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Biden Talks World Affairs

Biden talks world affairs, tells students to engage and 'jump in'

The former vice president sat down with Penn President Amy Gutmann on March 30 for a conversation on the United States’ role in global affairs. Throughout the discussion, Biden aimed his remarks at the audience of students—who he called “the most generous generation in American history.”

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Defense News

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Michael Carpenter of the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement said Russian hackers are “the most aggressive and risk-tolerant because they’ve broken so many international norms and face so few repercussions that they don’t really believe there will be any serious consequences to their action.”

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Philadelphia Inquirer

A UPenn conference shows where Democratic and GOP visions of global order could meet.

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The Washington Post

Russia and the West battle over Macedonia’s future ahead of name-change referendum

Michael Carpenter of the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement weighed in on a Macedonian referendum that could have changed the nation’s name. “If they vote no, Russia sees this as a huge victory,” said Carpenter.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Joe Biden Now Has His Caricature From the Palm

Former Vice President Joe Biden has cemented his relationship with the city of Philadelphia through his work with the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and his acceptance of Penn’s Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor role, among other bonds.

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