Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

<p>How do borders — both the physical barriers and the political realities — shape our society?</p><p>These questions have long driven the work of Ieva Jusionyte, an anthropologist at the Watson School and director of...

<p>Lithium is an essential ingredient of most modern electronics. It helps to power our phones, our laptops, and increasingly EVs and other key parts of the green transition.</p><p>As Thea Riofrancos, a political...

<p>From a once-in-a-century global pandemic, to wars in Europe and the Middle East, to the unchecked rise of AI and social media technologies, we are living in an age of threats against humanity that are profound...

<p>On this episode, Dan Richards talks with Andrew Schrank, a professor of sociology and international and public affairs at the Watson School, about the legacy of President Biden’s industrial policy — what it achieved...

<p>On this episode, Dan Richards spoke with Watson School Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer about the history of U.S. foreign intervention and how it can help us to understand today’s conflict in Iran.</p><p>Stephen is an...

<p>On this episode, Watson School Dean and economist John Friedman talks with economist Sebnem Kalemli Ozcan about how U.S. economic policy in the last year has changed the American economy, how those changes have...

<p>President Trump has issued more executive orders in the first year of his second term than he did in all four years of his first. These orders — which have directed government action on issues ranging from...

<p>Violent, organized conflict is a near constant in human history.</p><p>But why?</p><p>Often, large-scale conflicts and wars are explained in material or political terms: humans engaging in conflict over land...

<p>When President Trump took office in January, Congress seemed poised to play a supporting role in the story of Trump’s second term. Republicans largely fell in line to support President Trump’s cabinet nominees and...

<p>In October, President Trump and President Xi Jinping met for the first time in Trump’s new presidential term. The meeting ended with commitments from both countries designed to lower trade tensions —– something many...

<p>In August 2022 — just over three years ago — the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. It represented the largest federal investment in renewable energy and climate action in U.S. history. The bill was a...

<p>In 2014, Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, marking the beginning of what many experts and international watchgroups identify as a period of democratic erosion in the country. </p><p>Since then, a number of...

<p>Bryce Steinberg is a development economist, which means she studies how lower-income countries grow into more prosperous ones. </p><p>More specifically, she studies how to help people in low-income countries build...

<p>Watson School political scientist Peter Andreas has spent decades studying the global economy — but not the one you read about in the business section, or are taught in Econ 101. </p><p>His focus is on the illicit...

<p>In his new book “The Art of Coercion,” Watson political scientist Reid Pauly provides a seemingly straightforward definition of coercion: “The practice of convincing a target by the use of threats, to bend to your...