Newsweek
A&S political scientist Oxana Shevel is quoted at length about challenges facing Russia in its campaign in Ukraine, noting that "time is not on their side.”
The Conversation
A&S associate professor Andrew Kemp coauthors this article about his new collaborative research finding that rising sea-levels in Micronesia have obscured archeological evidence related to patterns and timing of human settlement of Remote Oceania
NPR
A&S historian Ayesha Jalal joins this “Throughline” episode that revisits the events leading to the Partition that separated India and Pakistan as independent nations 75 years ago.
New York Times
Fletcher’s Chris Miller explains how chips that end up in Iranian weapons can easily be diverted to the country despite sanctions intended to deprive Iran of weapons components.
New Yorker
Fletcher’s Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on how changes at the World Bank and I.M.F. could help boost investment in the Global South, where money to address the impacts of climate change is needed.
BBC
Fletcher’s Alex de Waal joins this “The Real Story” to discuss issues related to the plan for providing food relief to more than six million civilians in Tigray following a peace deal with Ethiopia, which blockaded the region during two years of civil war.
Washington Post
Dean Rachel Kyte is quoted about this year’s COP, saying, “I can’t think of a COP in recent memory where the gas industry or the fossil fuel industry has been so present.”
Associated Press
Fletcher’s Sung-yoon Lee discusses the likelihood of weapons testing by North Korea during the upcoming G-20 summit, noting that North Korea is “prone to using rhetorical criticism or defensive military drills by its adversaries as a pretext for escalating.”
The Conversation
Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte outlines promising global climate finance-related actions coming out of COP27.