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For Biden, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was a turning point in his presidency

John Gans of Perry World House says that every president since JFK has had an early term crisis, an event that punctures their momentum with the American public.

The New York Times

Mostly bluster: Why China went easy on Taiwan’s economy

Thomas J. Shattuck of Perry World House says that future Chinese bans may be targeted to punish Taiwanese industries in Democratic Progressive Party strongholds, but that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry would be considered too essential to China’s economy.

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Five things to know about the Taiwan-China conflict

Penn Today spoke with Thomas J. Shattuck of Perry World House about the political and military history of the conflict between Taiwan and China, as well as its potential economic impact.

Foreign Policy

The tragedy of Robert McFarlane

Perry World House Fellow John Gans writes, “During his two years as then-President Ronald Reagan’s third national security advisor, [Robert] McFarlane aspired to wield power on the level of his most famous predecessor, Henry Kissinger. But McFarlane proved both too ambitious and too ineffective to wield it in accordance with the law, and instead he became embroiled in the Iran-Contra scandal.”

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Islands on the climate front line

Perry World House’s Global Shifts Colloquium looked at how islands can protect their people, build resilient communities, and safeguard their environment in the climate crisis.

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Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks at Perry World House

The fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine is also a fight to protect Europe and democracy globally, said Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative to the UN, speaking with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.

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Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka on art and culture

Wole Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, spoke as the inaugural guest for the Distinguished Lecture in African Studies.

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Coming together for Ukraine

In an event hosted by Penn Global and the Office of the Chaplain, Ukrainian students, faculty, and staff, as well as American and international members of the Penn community gathered at Perry World House in a show of solidarity.

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Penn receives gift to support the study of global justice and human rights at Perry World House

The gift, from alumni Hemal N. Mirani and Paritosh V. Thakore, will establish the Thakore Family Global Justice and Human Rights Visiting Fellowship and the Thakore Family Global Justice and Human Rights Program.

Climate scientist Michael Mann to join Penn faculty

Mann is the first new faculty member to be recruited as part of the recently announced Energy and Sustainability Initiative as a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science.

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