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Profiles
April 06, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Christian Keith MPA '23
I am interested in developments through an economic lens such as tax policy priorities and wealth redistribution.
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Elise Hill
Profiles
April 01, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Elise Hill MPA ’22
“I am active-duty military; I went to the Air Force Academy for my undergraduate studies and then moved back home to Iowa afterward, where I attended the University of Iowa for medical school. I'm currently a general surgery resident at the University of California, Davis, and I’m using my research time to pursue the Master in…
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misinformation
News
April 01, 2022
A Princeton-Microsoft Project is Tracing the Digital Fingerprints of Disinformation
As the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections approached, a group of Princeton alumni military veterans pitched an idea to the School of Public and International Affairs to host a conference on national security. With reports of foreign interference during the 2016 presidential election campaign still circulating in the media and in…
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P&P
March 31, 2022
#259: Does America Need a Reboot? (Will Hurd)
Big questions are coming up as the midterm elections inch closer. Where does the GOP stand in the post-Trump era? How severe is political polarization? And how will President Biden and his team tackle some of the country’s biggest challenges from responding to the war in Ukraine to getting a handle on inflation? Will Hurd …
P&P
Researchers win at SXSW
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March 30, 2022
Virtual Reality Project on Nuclear Threats Wins SXSW Award
A virtual reality (VR) project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) and Games for Change won the Jury Award for Extended Reality (XR) Experiences at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. The jury, comprised of three leading filmmakers and XR experts,…
Researchers win at SXSW
Agriculture
Research & Policy Briefs
March 28, 2022
Manufacturing Isn’t the Only Way Poor Countries Can Develop
Industrialization is considered the main way poor countries become developed. To successfully develop — or generate more wealth and output — many believe poor countries must shift employment away from agriculture and into manufacturing. Richard Rogerson, Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International…
Agriculture
energy
News
March 28, 2022
Energy and Economics: Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
It’s been four weeks since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and the world is already beginning to see economic and energy impacts. Russia is one of the top three oil producers and the second leading natural gas producer in the world. What does this mean for the Western world? In the latest installment of SPIA’s virtual webinar…
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Zelizer
News
March 21, 2022
Zelizer Named Fellow at New-York Historical Society
Julian Zelizer, a pioneer in the revival of American political history and professor at Princeton University, has been selected as the Lapidus-Weisberg Fellow in American History by the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library. As a fellow, Zelizer will spend a year at the society beginning September 2022, where he’ll…
Zelizer
P&P
March 15, 2022
Politics & Polls #258: The War In Ukraine and U.S. Politics
Russia's attacks on Ukraine are getting closer to NATO countries and striking civilians trying to flee. Negotiations for a resolution have been attempted, but all have failed so far. Nuclear weapons seem as though they loom large, as the world watches how the conflict continues to unfold. Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss…
P&P
Russia and Ukraine
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March 14, 2022
Ukraine — Russian Misinformation and Cybersecurity
Russia is no stranger to turning to the digital sphere to spread misinformation and propaganda. As the war wages in Ukraine, how is internet discourse adding fuel to the fire — and what cybersecurity threats remain? In the third segment of SPIA’s event series to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, Asha Rangappa '96, CNN legal…
Russia and Ukraine