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Unpacking the NATO summit
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are seated next to each other, separated by a side table with flowers and in front to the American and Ukrainian flags on each side of them. Behind them is a sign reading NATO/OTAN Vilnius Summit/Sommet.

U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.

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Unpacking the NATO summit

Alexander Vershbow, the former deputy secretary-general of NATO and current Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Perry World House, offers his takeaways from the two-day gathering.

Kristen de Groot

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s latest election law decision
The United States Supreme Court is seen behind pink and white flowers.

The Supreme Court is seen behind flowers on June 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court gave a win for the democratic principle of checks and balances in affirming that state courts can weigh in on legislative decisions affecting federal elections, but justices also left an opening for future challenges. 

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Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s latest election law decision

Penn Carey Law’s Michael Morse, an expert in voting rights and election law, shares his thoughts on Moore v. Harper and what it means for American democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District.

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Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia

The history Ph.D. candidate discusses the shocking weekend revolt and march on Moscow by Wagner Group militia members.

Kristen de Groot

Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
Traffic in New Delhi with pedestrians, buses, and tuktuks.

Image: iStock/Arkadij Schell

Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics

A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.

From Omnia

Who, What, Why: History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Alterwaite looks at Haitian debt
History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Alterwaite leans up against a light brown brick building with her arms crossed, smiling at the camera.

Arielle Alterwaite’s dissertation uses archives in seven different countries to explore Haiti's sovereign debt in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution.

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Who, What, Why: History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Alterwaite looks at Haitian debt

Her work on Haiti’s sovereign debt in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution holds lessons for what is currently happening there and more broadly for conversations around reparations.

Kristen de Groot