World in Focus Briefs
Research and Policy Insights from Einaudi Experts
Explore recent research publications and op-eds by our faculty. Their global perspectives help put our world in focus.
CNN's Zain Asher talks with Sarah Kreps (PACS) about Meta's landmark trial over child safety and social media addiction.
CRADLE cofounder Kaushik Basu (IES/SAP) analyzes the consequences of political interference in economic policy using high-profile global examples.
Lab of Ornithology's Wendy Erb (SEAP/Migrations) leads a team documenting sound changes in Borneo's forests as Indonesia builds its new capital.
According to this International Monetary Fund article by Nicholas Mulder (IES/PACS), the world is experiencing a fourth wave of nationalization. Recent government takeovers may rearrange longtime patterns of international trade and investment.
Isabel Perera (IES) has won two prestigious book awards for “The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies” (Cambridge UP).
PACS visiting scholar David Cortright argues that, to create a safer world, Americans need to mobilize to end the war in Iran, prevent nuclear proliferation, halt the arms race, and slash military budgets.
“Globalization’s devastating effects on jobs in advanced economies have played a role in pushing many democracies … to the precipice of anarchy,” writes Eswar Prasad (SAP) in this Foreign Affairs op-ed.
In this policy essay, PACS visiting scholar David Cortright argues that diplomacy was working to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, but Trump's war makes future diplomacy harder.
IES director Mabel Berezin talks with Jacobin about how leaders around the world have turned fear, grievance, and national pride into political instruments.
