a new open-access book examining how decentralization affects communities in the Middle East and North Africa.
“Undercutting long-established relationships … weakens America's diplomacy and ability to compete with other global powers,” past Einaudi Center director Rachel Beatty Riedl told CBC News.
