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Inequality Gap Grew Before the Great Recession and After, Study Finds

The Great Recession hit Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum, with some still working to recover economically. Yet, the drivers behind these socioeconomic divides were mounting before the decline even hit, according to a paper published in PLOS ONE.A number of studies have investigated the financial hardships caused by…

February 27, 2019

Politics & Polls #128: National Security in the Cyber Age

David Sanger, national security correspondent and senior writer for The New York Times, joins Sam Wang in this episode to discuss the growing cybersecurity threats facing the United States.Sanger outlines how cyber warfare levels the playing field, allowing rich and poor countries alike to attack other nations, especially the…

January 03, 2019

Politics & Polls #120: Immigration Then & Now

Issues related to immigration have occupied a central role in political debates, especially during the Trump presidency. Although the current focus tends to be on Central and Latin America, backlash unfolded throughout American history, including among Chinese immigrants in the 19th century. Much of what took place then has…

December 17, 2018

WWS Reacts: Trump’s Border Wall, DACA and "Chain Migration"

So-called “chain migration” is in the news again as House Republicans try to introduce a government funding bill that includes $5 billion in funding for a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Just last week, President Donald Trump threßatened to shut down the government if he doesn’t get the funding for the wall in…

November 29, 2018

Students Learn Fast-Paced Decision-Making Through Annual Crisis Simulation

Princeton University's Center for International Security Studies (CISS) hosted more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students from Princeton University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University for its annual crisis simulation on Nov. 10.For this year’s simulation, “Clash in the Caucuses,” participants were…

$2.8-Million Grant Awarded to Program on Science and Global Security by MacArthur Foundation for Work on Reducing Nuclear Risks

Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, received a $2.8-million grant from the MacArthur Foundation.The award will support SGS’ work in three main areas: ending production and use of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, the…

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Mental Health Declining Among Disadvantaged American Adults

American adults of low socioeconomic status report increasing mental distress and worsening well-being, according to a new study by Princeton University and Georgetown University.Between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, self-reports of mental health declined among disadvantaged Americans ages 24 to 76 years old. However, as…

Jacob N. Shapiro of the Woodrow Wilson School welcomes attendees at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Helsing, United States Institute of Peace)

Experts Disentangle a Post-ISIS Landscape at Annual Conference

The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) held its 8th Annual Meeting on May 10 in Washington, D.C., drawing academics, experts and policymakers from across the world to discuss global conflict.The conference, which focused on post-conflict stabilization in the Middle East following the decline of the Islamic State of…

Jacob N. Shapiro of the Woodrow Wilson School welcomes attendees at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Helsing, United States Institute of Peace)

One Day, Four Countries, 30 Years: Students Participate in Grand Strategy Simulation

Princeton University’s Center for International Security Studies (CISS) held its spring Grand Strategy Simulation on April 28. The activity brought together Princeton students from diverse academic backgrounds to take part in an exercise simulating the strategic jostling of the U.S., Russia, China and Turkey over three decades…

WWS Reacts: The ISIS Files

Through five trips to Iraq, a team of journalists from The New York Times uncovered a trove of Islamic State documents that explain how the group took control of Iraq and Syria. Taken together, the documents show how ISIS, for a short period of time, established its own government, or caliphate. We discussed their findings…