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Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan

Harris Public Policy students visited Zaatari refugee camp as part of the 2018 Pearson International Conflict Seminar to Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees leading NGO programming within the camp.

Ramin Kohanteb/The Pearson Institute

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Bloomberg / 09.01.20

Belarus’s Future Isn’t Bright With Russia

President Alexander Lukashenko’s Soviet-lite regime in Belarus has been dealt a blow from which it will not recover. Unfortunately, Russia can keep it on life support for some time to come.

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Foreign Policy / 08.25.20

In Iraq, the United States Must Be Careful What It Wishes For

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s credibility was at stake when he visited Washington last week. In the eyes of many Iraqi politicians, the purpose of elevating Kadhimi from intelligence chief to premier in May was to strengthen the country’s bilateral relationship with the United States.

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Forbes / 08.06.20

Military Incentives Led To Civilian Deaths In Colombia, Study Finds

The world is filled with bad guys. It seems, therefore, like it would be pretty easy to simply put together an army, say “go get ‘em,” and watch as the bad guys are slowly but surely eliminated.

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Conversation Six

11.23.20

James Robinson & Daron Acemoglu

The coauthors of Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor converse about their theoretical framework of institutions and the case of the U.S.

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The Washington Post

11.19.20

Stimulus funds really do keep people home, our research finds

With coronavirus rates surging, elected officials in both red and blue states are again considering new restrictions on households and businesses. Some governors and mayors have imposed new shelter-in-place orders as a last-ditch measure to avoid overloading hospitals beyond their capacity. But lockdowns remain controversial. New survey data suggests that just half of Americans would comply with a month-long stay-at-home order; a third would refuse, up from just 15 percent in April.

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Barron's

11.18.20

As More US Troops Leave Iraq, Pro-Iran Factions Take Their Shot

Eyeing Washington's withdrawal of 500 more troops from Iraq, pro-Iran factions have boldly resumed attacks on the US embassy there despite suspicions outgoing President Donald Trump could strike back.

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Western Wall

Harris Public Policy students visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem as part of the 2019 Pearson International Conflict Seminar to Israel and the West Bank.

Ramin Kohanteb / The Pearson Institute