Far-right extremism is the real winner of Israel’s elections (written by Dany Bahar)
November 2, 2022 The Forward
Dany Bahar writes for The Forward, "the rise of Itamar Ben-Gvir spells the end of Israel as a light unto the nations."
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The economic dominance of the US and Europe gets more challengers (written by Stephen Kinzer)
November 1, 2022 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer writes for The Boston Globe, "So far the alliance known as BRICS hasn't been greater than the sum of its parts. But it's taking stephs to increase its power."
Today’s Hawkish Discourse Makes the Cuban Missile Crisis’s Nuclear Brinkmanship Seem Sane (comments by Lyle Goldstein)
October 30, 2022 Jacobin
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments for Jacobin, “I have confirmed some years ago from a source that they didn’t know Russia had this weapon.”
Those math and reading scores were horrible, but beware of the political spin (comments by Emily Oster)
October 25, 2022 Los Angeles Times
Emily Oster comments for the Los Angeles Times, "There’s a tremendous amount that we don’t understand. This is not a single-factorial case.”
Nation’s Report Card Shows Largest Drops Ever Recorded in 4th and 8th Grade Math (comments by Emily Oster)
October 24, 2022 The 74
Emily Oster comments for The 74, "the general patterns are that the losses are big, they’re much bigger in math than in reading, and they’re much bigger in more vulnerable kids."
Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets. (Emily Oster cited)
October 21, 2022 Associated Press
AP News cites a 2022 study by Emily Oster that states kids whose schools met mostly online in the 2020-2021 school year performed 13 percentage points lower in math and 8 percentage points lower in reading compared with schools meeting mostly in person.
National Guard leaders hope new tools and treatments will help downward trend of suicides in the ranks (Costs of War cited)
October 21, 2022 Stars and Stripes
The Costs of War study cited in Stars and Stripes found that service members are four times more likely to die by suicide than in combat.
Costs of War with Stephanie Savell: RealClearDefense "Hot Wash" Podcast (interview with Stephanie Savell)
October 20, 2022 RealClearDefense
Co-Director of the Costs of War project Stephanie Savell discusses the goals and purpose of The Costs of War Project in an interview with RealClearDefense.
The UK’s economic and political crises, explained (comments by Mark Blyth)
October 18, 2022 Vox
Professor of Economics Mark Blyth discusses the overturning of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's recent economic policies for Vox.
A dark path goes from Kheda to New India (written by Ashutosh Varshney)
October 18, 2022 The Indian Express
Ashutosh Varshney writes for The Indian Express, "Something awful about 'new India' was revealed in Kheda, disturbingly familiar now but quite unknown in the first six decades of the post-Independence period."
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy
October 18, 2022
Director of the Center for Contemporary South Asia Ashutosh Varshney recently published a paper in The Journal of Democracy titled, "How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy."
Does tutoring work? An education economist examines the evidence on whether it’s effective (interview with Susanna Loeb)
October 14, 2022 The Conversation
In this interview with The Conversation, Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb explains the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Massachusetts may have to rely more on immigrants as it faces a shortage of skilled labor (comments by Dany Bahar)
October 13, 2022 GBH News
Dany Bahar comments for GBH News, “If there’s anything wrong with America and immigration, it’s that we need more of it."
The UK’s growing economic crisis, explained (comments by Mark Blyth)
October 1, 2022 Vox
Mark Blyth comments for Vox, “The pound falling in value is the market’s response to realizing that the risk inherent in the asset is much higher than hitherto appreciated thanks to Trussonomics."
Tackling Unlit and Inefficient Gas Flaring
September 29, 2022
Senior Fellow Deborah Gordon recently co-authored an article for Science Magazine titled, "Tackling Unlit and Inefficient Gas Flaring," that explains how emissions from flaring threaten the global climate and the health of local communities.
Stop the escalatory ladder in Ukraine, we want to get off (Costs of War paper written by Lyle Goldstein cited)
September 21, 2022 Responsible Statecraft
Report written for the Costs of War project by Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein on the long history of threat inflation in U.S. foreign policy, Russian military weakness, and the implications of the war in Ukraine for U.S. military spending, cited in Responsible Statecraft.
Threat Inflation, Russian Military Weakness, and the Resulting Nuclear Paradox: Implications of the War in Ukraine for U.S. Military Spending
September 15, 2022
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein recently authored a paper in collaboration with the Costs of War project titled, "Threat Inflation, Russian Military Weakness, and the Resulting Nuclear Paradox: Implications of the War in Ukraine for U.S. Military Spending."
How to rewrite a constitution (written by Stephen Kinzer)
September 14, 2022 The Boston Globe
Chilean President Gabriel Boric supports a new proposed draft of the country's constitution, Stephen Kinzer writes for The Boston Globe.
How technology made the pandemic more bearable — and how it didn’t (comments by Emily Oster)
September 9, 2022 The Boston Globe
Professor of Economics Emily Oster explains to The Boston Globe, that that no amount of training or investment in virtual education would make it an adequate replacement for an in-person classroom.
Watson Postdoctoral Fellow Named 2022 Guggenheim Emerging Scholar
September 9, 2022
Watson Postdoctoral Fellow Liana Woskie named a 2022 Guggenheim Emerging Scholar for her dissertation project titled, "Quantifying Structural Violence: Female Sterilization and Normalized State Repression in Healthcare."