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PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger
Golfer Phil Mickelson holds a golf club standing on grass and looks into the distance, bending at the waist, in front of a LIV Golf sign and a rock wall.

Phil Mickelson at the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., in July 2022.

(Image: AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

  • Q&A

    • PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger

    In the wake of the controversial golf deal, Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Kleinman Center discusses “sportswashing,” malign influence campaigns, and steps global democracies can take to prevent it all.

    Kristen de Groot

    Harun Küçük on the Turkish elections
    Supporters of Turkish President Erdogan wave Turkish flags in the street at night after his runoff win.

    Supporters of the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside AK Party offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 28, 2023. Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country’s runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade.

    (Image: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • Q&A

    • Harun Küçük on the Turkish elections

    Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center and associate professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, shares some takeaways from the runoff elections and what five more years of Erdogan means for Turkey and the world.

    Kristen de Groot

    Crisis in Sudan: A Q&A with Ali Ali-Dinar
    A view of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum shows brown buildings and dark grey smoke billowing against a blue sky.

    Smoke rises from a building in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 19, 2023. The U.S. conducted its first organized evacuation of citizens and permanent residents from Sudan on April 29, two weeks into the conflict.

    (Image: AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

  • Q&A

    • Crisis in Sudan: A Q&A with Ali Ali-Dinar

    The Sudanese scholar and senior lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies offers some background that led to the recent violence and potential paths to peace.

    Kristen de Groot

    Nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa
    Former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Nabil Fahmy stands at a podium speaking into a microphone in an auditorium at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics on Penn's campus.

    Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. and former Foreign Minister of Egypt, spoke during the Middle East Center’s conference on nuclear issues in the region.

    (Image: Courtesy of Karim Sharif/The Middle East Center)

    Nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa

    Nabil Fahmy, former foreign minister of Egypt and Egyptian ambassador to the United States, spoke on campus about the current state of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament in that region.

    Kristen de Groot

    China rows back after envoy denies sovereignty of former Soviet states
    The Guardian

    China rows back after envoy denies sovereignty of former Soviet states

    Neysun Mahboubi of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye’s comments about the sovereignty of former Soviet states represent a staggering level of incompetence.

    Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns
    Jing Jing Piriyalertsak stands in front of Perry World House.

    Fourth-year Jing Jing Piriyalertsak says her classical studies, comparative literature, and history minors are the foundation for her international relations major.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns

    The international relations major explores how narratives are shaped and how we understand the world through writing.

    Kristen de Groot

    War as a neighbor: Moldova and challenges of facing Russian aggression in Ukraine
    Foreign Policy Research Institute

    War as a neighbor: Moldova and challenges of facing Russian aggression in Ukraine

    In an Op-Ed, Ecaterina Locoman of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses Moldova’s struggle to secure its place as a European democracy and its reliance on Western support to stay out of Russia’s sphere of influence.

    Good Friday Agreement, 25 years later
    Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair and then taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday agreement 25 years ago.

    Then-U.K. prime minister Tony Blair (left) and then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. 

     (Image: Press Association via AP Images)

    Good Friday Agreement, 25 years later

    Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences looks back at the deal that brought peace to Northern Ireland.

    Kristen de Groot