Alumnae Al-Daana Al-Mulla MPA '15, a senior diplomat for Qatar, and Asha Castleberry-Hernandez MIA '12, a national security and foreign policy expert, have both been named to the Middle East Policy Council 40 Under 40.

Liquefied natural gas imports from Russia are up about 40% this year in the EU. Anne-Sophie Corbeau argues that “Russian LNG has to continue to flow... We need that on the global LNG balance: it is already tight enough as it is." 

The Bolloré Group has plans to acquire its rival, the Lagardère Group, which owns Paris Match and Hachette. Anya Schiffrin and co-authors argue media pluralism is at peril in France, and Europe must intervene to uphold media freedom.

In an op-ed in Stat News, Mauricio Cárdenas argues that excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages benefit health and public budgets.

Professor Stephen Biddle comments on Ukraine's military power, "The Ukrainian army’s skills in combined arms maneuver are improving as they gain experience and as larger numbers of trained soldiers reach the front.”

Arvind Panagariya tackles whether growth leads to inclusion and hence a reduction in poverty. 

Anya Schiffrin, the lead author of a German Marshall Fund report about disinformation-defense start-ups, said future regulation of disinformation and other malicious content could lead to more jobs in the trust and safety space.

Stephen Sestanovich on Putin's claim that Russia’s survival is at stake: "One key to securing peace in Ukraine will be exposing the faulty argument for the war’s necessity." 

SIPA professor Stephen Biddle asks what the Ukraine war's conduct to date suggests for the future of warfare and considers the implications for U.S. defense policy.

Eric Verhoogen helps tell the story of how one small town in Pakistan called Sialkot came to produce 40% of soccer balls used worldwide.