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November 29, 2016
Students Participate in a Crisis Simulation: Instability in South Asia
On Nov. 19, 2016, Princeton University's Center for International Security Studies (CISS) hosted more than 100 students at its annual fall crisis simulation. In addition to nearly 60 total undergraduate and graduate Princeton students, participants came from West Point, the Naval Academy, the New Jersey Institute of Technology…
October 11, 2016
The Next Four Years: Foreign Relations
The challenges facing the next president will span the globe, from Russia to the Middle East to China and beyond.In the fifth installment of a Q&A series on important issues the next president will need to address, Princeton University researchers Aaron Friedberg and G. John Ikenberry examine foreign policy challenges…
October 04, 2016
The Next Four Years: The Middle East
The next president will have his or her hands full regarding issues in the Middle East: the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) remains a threat; the integrity of the Iran nuclear accord must be ensured; and decisions loom about the United States’ role in Syria.In the fourth installment of a Q&A series on challenges that…
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September 20, 2016
Hernández Rivera Takes Action for Immigrants in NYC
In 2005, Maribel Hernández Rivera MPA/JD ’10 was a first-year master’s student at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and spent much of her time outside the classroom organizing rallies and encouraging her peers to advocate for immigration reform. Carrying this passion and…
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September 16, 2016
International Panel on Social Progress Seeks Comments on Report
The International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), which brings together social scientists around the world to analyze social trends and spur debate about social change and possible choices between alternative policies and institutions, is seeking comments on the first draft of its report.The panel has launched an online…
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June 01, 2016
“Sailing the Water’s Edge” Receives 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award
A book written by Professors Helen Milner of Princeton University and Dustin Tingley of Harvard University received the 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award. Presented by the American Political Science Association (APSA), this award annually recognizes the best book published in the field of U.S. national policy during the previous…
May 24, 2016
Q&A: Does the ‘Hispanic Paradox’ Still Exist?
This text is available in English and Spanish. Scroll down for the Spanish translation. El artículo está disponible en inglés y español. Desplacé el cursor hasta abajo para la versión en Español.Latinos in the United States typically live longer than whites — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “Hispanic Paradox” or …
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May 23, 2016
Addressing Economic Hardships in Rural America Could Help Control Drug Epidemic, Wailoo Tells Congress
America’s drug epidemic could be better controlled by addressing the economic hardships facing rural America, Princeton University’s Keith Wailoo said at a recent Congressional briefing. The country must also consider how best to treat those suffering from chronic pain.The briefing—held May 9 by the National History Center of…
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May 04, 2016
Students in Policy Task Force Study Migrant Crisis in Europe
Every year citizens flee their homelands to escape political instability, violent conflicts, environmental degradation and grinding poverty. In 2015 alone, roughly 1 million migrants sought a more secure future within the European Union (EU). Over the past few months, students in a Princeton University undergraduate policy task…
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April 20, 2016
Tighter Enforcement Along the US-Mexico Border Backfired, Researchers Find
The rapid escalation of border enforcement over the past three decades has backfired as a strategy to control undocumented immigration between Mexico and the United States, according to new research that suggests further militarization of the border is a waste of money."Rather than stopping undocumented Mexicans from coming to…