Emily Oster, associate professor of economics and international and public affairs, comments on the behavior of people as the Powerball jackpot reached unprecedented levels.
In the News
Jeff Colgan comments on the idea of Saudi Arabia's national oil giant, Aramco, going public in the wake of record low oil prices.
Peter Andreas addresses the familiarity of El Chapo to the international drug trade, and how his capture will leave the public looking for someone new to blame.
The Boston Globe
The US as a fading superpower (written by Stephen Kinzer)
Stephen Kinzer, senior fellow, wrote an op-ed about the United States losing its global power and influence in the years ahead. "In the new world, our mightiest weapon, military power, will be steadily less valuable. A skill we have not developed, coalition-building among nations, will become the key to world power," Kinzer wrote.
Watson Fall '15 visitor Michal Luczewski comments on the politics in Germany and Russia in order to illuminate the ways in which the politics of history might be engaged in Poland. He concludes by quoting Watson's Michael Kennedy: "Solidarity is something too precious to leave to just the Poles."
Stephen Kinzer in Politico, "Detesting a country, however, is not reason enough to push it away. Diplomacy has nothing to do with affection. It is about advancing national interests."