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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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The New York Times / 05.02.22

Putin’s Failure to Hold on to the Educated Could Be the World’s Gain

Since Russia’s war on Ukraine began, press reports have focused on the exodus from Russia of antiwar scientists, engineers and information technology experts.

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An apartment building at night.
The Wall Street Journal / 04.25.22

The Strategic Logic of Russia's War on Ukraine

Putin’s invasion was the product of miscalculation. But his calculations were driven by realpolitik.

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A government building in Moscow, Russia in winter.
The Atlantic / 04.01.22

How Can Individual People Most Help Ukraine?

Anything helps—we shouldn’t overthink it. But we should still, well, think it.

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Ukrainian flag flying against a blue sky.

Newsweek

05.05.22

Russian State TV Keeps Threatening Nuclear Strikes—Should We Be Concerned?

Russian TV pushing scenarios of missile strikes on European countries may stretch credibility, but also show the threats of the Ukraine war are both hyperbole and hypersonic.

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The Atlantic

05.05.22

The Great Rage

Vicious political disagreement is seeping into every corner of life.

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VoxEU

05.05.22

Tax aversion and the social contract in Africa

Although a key determinant of poverty in Africa is the under-provision of public services, the preference for lower taxation and fewer public goods remains widespread. 

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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