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Jonathan Collins on Kappan Online, "At the most fundamental level, democratic approaches to urban school reform are important not only for practical policy purposes but also for more symbolic reasons."

Jeff Colgan in Foreign Policy, "As Europe struggles to stabilize its economy, the United States should support it when possible, including by exporting some of its energy resources, such as LNG."

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein explains for The Chicago Tribune, that the president's recent statements may impact US-China relations.

Report written for the Costs of War project by Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein on the long history of threat inflation in U.S. foreign policy, Russian military weakness, and the implications of the war in Ukraine for U.S. military spending, cited in Responsible Statecraft.

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein penned this column for Nikkei Asia, on how escalation risk grows as the U.S. and China build bigger and more sophisticated military systems.

"Current pro-Taiwan advocates are putting the very foundation of US-China relations at grave risk," Lyle Goldstein comments for Asia Times.

Regular processing of asylum-seekers has been suspended since March 2020 so the number we are seeing now are much higher, Associate Professor Ieva Jusionyte explains for Newsweek.

The Costs of War Project analysis cited in Forbes points out that Pentagon spending has never tracked precisely with inflation.

If the U.S. and NATO increase their military spending and conventional forces in Europe, the weakness of Russian conventional military forces could prompt Moscow to rely more heavily on its nuclear forces, according to the latest report from the Costs of War Project cited in Business Insider.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller offered commentary for The Providence Journal, on the gubernatorial race in Rhode Island.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric supports a new proposed draft of the country's constitution, Stephen Kinzer writes for The Boston Globe.

The Republican Party "realizes that abortion rights is a much stronger mobilizing force in the 2022 midterms among Democrats and independents than they anticipated," Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller comments for The Sun.

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein discusses Biden's conversaion with Xi Jinping about nuclear strategy and crisis management for The New York Times.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller offered commentary for HuffPost on Tuesday's primary election in Rhode Island.

"It is clear that drones would have a very large role in any Chinese campaign to conquer Taiwan," Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments for The New York Times.

Professor of Economics John Friedman comments for Forbes on the lingering practices and policies that prevent students from accessing a great public education.

"Modi's India is still an electoral democracy but the loner Hindu nationalists remain in power, the weaker it'll become as a liberal democracy," Professor Ashutosh Varshney writes for The Print.

Professor Jonathan Collins offered commentary for Education Week on the Texas State Board of Education's decision to delay the revision process of the state's K-12 social studies standards until 2025.

Professor of Economics Emily Oster explains to The Boston Globe, that that no amount of training or investment in virtual education would make it an adequate replacement for an in-person classroom.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller comments for The Philadelphia Inquirer on John Fetterman's ability to be a senator after his stroke.

In an interview with The New Yorker, Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb discusses the biggest takeaways on the low test results of the National Assessment of Education Progress report released last week.

Professor James N. Green provided commentary for Foreign Policy Magazine on the current presidential election cycle in Brazil.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller provided commentary for The Guardian on the advantages Republicans have at the midterm elections in House districts.

In this opinion piece for the New York Times, Chair of Economics John Friedman argues that big data and education reforms can help shape children's trajectories long-term.

Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb offered commentary for the New York Times on concerns over the low test results of the 2021 National Assessment of Educational Progress, which may reflect a long-term impact among lower-achieving students.

Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs Lyle Goldstein offered commentary on what's needed to calm tensions in the Taiwan Strait for The Christian Science Monitor.

"It's a mistake to think that because it's a bad candidate, the people who choose to get out the door to vote will not select the bad candidate," Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller comments for The New Statesman.

Associate Professor Dany Bahar explains how some remittances that would have gone to Ukrainians in Ukraine are now going elsewhere for NPR's Marketplace podcast.

Professor Michael Kennedy comments for Clarín, "while Trump can dominate the Republican base, that does not mean that his candidates will do well in the general election." (Originally published in Spanish)

The Daily Star article co-authored by Arvind Subramanian explains how disruptions in the economy will most likely transform the global trading system, rather than shrink it, with the impact varying across the countries.

HistoryNet article discusses David Kertzer's book "The Pope at War" and the newly released Vatican archives that cast Pius XII's wartime leadership in a damning light.

In an article for The Indian Express, Director of the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia Ashutosh Varshney explains how national integration and commitment to democracy have been weakening in India.

On an episode of the America Adapts podcast, Jess Colgan discusses a new resource from the Climate Solutions Lab that allows you to search climate course syllabi, or upload your own for others to access.

"There are a lot of people at Brown putting this problem front and center, because climate change is the great global challenge of our time," Director of the Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan comments for ECO Magazine.

"These contracts show the shadowy 'camo economy' at work in Afghanistan," Heidi Peltier comments for Common Dreams.

"Being the subject of such deference as the minority [means] all the moral agency in that situation goes to the powerful observer, who either can or cannot elect to be an ally," Glenn Loury comments for the Financial Times.

"Sri Lanka's proximity to India means that China's dealings with the island often come under close scrutiny," Lyle Goldstein comments for the New York Times

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein breaks down the "three lessons from China's recent exercises around the self-governing island" in his article for Defense One.

Recent TIME article cites that around 69,000 Afghan security forces died and thousands more were wounded since the war in Afghanistan began in 2001 according to estimates by the Costs of War project.

Senior Fellow Timothy Edgar explains that targeting Americans for surveillance generally requires a warrant from the special Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, in recent Newsweek article.

Senior Fellow Edward-Issac Dovere write about President Biden's string of legislative wins in an article for CNN Politics.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller discusses the latest news on classified documents the FBI uncovered in a search of Donald Trump's Florida residence for Bloomberg.

In a recent New York Times article, Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein explains the visit by delegation "may contribute to the escalation cycle we have been witnessing over the last five years."

Wendy Schiller explains why Republicans' defense of Trump should not necessarily be taken at face value as the midterms approach for The Guardian.

In this co-authored opinion piece for The Asset, Senior Fellow Arvind Subramanian describes how the 2008 global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have dimmed China's economic prospects while brightening India's.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller discusses the potential outcomes of the 2022 midterm elections on Bloomberg TV.

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein explains that the increased activity likely represents the "new normal," for a recent article in Stars and Stripes.

On this episode of Utterly Moderate podcast, Professor of Italian Studies David Kertzer discusses his newest book "The Pope at War."