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In an article for Reason, Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein offered commentary on Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian military forces.

In an article for Reason, Costs of War Co-Director Stephanie Savell offered commentary on the relationship between the U.S. and Niger.

Ieva Jusionyte comments for The Dallas Morning News "Like the steel wall, the buoys in the river endanger the lives of people who are attempting to cross."

Lyle Goldstein comments for USA Today "A more charitable interpretation of all these events is that the Chinese Communist Party, which is obsessed with corruption, is really concerned about protecting its reputation."

In an episode of Bloomberg's Surveillance podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses indictments against former President Donald Trump.

A recent Boston Globe article cites a study co-authored by Professor of International and Public Affairs John Friedman that revealed college admissions preferences for wealthy students.

"This military takeover in what was portrayed as a stable partner in the region should serve as a wakeup call," Stephanie Savell writes for Responsible Statecraft.

Wendy Schiller comments for The Boston Globe "To have four white men representing Rhode Island in 2023 or 2024 seems disconnected to me, based on Rhode Island's diversity."

In an interview on WPRI's Dan Yorke State of Mind, Rich Arenberg discusses Donald Trump's indictments, the 24-hour news cycle, political polarization and more.

In an episode of Bloomberg's The Tape podcast, Wendy Schiller joined a panel of experts to discuss Donald Trump's most recent indictment.

Margaret Weir comments for The Nation "A lot of us understand how important unions are in addressing inequality. We don't want to undermine the efforts of unions."

Stephanie Savell comments for The Washington Post "Americans are failing to ask the big-picture questions about what has happened in the past and whether it is effective."

Michael Kennedy analyzes cultural politics around class, race, gender, & community in the Rhode Island primary election for Steve Ahlquist.

In an interview with Democracy Now, Costs of War Co-Director Stephanie Savell discussed the the recent coup in Niger.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg "If you are the opposition, you have to go after Trump directly."

Stephanie Savell comments for The Intercept "One of the hugely negative consequences has been to empower the region's security forces at the expense of other government institutions, and this is surely one factor in the slate of coups we've seen in Niger, Burkina Faso, and elsewhere in recent years."

In an interview on NPR's Consider This, John Friedman discussed a study he co-authored that revealed college admissions preferences for wealthy students, children of alumni and recruited athletes.

This op-ed references previous commentary from Professor of International Studies and Political Science Ashutosh Varshney about India's democracy.

A study co-authored by John Friedman, cited in The Atlantic, quantifies the extent to which being very rich is its own qualification in selective college admissions.

John Friedman comments for CBS News "It's a very broadly held position that your opportunities in life shouldn't depend on the circumstances of your birth, and in some sense that's the core of the American dream."

In a recent piece for The Diplomat, Lyle Goldstein co-authored an analysis of what lessons Russia's nuclear signaling holds for a prospective Chinese war to force unification with Taiwan.

In this episode of Bloomberg's The Tape podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses the outlook of the 2024 presidential race.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg "The information about the potential charges doesn't say anything to me about sedition, or treason."

Wendy Schiller comments for The Providence Journal "In a small state, voters may view their congressional representatives as statewide officials, even though they are elected in two separate districts, because the policy benefits and grants that they secure from the federal government will most likely end up helping residents across the entire state."

Wendy Schiller offered commentary for the Rhode Island Current on signature requirements of those intending to run in the upcoming special election for Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District.

Deborah Gordon comments for The New York Times "It can't be considered a good bridge, or substitute."

Prerna Singh comments for The Juggernaut "It's not that mothers love their sons more. It's that this is a deep and historically-rooted, structural issue."

Senior Fellow William J. Allen penned this column for Portland Press Herald on President Jimmy Carter.

Wendy Schiller comments for the Rhode Island Current, "There are very few congressional seats in Rhode Island up for grabs so if you think you want to do this, you want to do it now, knowing an opportunity may not come along for another decade."

Wendy Schiller comments for Investigate West, "The seriousness of this just can't be underestimated, given that nearly 50% of women who die by domestic violence die by firearm. This is hundreds, if not thousands, of women dying a year."

In an interview with WPRI, Jonathan Collins discussed "Power to the Pupil" day, a participatory budgeting event facilitated by Brown with more than 100 local middle school students to debate how the Providence schools should spend $100,000 in funds from Brown.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg "And it sends a political message to Russia that the United States is trying to double down on its relations with the two other very strong, nearby partners to Russia."

In an article for the Indian Express, Ashutosh Varshney writes about Prime Minister Modi's visit to the U.S.

Lyle Goldstein comments for ABC News "If Putin was looking at you know, as it were his worst-case scenario then he may take absolutely desperate action, not in the expectation that he would succeed but simply out of frustration, anger, desire for revenge."

In a recent piece for The Washington Post, Ashutosh Varshney comments that Sarma's tweet "shows in many ways that what a mainstream BJP politician with sufficient stature and a constitutional office thinks of Muslims."

Wendy Schiller comments for Providence Business News, "It not only resurrects the state's history of corruption but revives memories of misogyny, racist and sexist behavior. That's not what Rhode Island is now. We're trying to sell our state, not extort people."

In a recent piece for The Diplomat, Lyle Goldstein writes about Chinese lessons from the Ukraine War.

This Business Insider article features Professor of Economics Emily Oster and her popularity as a health data expert.

Jeff Colgan comments for U.S. News and World Report, "OPEC itself is mostly a political club that makes a lot of headlines, but the real decisions about oil policy are made in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, rather than in Vienna, where OPEC headquarters is."

In a recent Vox article, Ashutosh Varshney's research cites a spike in lynchings of Muslims that coincides with Modi taking power.

Lyle Goldstein comments for the Christian Science Monitor, "Can we reassure China that we're not trying to change the regime?"

Lyle Goldstein comments for USA Today "China is hungry for resources and they know Americans deliver quality and efficiency. Americans continue to be technological leaders. Our universities are the top in the world. We need to work collaboratively. A lot of the discussion about decoupling has gone way too far."

Senior Fellow Arvind Subramanian penned this op-ed for DT Next.

Wendy Schiller comments for Barron's "He's trying to rouse up the people, the violent forces that attacked the Capitol. He's trying to intimidate the legal system."

In an interview on Background Briefing podcast with Ian Masters, Lyle Goldstein discusses Blinken's visit to Beijing.

Lyle Goldstein's research was cited in a recent analysis of the US-China undersea warfare rivalry in AI, published by Norwich University News.

In an interview with The Tape podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses the political implications of former President Trump's indictment.

In a recent article for El Paso Matters, Dany Bahar comments on why migrants might not want to find employment in Mexico while awaiting their chance at entering the U.S.