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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."

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."

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.

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 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.

In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses the indictment of former President Donald Trump.

This Common Dreams article references a new report from the Costs of War project that found decades of increased military spending have reshaped the federal government and the U.S. economy.

Wendy schiller comments for Bloomberg, "DeSantis has proven to be someone who may not be predictable, who may kind of want to jump the shark in terms of regulating business or the feud with Disney."

Stephen Kinzer writes for The Boston Globe, "Uncontrolled migration is the single most potent issue for right-wing nationalists around the world."

Ieva Jusionyte comments for The Washington Post "They are smuggled into Mexico the same way that drugs are coming to the United States - hidden in compartments, in the doors of cars, or in furniture, in trucks."

Wendy Schiller comments for the Rhode Island Current, "Because of the crowded field, any boost you can get is important. That 2-3% increase you get from a climate change group or the Working Families Party could help put you over the top."

Costs of War research cited in a recent article for The Nation estimates that 375,506 civilians "killed directly in the violence of the US post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere."

Ashutosh Varshney comments for The Washington Post "Modi is confident that Western governments will not support their NGOs because Washington needs Delhi. It's again a function of geopolitics: He is in a very sweet spot because of the rise of China."

Lyle Goldstein comments for The Guardian "China's approach to diplomacy is constantly waving the Taiwan issue in front of countries to say, 'You have been warned ... you have endorsed one China'."

Lyle Goldstein writes for The Hill "The Chinese Navy appears to be testing its first robotic submarine prototypes. That is an additional sign that Beijing is now going all out to close the undersea warfare technology gap."

Jeff Colgan comments for The Wall Street Journal "We're back into the old world of OPEC where most of the important decisions are being made entirely in Riyadh rather than Vienna."

In an interview with The Boston Globe's Rhode Island Report podcast, Wendy Schiller offered instant analysis on a conversation among legislative leaders about the closing weeks of this year's legislative session.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg Government "You've just seen a lot of people come forward in Rhode Island politics in the last decade who just didn't have any openings before that."

In an interview with Bloomberg, Wendy Schiller predicted that Democrats will aid U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the GOP chooses to vote him out of his position.

Stephen Kinzer writes for Responsible Statecraft, "The Turkish leader's blend of populism, Islamism, and nationalism has kept him in power for 20 years. He has no incentive to change."

In an article for Foreign Affairs, Rose McDermott and Reid Pauly explain how, "The war in Ukraine hinges on one man's thoughts and feelings."

Wendy Schiller comments for The Guardian, "The only way Ron DeSantis peels off Trump voters is if he fights as hard and dirty as Trump because they're looking for a champion who will break boundaries, break the rules and really go for it."

Lyle Goldstein comments for the Washington Post, "We have to realize that China is acting with restraint and moderation, and I don't think that's appreciated in the West."

John Eason comments for The Riverside Record, "Between 1970 and 2000, there were roughly 1,000 prisons built, and we tripled the number of facilities. That's what I refer to as the prison boom."

Lyle Goldstein comments for The Daily Caller, "The U.S. will take devastating losses in a war over Taiwan, so I don't think we can dismiss it as pure propaganda."

Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments for The Cipher Brief, "Some people regard the U.S. submarine forces as kind of our ace in the hole, our silver bullet. But that's not how I see it."

In an interview Reuters, Wendy Schiller discusses Florida Govenor Ron DeSantis and his expected bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg Governemnt, "The margins of majority control are so tight now that every single senator matters every day."

In an interview with Bloomberg's Sound On Podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses the U.S. debt ceiling.

Lyle Goldstein comments for The New York Times on how China viewed Japan's actions at the G7 summit as "colluding with the U.S. [to] bring Europe into the Taiwan issue," which he likened to "waving a red flag in front of a bull."

Stephen Kinzer writes for the Boston Globe, "Once the most admired man in America, the former secretary of state was a master of great-power diplomacy. Yet he was willfully clueless about much of the world."

Costs of War Co-director Stephanie Savell comments for The Guardian "Indirect deaths are devastating, not least because so many of them could be prevented, were it not for war."

In an interview on PBS's A Lively Experiment, Wendy Schiller discussed the national debt ceiling negotiations, plus the future of the GOP.

In an interview with The Inside Story podcast, Stephanie Savell discusses how the US launched its so-called 'war on terror' in the wake of 9/11.

Lyle Goldstein comments in a recent article for the Christian Science Monitor, "We could say the Biden administration has had some run of successes in its Asia policy."

Costs of War Co-director Stephanie Savell discusses her latest report in an interview with Al Jazeera.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg, "This will be another test of McCarthy and his power over his caucus."

Costs of War research cited in The Hill stating that nearly 4.5 million people have died as a consequence of wars that have raged since the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil in 2001.

Stephanie Savell comments for the Wasington Post, "There are reverberating costs, the human cost of war, that people for the most part in the United States don't really know enough about or think about."

In a recent piece for The Diplomat, Lyle Goldstein writes "China has invested heavily in a large force of modern military helicopters, so its military strategists are watching closely as Russia's helicopter fleet takes massive damage."

Richard Arenberg comments for Associated Press, "In the absence of a detailed budget proposal it is hard to know for sure."

Lyle Goldstein comments for The Daily Caller "The Navy is straining very badly because the Navy will be the first service and fight and will take major losses in the first weeks."

In an interview on the Pekingology podcast from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Tyler Jost discusses how China's bureaucratic structure and politics impacts leader decision making.

In an interview with The Boston Globe, Wendy Schiller discusses her new book, "Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States," which she co-authored with Kaitlin Sidorsky.