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"I grew up in a poor immigrant family in the Lower East Side of NYC. It was difficult. Instead of appreciating all that my parents did and sacrificed to provide for me and my siblings, I resented our circumstances. I dropped out of high school and started working full-time when I was 16. I was happy that I finally had some cash…

Seyed Hossein Mousavian of the Program on Science and Global Security has authored the new book A New Structure for Security, Peace, and Cooperation in the Persian Gulf. It is published by Rowman & Littlefield. The book explores the conflicts between Iran and its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia,…

Anthony D. Romero ’87 is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the nation’s premier defender of civil liberties. Romero took the helm just a week before 9/11. During his tenure, Romero has led the ACLU to pursue aggressive litigation and advocacy challenging the greatest injustices of our time…

An inside look at the School’s work on important campus initiatives by our Acting Dean Mark Watson.

Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang speculate on the Georgia Senate runoff election in this episode, which was recorded Jan. 5 — before the final outcome was known. They discuss what the results will mean for the U.S. Senate, Joe Biden's presidency, and the Covid-19 pandemic response. They also chat about how unusual and unprecedented…

Cities only occupy about 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, but they bear the burden of the human-perceived effects of global climate change. Yet, current global climate models are set up mainly for big-picture analysis, leaving urban areas poorly represented. In a new study, researchers take a closer look at how climate…