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Financing resilience for ocean economies
A wave in the ocean.

Image: Abstract Aerial Art via Getty Images

Financing resilience for ocean economies

Perry World House’s “Financing Resilience for Ocean Economies” workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners, and academics to discuss how to close the $175 billion annual investment gap in ocean resilience.

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Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Members of the Perry World House Geneva cohort standing in front of UN flags.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Washington

Learning from the practitioners of statecraft

A cohort of 18 Perry World House undergraduate student fellows traveled to Geneva to learn from diplomats, technical experts, and activists working to advance global security, economic growth, and well-being.

Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground
Students at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Gaborone, Botswana.

LIV students following a game drive at Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Gaborone, Botswana.

(Image: Ludovico Galli)

Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground

The global immersion program enables Penn students from the Lauder Institute to gain a firsthand understanding of how policy, history, culture, and socioeconomic forces shape real-world conditions in various countries.

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Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Penn Carey Law’s Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s work on women in conflict, the “Women, Peace and Security Addendum“ has been formally adopted at the 92nd session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
A person carries an Iranian flag to place on the site of an attack.

The rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran.

(Image: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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    • Expert viewpoints on the Iran war

    Penn Today spoke with experts from Penn Global and Perry World House to get a sense of what’s happening in the region and what may be next.

    3 min. read

    Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
    A group photo in front of a borehole drilling machine at Alna Farms in Gambia.

    Students visited Alna Farms and posed for a picture in front of a borehole drilling machine.

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    Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia

    For students in Engineers Without Borders at Penn, collaborating with Gambian farmers to design an irrigation system is a way to both address food insecurity in the smallest country in mainland Africa and apply their knowledge from the classroom in the real world.

    4 min. read

    Perry World House appears at annual Munich Security Conference

    Perry World House appears at annual Munich Security Conference

    Perry World House (PWH) faculty director and University of Pennsylvania Richard Perry Professor Michael C. Horowitz co-hosted a side event at the Munich Security Council titled “Droning on: Rethinking Precision and the Future of Warfare,” which addressed critical issues for future investments in conventional and nuclear deterrence.

    Understanding Japan’s snap elections
    People walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates for the Lower House elections on the day of the election campaign kick-off on January 27, 2026 in Kobe, Japan.

    Image: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Stringer via Getty Images

    Understanding Japan’s snap elections

    Perry World House Distinguished Visiting Fellow Mami Mizutori discusses the upcoming elections and their implications for Japanese policy and politics.

    From Perry World House

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