Two decades after 9/11, a conversation with a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia Joseph Westphal promoting soldiers in combat in Afghanistan in 2010. (Image: Courtesy of Joseph Westphal) Q&A Two decades after 9/11, a conversation with a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia In a Q&A, Joseph Westphal, a senior global fellow at the Lauder Institute and former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, talks about post-9/11 Saudi Arabia.
9/11, 20 years later Tribute in Light, an annual display near the site of Ground Zero, commemorates the Sept. 11 attacks. (Homepage image: Scott Spitzer) 9/11, 20 years later Experts across the University share their thoughts on how 9/11 transformed their field, their research, and the world.
‘I have faith in what I cannot imagine, because I couldn’t have imagined what happened July 11’: Philadelphia Cubans on the hope, stress of island protests Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer ‘I have faith in what I cannot imagine, because I couldn’t have imagined what happened July 11’: Philadelphia Cubans on the hope, stress of island protests Amalia Daché of the Graduate School of Education criticizes people who have blamed the U.S. embargo and not the Cuban government for the crisis in Cuba. Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio) Q&A Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people Taliban takeover A view of Kabul, Afghanistan from May, 2012. (Image: Courtesy of Lucas Augustin) Taliban takeover Political scientist Nicholas Sambanis, an expert on conflict processes with a focus on civil wars, shares his thoughts on the challenges of nation building and what’s next for Afghanistan. Assessing the effectiveness of international organizations Assessing the effectiveness of international organizations Four PURM interns, led by Julia Gray, spent the summer researching the activity and effectiveness of international organizations. China sentences Canadian citizen to 11 years for espionage in case at heart of diplomatic standoff Penn In the News The Wall Street Journal China sentences Canadian citizen to 11 years for espionage in case at heart of diplomatic standoff Jacques deLisle of the Law School commented on the sentencing of Michael Spavor, a Canadian alleged to have compromised China’s national security. DeLisle said that his 11 year sentence is short, given the charges and China’s usual approach to these cases, and may thus signal the country’s interest in striking a deal with, or at least not provoking, the U.S. and Canada. What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Amalia Dache during a research trip to Cuba. (Image: Courtesy of Santiel Rodríguez Velázquez) What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population. Fear of a Black Cuban planet Penn In the News Slate.com Fear of a Black Cuban planet Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about Cuba’s recent uprisings and its long history of Black resistance. In the 1960s, the Communist government said it would eradicate racism. “It’s counterrevolutionary to talk about Black history in Cuba, to engage Black history,” she said. Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off Penn In the News The Washington Post Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off An op-ed by Elisabeth Piller, a German professor, considered the long-standing tradition of sending U.S. scholars and university presidents to Germany as ambassadors. Amy Gutmann’s “standing as an esteemed political philosopher and university president uniquely positions her to help achieve Biden’s goal of rebuilding alliances,” Piller wrote. Load More
Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio) Q&A Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people
Taliban takeover A view of Kabul, Afghanistan from May, 2012. (Image: Courtesy of Lucas Augustin) Taliban takeover Political scientist Nicholas Sambanis, an expert on conflict processes with a focus on civil wars, shares his thoughts on the challenges of nation building and what’s next for Afghanistan.
Assessing the effectiveness of international organizations Assessing the effectiveness of international organizations Four PURM interns, led by Julia Gray, spent the summer researching the activity and effectiveness of international organizations.
China sentences Canadian citizen to 11 years for espionage in case at heart of diplomatic standoff Penn In the News The Wall Street Journal China sentences Canadian citizen to 11 years for espionage in case at heart of diplomatic standoff Jacques deLisle of the Law School commented on the sentencing of Michael Spavor, a Canadian alleged to have compromised China’s national security. DeLisle said that his 11 year sentence is short, given the charges and China’s usual approach to these cases, and may thus signal the country’s interest in striking a deal with, or at least not provoking, the U.S. and Canada. What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Amalia Dache during a research trip to Cuba. (Image: Courtesy of Santiel Rodríguez Velázquez) What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population. Fear of a Black Cuban planet Penn In the News Slate.com Fear of a Black Cuban planet Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about Cuba’s recent uprisings and its long history of Black resistance. In the 1960s, the Communist government said it would eradicate racism. “It’s counterrevolutionary to talk about Black history in Cuba, to engage Black history,” she said. Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off Penn In the News The Washington Post Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off An op-ed by Elisabeth Piller, a German professor, considered the long-standing tradition of sending U.S. scholars and university presidents to Germany as ambassadors. Amy Gutmann’s “standing as an esteemed political philosopher and university president uniquely positions her to help achieve Biden’s goal of rebuilding alliances,” Piller wrote. Load More
What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Amalia Dache during a research trip to Cuba. (Image: Courtesy of Santiel Rodríguez Velázquez) What you need to know about the protests in Cuba Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population.
Fear of a Black Cuban planet Penn In the News Slate.com Fear of a Black Cuban planet Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about Cuba’s recent uprisings and its long history of Black resistance. In the 1960s, the Communist government said it would eradicate racism. “It’s counterrevolutionary to talk about Black history in Cuba, to engage Black history,” she said. Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off Penn In the News The Washington Post Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off An op-ed by Elisabeth Piller, a German professor, considered the long-standing tradition of sending U.S. scholars and university presidents to Germany as ambassadors. Amy Gutmann’s “standing as an esteemed political philosopher and university president uniquely positions her to help achieve Biden’s goal of rebuilding alliances,” Piller wrote. Load More
Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off Penn In the News The Washington Post Joe Biden is sending an academic to Germany. Here’s why it might pay off An op-ed by Elisabeth Piller, a German professor, considered the long-standing tradition of sending U.S. scholars and university presidents to Germany as ambassadors. Amy Gutmann’s “standing as an esteemed political philosopher and university president uniquely positions her to help achieve Biden’s goal of rebuilding alliances,” Piller wrote.