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Kurtzer Argues Against American Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights July 25, 2018
Kurtzer Argues Against American Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
The Golan Heights is a strategically significant area that Israel occupied from Syria as a result of the 1967 war. Before the war, Syrian forces had shelled Israeli farmers and towns in the valley below the Heights. Golan’s status is to be decided by agreement on the basis of United Nations Resolution 242, adopted in 1967.In February 2017, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged the United States to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. It is thought that Netanyahu based his request on a 1981 Israeli law that extended Israeli law, jurisdiction and administration over Golan.Testifying before the Congressional…
Congress Must Adopt Stronger Safeguards for Wireless Cybersecurity, Mayer Testifies July 10, 2018
Congress Must Adopt Stronger Safeguards for Wireless Cybersecurity, Mayer Testifies
Thanks to the advent of cell phones, tablets and smart cars, Americans are increasingly reliant on wireless services and products. Yet despite digital technology advancements, security and privacy safeguards for consumers have not kept pace.On June 27, the Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittee on Oversight of the 115th U.S. Congress convened a hearing to consider communications security and privacy in an increasingly wireless landscape.Among the testifying witnesses was Jonathan Mayer, assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs…
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Robert (Bob) George Gilpin Jr. Dies at 87 July 03, 2018
Robert (Bob) George Gilpin Jr. Dies at 87
Five New Professors Join the Woodrow Wilson School July 03, 2018
Five New Professors Join the Woodrow Wilson School
Five new professors have joined the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and one existing faculty member has received a promotion. The School also honors the memory of two faculty members who passed away in the 2017-18 academic year, and salutes one faculty member transferring to emeritus status. One professor departed the School after joining its faculty in 2002.All changes are effective July 1, 2018, unless otherwise noted.New FacultyProfessorsSanyu Mojola is professor of sociology and public affairs. Before joining the Woodrow Wilson School, she was associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan…
WWS Reacts: Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement June 28, 2018
WWS Reacts: Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who was often the “swing vote” on prominent cases, announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective July 31. Kennedy’s departure has significant implications for the court and will likely spark controversy on Capitol Hill. We discussed the news with Paul Frymer, professor of politics and director of Princeton University's Program in Law and Public Affairs, based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Frymer studies American politics, institutions, law and American political development. Q. Justice Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. What’s your…
Students from Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA)
Students from Native American Tribes in New Mexico Attend Summer Policy Academy at Woodrow Wilson School June 26, 2018
Students from Native American Tribes in New Mexico Attend Summer Policy Academy at Woodrow Wilson School
Seventeen high school and college students from a diverse group of indigenous tribes in New Mexico arrived at Princeton on June 9 for a weeklong program focusing on contemporary challenges and federal policies affecting Native American communities.This year marks the 11th annual Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA), hosted at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.Students are selected to participate in the SPA after being nominated by their teachers, community leaders, business professionals and tribal leaders. Through discussions, case studies and presentations by Native…
Graduate Student Reflections: An Interview with Alex Wheatley ’16 *20 and Nathan Eckstein ’16 *20 Part 2 June 26, 2018
Graduate Student Reflections: An Interview with Alex Wheatley ’16 *20 and Nathan Eckstein ’16 *20 Part 2
Graduate Student Reflections: An Interview with Alex Wheatley ’16 *20 and Nathan Eckstein ’16 *20 Part 1 June 26, 2018
Graduate Student Reflections: An Interview with Alex Wheatley ’16 *20 and Nathan Eckstein ’16 *20 Part 1
Adel Mahmoud
Adel Mahmoud, Global Health Leader and Princeton Faculty Member, Dies at 76 June 13, 2018
Adel Mahmoud, Global Health Leader and Princeton Faculty Member, Dies at 76
U.S. Support for Good Governance in Middle East is Key to Stopping Threats like ISIS, Crocker Testifies June 11, 2018
U.S. Support for Good Governance in Middle East is Key to Stopping Threats like ISIS, Crocker Testifies
Following decisive military defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State or ISIS, has lost its so-called caliphate, and its fighters have been driven underground or dispersed. But the victory over ISIS raises the fear that foreigners who flocked to Iraq and Syria to fight for the caliphate will regroup elsewhere or plot terror attacks in other countries, including the United States.On May 23, the House Committee on Homeland Security of the 115th U.S. Congress convened a hearing to consider the threats posed by the ISIS diaspora and how to counter them. Among the testifying witnesses was Amb. Ryan C. Crocker MCF ’85. Crocker was U.S. ambassador to Iraq…
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Undergraduates Consider Future of Syria Under Guidance of Amb. Ryan Crocker June 07, 2018
Undergraduates Consider Future of Syria Under Guidance of Amb. Ryan Crocker
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations (U.N.) Special Envoy for Syria, warned recently about escalating clashes between regional and international powers over the war-torn country. As Syria’s civil war rages, and strong external interests compete for power in the region, the future of the country remains dangerously unclear. The Syrian crisis was the focus of an undergraduate policy task force at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs this past academic year. At the end of the course, students presented their best policy recommendations at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in Washington, D.C. Based on months…
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Task Force Students Seek Solutions to Mass Incarceration June 01, 2018
Task Force Students Seek Solutions to Mass Incarceration
This spring, Princeton juniors studying mass incarceration in the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., to present to U.S. Sen. Cory Booker their policy findings and recommendations from a semester of research.The 10 students were participants in the policy task force “Rethinking Criminal Justice: Policy Responses to Mass Incarceration,” which was led by Udi Ofer, a visiting lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.While each student studied a different aspect of incarceration in the United States, which disproportionately affects minorities and other marginalized groups, they collectively identified a key single…
Redding Awarded 2018 Frisch Medal May 29, 2018
Redding Awarded 2018 Frisch Medal
Professor Stephen Redding has been named a recipient of the 2018 Frisch Medal award presented biennially by the Econometric Society. The Frisch Medal honors the best applied paper — empirical or theoretical — published in the society’s academic journal, Econometrica, during the previous five years.Redding received the award for his work as a co-author of the 2015 paper, “The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall,” which he wrote with Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Daniel Sturm, both based at the London School of Economics, and Nikolaus Wolf of Humboldt University.The paper uses the division and reunification of Berlin to estimate the forces that…
Jacob N. Shapiro of the Woodrow Wilson School welcomes attendees at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Helsing, United States Institute of Peace)
Experts Disentangle a Post-ISIS Landscape at Annual Conference May 23, 2018
Experts Disentangle a Post-ISIS Landscape at Annual Conference
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) held its 8th Annual Meeting on May 10 in Washington, D.C., drawing academics, experts and policymakers from across the world to discuss global conflict.The conference, which focused on post-conflict stabilization in the Middle East following the decline of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), featured dozens of academics, policymakers and experts focused on global conflict. The event was co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.“Our annual meeting brings together scholars and officials from the U.S. government,…
One Day, Four Countries, 30 Years: Students Participate in Grand Strategy Simulation May 11, 2018
One Day, Four Countries, 30 Years: Students Participate in Grand Strategy Simulation
Princeton University’s Center for International Security Studies (CISS) held its spring Grand Strategy Simulation on April 28. The activity brought together Princeton students from diverse academic backgrounds to take part in an exercise simulating the strategic jostling of the U.S., Russia, China and Turkey over three decades. The goal of the simulation is to create a no-stakes environment in which students can experience some of the pressures and thought processes real policymakers undertake as they make decisions with far-reaching consequences. Students were divided into four teams representing different countries and asked to formulate a grand…