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September 24, 2015
Q&A: The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Is China a rival super power to the U.S.? Is its rise a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond?In his new book, Thomas J. Christensen, the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and director of Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International…
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September 24, 2015
Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success
Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration. But as she began her academic career in the late 1980s, she shifted her focus to examining the building blocks of success for children, as well as the stumbling blocks that can get in their way.While the topics are very…
September 23, 2015
Nuclear Legacies: A Global Look at the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing
A conference on Oct. 1-2 will bring together scholars to reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, which – together with a bombing on Nagasaki – killed 129,000 people in August 1945.The United States dropped atomic bombs on these Japanese cities at the end of World War II, effectively bringing the war to an end…
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September 20, 2015
2015-16 Centers and Programs Update
The 2015-16 year brings with it a number of recent changes in the directorship and chair status in centers and programs at the Woodrow Wilson School.Paul Frymer, associate professor in the Department of Politics, will serve as the director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA). Frymer has been affiliated with LAPA for…
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September 18, 2015
New Faculty Join the Wilson School
Three new professors joined the faculty at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at the start of the 2015-16 year. Melissa Lee is an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at the Wilson School and the Department of Politics. Her research focuses on international relations and…
September 18, 2015
Q&A: America at the Ballot Box - Elections and Political History
Elections are the lifeblood of American democracy, offering insight into the character and historical evolution of American politics. A new book co-edited by Wilson School Professor Julian Zelizer uses the history of presidential elections to highlight American political democracy and its development over the centuries."America…
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September 16, 2015
Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?
The Iran nuclear deal proposes limiting Iran's production of enriched uranium and plutonium – the two fissile materials used to build nuclear weapons – in exchange for the end of international oil and financial sanctions. So far, negotiations have primarily focused on Iran's capacity to produce enriched uranium. But the world’s…
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September 16, 2015
Welcome Students!
Hello and welcome back to this year's new and returning Woos!
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September 16, 2015
Metcalf Awarded by Wellcome Fund to Study Population, Disease Dynamics
C. Jessica Metcalf, a Princeton University assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biologyand public affairs, was one of 10 professors whose projects were chosen by the London-based Wellcome Fund for a new five-year, £75 million ($115 million) international initiative to study the links between human health and the…
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September 15, 2015
WWS Reacts: Hungary Declares a State of Migration Emergency
A law passed by the Hungarian parliament last week gave the government the right to declare a state of migration emergency to cope with the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border. The law, which took effect today, Sept. 15, could have irreparable effects on Hungary and the European Union, according to Kim Lane…