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May 18, 2015
Students Examine How Ongoing Conflicts Influence Diplomacy Techniques
On April 27, the “Diplomacy and Chronic Conflicts” undergraduate policy task force presented its research and recommendations at the United Nations and The United States Mission to the United Nations, both in New York City. Led by Daniel Kurtzer, S. Daniel Abraham Visiting Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and lecturer at…
The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.
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April 20, 2015
Breaking Ground in East Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief
In 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, and millions homeless. Three years later, the magnitude-9.0 Tohoku earthquake hit Japan, causing a tsunami that covered more than 200 square miles, killing more than 18,000 people and causing a nuclear meltdown…
The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.
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March 24, 2015
Grossman Receives Onassis Prize for International Trade
Gene Grossman, the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics and professor of economics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has received the Onassis Prize in recognition of his contributions to strategic trade policy, environmental economics and the economics of…
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March 18, 2015
WWS Reacts: Netanyahu's Re-election
In one of Israel's tightest races yet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triumphed with the Likud Party capturing 30 of the 120 seats in Parliament. Leading up to the election, Netanyahu made some bold statements to sway right-wing voters, including that a Palestinian state would not be created if he were re-elected. How…
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January 12, 2015
Making Government Work in Hard Places
What does it take to build a better government? Are there ways to overcome some of the difficult obstacles reform leaders often face?These are questions Princeton University professor Jennifer Widner receives often. In fact, these questions come with such regularity that, in 2008, Widner decided to launch a program dedicated to…
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January 07, 2015
Q&A: "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society"
During his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson launched what is now known as "the Great Society," a set of domestic programs and initiatives aimed toward eliminating poverty and racial injustice. Similar in scope to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal agenda, the Great Society addressed such national interests as education,…
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