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International Relations
Looking ahead to the election’s impact on U.S. foreign policy
Looking ahead to the election’s impact on U.S. foreign policy
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will make important choices about America’s relationships with allies and partners. A Perry World House roundtable looked at key topics for the new administration.
Coding for a cause
Coding for a cause
As the viral pandemic shuttered campus and disrupted routines, The Borders and Boundaries Project turned the challenging situation into a chance to give back and get work done.
Building capacity to combat COVID-19 in Africa
Building capacity to combat COVID-19 in Africa
Wharton School students, along with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, are issuing a call for proposals for a new initiative designed to aid in the fight against the coronavirus.
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Self-reporting contributes to human rights improvements, says Simmons in a paper she co-authored on recommendations to inform the review of the UN Human Rights Treaty.
Nuclear weapons in an age of emerging technologies
Nuclear weapons in an age of emerging technologies
As part of a weeklong residency at Perry World House, Nobel Peace Prize winner Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, spoke on the impact artificial intelligence and other technologies have on nuclear risk.
Bolivia: Coup or election fraud?
Bolivia: Coup or election fraud?
Quechua scholar Américo Mendoza-Mori and political scientist Tulia Falleti discuss the ousting of the country’s first indigenous president and the tumultuous state of Bolivian politics as the country prepares for elections in May.
Understanding how information flows into and out of Gitmo
Understanding how information flows into and out of Gitmo
Annenberg doctoral student Muira McCammon studies the intersection of technology, law, and military policy. She’s on the quest to understand how people and data move through the Guantánamo Bay detention center.
Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference
Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference
At COP 25, representatives from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Perry World House, Penn IUR, and elsewhere discuss global climate challenges.
How companies like the NBA could benefit from ‘corporate diplomacy’
How companies like the NBA could benefit from ‘corporate diplomacy’
In a Q&A, Professor of Manaement Witold Henisz explains how recent controversies involving the NBA and Activision-Blizzard can be prevented through increased focus on corporate diplomacy.
Russian interference and the West: Learning from ‘The Lands in Between’
Russian interference and the West: Learning from ‘The Lands in Between’
In his new book, Mitchell Orenstein argues that politics in countries situated between Russia and the European Union can hold powerful lessons for Western countries affected by Russian interference.
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Associated Press
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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Voice of America
U.S. bolstering Philippines amid increasing assertiveness by China
Thomas J. Shattuck of Perry World House says that greater interest in the Philippines by the U.S. and Japan will have a positive impact on Taiwan’s security.
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Toronto Star
Few options available to Western leaders weighing response to Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny’s death
Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Western countries have little practical leverage to push Russia off its authoritarian path after Alexei Navalny’s death, given the economic and diplomatic sanctions already levied against Vladimir Putin.
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The Hill
We must protect the right to seek asylum
In a co-authored Op-Ed, Sarah Paoletti of Penn Carey Law says that U.S. immigration and deportation systems are failing to adequately protect people in need of asylum.
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The Washington Post
China’s cautious, curious Middle East game
Neysun Mahboubi of Penn Global says that China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims doesn’t resonate as strongly in the Muslim world as the Palestinian issue.
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CNN
Detained, missing or under investigation: Business leaders in China face an ‘aggressive’ crackdown
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School says that global investors are already weary about rising tensions between China and the West, as well as the country’s sluggish growth and large corporate debt.
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