Karl Haushofer called it a growing “geopolitical giant.”| Modern Age
David Y. Yang.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World When global trade is about more than money Economist’s new tool looks at how China is more effective than U.S. in exerting political power through import, export controls Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer August 27, 2025 6 min read International trade can yield far more than imports and exports. According to David Y. Yang, Yvonne P. L. Lui Professor of Economics, trade can be used to wield political power. Yang watched ...| Harvard Gazette
Jonathan McHugh/Ikon Images Nation & World Global concerns rising about erosion of academic freedom New paper suggests threats are more widespread, less obvious than some might think Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer August 26, 2025 8 min read Political and social changes in the U.S. and other Western democracies in the 21st century have triggered growing concerns about possible erosion of academic freedom. In the past, colleges and universities largely decided whom to admit and hire, ...| Harvard Gazette
Nation & World ‘By mid-March, corpses littered the street like newspapers’ August 4, 2025 long read Young Ukrainian mother and her toddler left to fend for themselves after husband joins soldiers defending Mariupol Excerpted from “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine” by Danielle Leavitt, Ph.D. ’23. By the end of February, Leonid had begun taking food and supplies to the Ukrainian soldiers at the front lines of Mariupol’s defense. He talked about th...| Harvard Gazette
In late February 1954, Arsenal Elementary School in Pennsylvania gained nationwide fame for hosting the first injections of the polio vaccine, which neutered a disease that had paralyzed 50,000 Americans in the year prior. By 1957, American Polio cases were down to three per 100,000, and by 1963, U.S. polio cases were nearly zero. But [...] The post 70% of the World Lives on Less than Ten Dollars a Day. When do they get the Vaccine? appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
n August 9th, 2020, it was announced that Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, had won his re-election bid. The results came as no surprise, considering the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” has been in power since 1994. This year, however, the election results were disputed on a scale larger than ever before, escalating [...] The post A New Hope for Belarus? appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
A single misstep between two nuclear-armed neighbors, India and Pakistan, could turn a regional standoff into a global catastrophe.| Politics Today
This conference seeks to broaden our insights, by moving beyond the debate on relations between the UK and the EU to the majority of the world beyond those borders.| Scottish Council On Global Affairs
France and Germany are convinced of the possibility of a major war by Russia. And for that, they believe, Europe must be ready.| Politics Today
Incite questions, or clear attack, as to the motive and character of your opponent, discredit him, and thereby circumvent addressing any viable and legitimate topics or issues he may raise or present. In modern times this is called character assassination. In the study of fallacies, it would fall under the ad hominem fallacy.| Patristic Faith