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The findings originated from a policy workshop that Varcie, Bhat, and Knox participated in during the fall 2025 semester.

Title“Climate Fault Lines: The New Political Economy of a Warming World” Authors“Climate Fault Lines: The New Political Economy of a Warming World” PublisherPrinceton University Press From the Author“Six years ago, we came across a striking paper by a duo of Princeton economists, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg and José-Luis Cruz. They showed that climate change has profoundly unequal effects across the globe. The southern hemisphere — developing and developed countries alike — faced exceptional damage compared to places above the northern 35th parallel. How was this divide, what we call the climate fault line, going to affect politics?“As political economists…

“I really wanted to bury my son,” said Jennifer Shelton. “He wanted to be buried.”Shelton’s son, Calvin Atkins, was killed in a homicide at Florida Gulf Correctional Institution last July. He wanted to be laid to rest in a place where his kids could visit him. Atkins was a Muslim, and his blue-and-white prayer rug was among the personal items Shelton had returned to her after he passed.Calvin Atkins, a Muslim man, was killed in prison last July. His body was cremated even though Islam forbids it. His prayer rug was among the personal items that were returned to his mother. Courtesy of Jennifer SheltonIslam forbids cremation, but Atkins’ ashes still…

The authors of “Charting Syria’s Future: A Strategic Framework for Recovery and Renewal,” released in July, are not seasoned diplomats, veteran analysts, or globe-hopping journalists.They are master’s and doctoral students at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs whose thoughtful policy recommendations for a country in transition were so well researched, thought-provoking, and practical, they were published as a book.“It is always an honor to take lessons learned in the classroom and practically apply them to the real world,” said Thomas Hinds MPA ’27, one of the nine students in Salam Fayyad’s spring 2026 course “Topics in IR:…