"The United States should pursue more modest arrangements, like one that continues the current cease-fire agreement while opening the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining intense pressure on the Iranian system," says senior research scholar Richard Nephew.

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Tim Naftali noted that gathering the president, vice president, and speaker in the same space when the United States is at war with Iran—a country previously linked to plots against Trump and other U.S. officials—was ill-advised. “This is not the right time to have all hands on deck,” he said.

After a shocking shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, presidential historian Timothy Naftali discusses what this suggests about American politics and society.

On the Trump administration's assertion that preserving presidential records is unconstitutional, senior research scholar Tim Naftali remarked, "This is about whether we can hold our most powerful leader accountable. And I don't know how you hold them accountable if they can destroy the record of their actions in government."

“I don’t think this president is really that enamored of being self-deprecating. This would be an opportunity for him to ask Dennis Miller to write material for him, but I think he will ask Stephen Miller instead,” said senior research scholar Tim Naftali on the White House Correspondents' dinner.

Adrien speaks with two professors in the International Security and Diplomacy concentration about the rise in AI in academia. 

"The take-away here is not the low rating, but that it continues to be low in the face of success at the southern border and what so far can be considered a military success. He is looking like a major drag on his party's prospects in the midterms, and his promises regarding lower prices and a thriving economy have been a major disappointment," says professor Robert Shapiro.

Four SIPA teams participated at an annual competition on tackling global policy challenges around fragmentation, democracy, and mobility.

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