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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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NBC News / 05.12.21

A perfect storm: What's behind the Colombia protests?

Anger over a tax reform proposal has spread to include economic frustration, rising inequality, the scarceness of Covid-19 vaccines and police violence.

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A crowd marches in protest in Colombia.
CNN Brasil / 04.26.21

'É preciso acordar todos os dias e ficar de olho no estado', diz economista

Autor de 'Por que as nações fracassam?' comenta sobre o papel do estado no mundo contemporâneo.

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Sunrise over buildings in Brasilia, Brazil.
The Washington Post / 04.02.21

Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier

The machine guns peeking over parapets of small, sandbagged concrete bunkers and the heavy artillery cannons dug deep into Himalayan Kashmir’s rugged terrain have fallen silent.

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Highway through mountains in Kashmir.

Universidad de los Andes

06.28.21

EGAP’S Latin America Regional Hub

The Latin American regional hub of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) global network is organizing a Learning Days workshop on experimental research methods as part of the launch of the Regional Hub office at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Shepherd

06.28.21

The best books to read to understand Africa

I am a social scientist who has been doing fieldwork and research in Africa since 1999. For me, there’s no more fascinating part of the planet – Africa is the cradle of civilization, more diverse than anywhere else and culturally and institutionally vibrant and creative. 

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Conversation Six

06.24.21

jris & Paulp

Hello everyone. I'm Joshua Shifrinson an associate professor with Boston University and I'm here today with Paul Poast an associate professor at the University of Chicago. And today we're going to discuss realism and international order. 

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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