News & Stories

Philip Hsu MIA '18 writes about "The Changing Paradigms of Taiwan’s Grand Strategy" ahead of Taiwan's local elections on November 26th and presidential elections in early 2024.  

Marianne Kah of CGEP comments on diesel fuel prices hitting a record premium, "Anything that uses diesel — trucks, rail — costs, will go up... which will also increase food prices, so it works its way through the economy."

Bloomberg reports that Takatoshi Ito may be a candidate to lead Japan’s central bank. 

In The Economist's third episode of a four-part series on COP27, Jason Bordoff assesses the geopolitics of the transition to clean energy. Listen here. 

Matthew H. Murray, an adjunct professor at SIPA, has worked with CRDF Global to aid it in mobilizing "an extensive network of cyber defense leaders across a range of U.S. companies and organizations to help Ukraine."

Benjamin Ritter MIA '23 and Kevin Karl of CGEP write about how traditional cookstoves using wood or other biomass are a major source of indoor air pollution, as well as contributors to climate change.

Jeffrey Sachs discusses U.S. and China relations, remarking that the two countries need to establish "ongoing, normal diplomacy and dialogue. Because there's been too much soundbites in each direction."

Karen Young comments on gulf states investing billions in renewable energy, “The Gulf states are making net zero domestic targets in some ways to increase their hydrocarbon assets for export, to take advantage of a window of opportunity of those products as demand is expected to gradually decline."

Professor Lincoln Mitchell explains why he thinks former President Trump is the reason behind the Republican's failure to capture more seats in the U.S. midterm elections.

Robert Shapiro comments on Trump's endorsements for the midterm elections, "It is important that some of the candidates he supported win and especially win big."