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Yamini Sarangi MPP '23 outside of SPIA

#PolicyProfile: Yamini Sarangi

“I spent the initial nine years of my career working in some of the most remote tribal-dominated areas in the state of Odisha in India. My work was…

SPIA alumna Caroline T. Nguyen, Director for Clean Energy and Global Public Sector Partnerships in the Council on Environmental Quality at the White House, briefs Lichtenstein Institute International Policy Associates during their visit to Washington, D.C. Photo: Kristoffer Tripplaar

Liechtenstein Institute International Policy Associates Take High-Level Meetings in Washington, D.C.

As the School of Public and International Affairs works to continue expanding its footprint in Washington, D.C., its Liechtenstein Institute (LI)…

#PolicyProfile: Mikala Parnell

“I lived in the South most of my life, often in suburban and predominantly white communities, and I was very aware of the space that I was in. I was…

Kenneth Roth

Former Human Rights Watch Leader Roth to Join SPIA Faculty for 2023-24 Academic Year

A former longtime head of Human Rights Watch will join the faculty of the School of Public and International Affairs this fall. Kenneth Roth, who…

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Profiles in Perseverance: Living With Hope

To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Afghanistan Policy Lab profiled eight Afghan women, highlighting the struggle and the fight of women in…

Ashoka Mody

SPIA Economic Historian on Why ‘India Is Broken’

Ashoka Mody is an economic historian at Princeton, but writes that his “heart is in India.” It’s from this perspective that Mody, the Charles and…

Members of the Afghanistan Policy Lab include, back row from left, Lutf Ali Sultani, Storai Tapesh, Muhammad Idrees Ghairat, and Gran Hewad; and front row from left, Ambassador Adela Raz and Naheed Farid. Photo: Frank Wojciechowski

Evacuated Experts Keep the Conversation About Afghanistan Alive

Researchers at Princeton’s Afghanistan Policy Lab Are Researching Four Key Areas of Policy The journey from Afghanistan to Princeton was not easy…

Ali Alleile MPP ’23

#PolicyProfile: Ali Alleile MPP ’23

I grew up in the Deir Ezzor province in Northeastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. We didn’t expect the Syrian civil war in 2011. I remember the…

Alan Blinder

Princeton Economist Alan Blinder to Receive 2023 Moynihan Prize for Scholarship and Public Service

Alan Blinder, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, will receive the 2023 Daniel…

Michael Froman

Council on Foreign Relations Announces Michael Froman Will Serve as New President

Today, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announced that Michael Froman—a widely respected leader across government, business, and the nonprofit…

Noe Hinck

#PolicyProfile: Noe Hinck Ph.D. Candidate

I lived in China through most of elementary school, and at that point, Shanghai was still very much developing. Outside of our compound, I saw…

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Princeton University Seniors Austin Davis and Ella Gantman Receive Pyne Prize

Princeton University seniors Austin Davis and Ella Gantman are the recipients of the 2023 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general…

Joshua Coan '24

#PolicyProfile: Joshua Coan ’24

I took a gap year after high school and had the chance to play semi-pro volleyball in the Netherlands for a few months. Volleyball is a big part of…

Kelley T. Jones Ph.D. Candidate

#PolicyProfile: Kelley T. Jones Ph.D. Candidate

"I’m active-duty military, and I’ve been in the @USNavy for more than 20 years. By trade, I’m known as a ship driver, which is a Surface Warfare…

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Amazonian Indigenous Leader Davi Kopenawa Visits Princeton

Illegal gold mining threatens the environment and human health in the Amazon, said shaman and Yanomami Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa in a talk at…