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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.

The Guardian

07.28.22

Chile is updating its constitution for the 21st century. The US should follow its lead

The US constitution used to be considered a model for democracies around the world – but its antiquated institutions and absence of rights have guaranteed its declining influence.

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VoxDev

07.27.22

State-building on the margin: An urban experiment in Medellín

The success of an intervention to increase state presence in gang-controlled neighborhoods depended on the initial level of gang vs state governance. 

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Vox

07.27.22

During Covid, most governments just gave people money

The largest cash transfer scale-up ever mirrors global inequalities.

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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