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Co-Director of the Costs of War project Stephanie Savell discusses the goals and purpose of The Costs of War Project in an interview with RealClearDefense.

Dany Bahar comments on the decision to close the border for U.S. News and World Report, "I think it hasn't worked with people that are fleeing. These are people that are fleeing. Nobody chooses for leisure to cross the Darien Gap."

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Director of the Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan provided commentary on President Joe Biden's remarks on current U.S.-Saudi relations for BBC News.

Ashutosh Varshney writes for The Indian Express, "Something awful about 'new India' was revealed in Kheda, disturbingly familiar now but quite unknown in the first six decades of the post-Independence period."

Professor of Economics Mark Blyth discusses the overturning of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's recent economic policies for Vox.

Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller explains how Democrats and Republicans are presenting their messaging on the economy ahead of the midterm elections on Bloomberg Daybreak.

In this interview with The Conversation, Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb explains the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dany Bahar comments for GBH News, "If there's anything wrong with America and immigration, it's that we need more of it."

Dany Bahar comments for The New York Times, "There's growing realization that there has to be a change in the U.S. policy toward Venezuela. You can no longer ignore that it has been a failure."

Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer writes for the Boston Globe, "President Biden has evidently understood the fundamental lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is that opponents in a game of nuclear chicken should talk and deal, not bluster and threaten."

Jeff Colgan comments for Stars and Stripes, "Oil has always glued the two countries together. Lately, however, the relationship seems to be under as much strain as ever."

Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy Reid Pauly offered commentary for Yahoo News on Russia's use of nuclear threats.

Director of the Climate Solutions Lab Jeff Colgan was interviewed by The Washington Post about how his book, "Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order" helps explain the current OPEC controversy.

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman has been selected as one of the 25 inaugural members of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity.

James Green offers commentary on the first round of the presidential elections in Brazil.

Wendy Schiller offers commentary on Rhode Islanders' views on abortion.

Mark Blyth comments for Vox, "The pound falling in value is the market's response to realizing that the risk inherent in the asset is much higher than hitherto appreciated thanks to Trussonomics."

Dany Bahar on Brookings, "This controversy should serve as a reminder that America's debate on immigration needs more policy and less politics."

Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "Iran's emerging generation is not disposed to accept this governing system indefinitely. If the government does not allow space for reform, there will be more protests."

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.