Political Violence at a Glance
Fletcher’s Nils Hägerdal co-authors this piece examining how blowback—violent retaliation at home in response to intervention abroad—is turning civil wars into international ones.
The Conversation
The Friedman School’s Daniel Maxwell examines how the war in Ukraine is impacting the global food system and worsening conditions for countries already at risk of famine
The New York Times
Fletcher’s Amy Myers Jaffe comments on the flat levels of U.S. energy production despite high oil and gas prices saying, “History tells us that oil shocks accelerate a shift to alternative energy, not the opposite.”
Wall Street Journal
TUSM Adjunct Professor Barry Levy is quoted in this article on pollutants that are spreading across Ukraine due to the war.
Wall Street Journal
Fletcher’s Amy Myers Jaffe is among the experts who share which climate-technology breakthroughs they think have the potential to be most transformative.
The New York Times
Abby Kiesa of Tisch College’s CIRCLE is quoted about the importance of climate change to young voters, noting their “high civic readiness.” CIRCLE research on 2020 youth voting is also included.
CNN
HNRCA’s Alice Lichtenstein, also identified as a professor of nutrtion science and policy, comments on a new study that has found time-restricted eating has no significant benefits compared with simple calorie restriction for weight loss.
Reuters
Fletcher’s Amy Myers Jaffe says that President Biden will likely have to compromise on climate legislation to get it through Congress.
The National Interest
Fourth-year A&S student Samuel Gardner-Bird outlines why the United States should encourage Taiwanese leaders to take more responsibility for the island’s defense. This piece is the winner of the 2022 John Quincy Adams Society/The National Interest Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest.