Karra Publishes Policy Briefs on Family Planning in Malawi
In two new GDP Center policy briefs, Professor Karra explores issues surrounding family planning services and women’s contraceptive preferences in Malawi as well as the multiple barriers maternal health services there face.
Mehrling Publishes Policy Brief on International Liquidity Provision
Professor Mehrling argues the international system is tiered, one that is a global dollar system, with the Fed operating as the de facto global central bank providing international lender of last resort support to the system.
Gallagher Co-Authors Policy Brief on Consequences of IMF Surcharges
“The IMF should suspend these surcharges immediately to give member states this breathing space, and to give the IMF the incentive to rethink its business model.”
Selin Co-Authors Book Chapter on Geopolitics of the Stockholm Conference
Professors Selin and Björn-Ola Linnér discuss the geopolitical backdrop of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, global tensions it revealed, and the conference’s continued relevance today.
Gallagher & GDP Center Researchers Publish Articles in “Nature“
“While the World Bank’s development projects are not without their risks to biodiversity and Indigenous communities, the approach to environmental and social risk management taken by China as the world’s largest bilateral lender has global ramifications.”
Hare Co-Authors Journal Article on Tele-Diplomacy
“The private, painstaking discourse of diplomacy is fading fast. The United Nations needs to urge its members to reassert the values and give new attention to how diplomacy is conducted, building on existing conventions.”
Fewsmith Publishes Article on China’s Balances, Norms, and Institutions
“A close look at the four leaders of China since 1978 reveal that institutions have remained weak. Of much greater importance have been balances that reflect the informal distribution of power and norms that express agreed-upon Party procedures.”
Lori Presents “Offshore Citizens” at University of Pennsylvania Workshop
When it comes to extending citizenship to some groups, why might ruling political elites say neither “yes” nor “no,” but “wait?”
Gallagher Contributes to CCICED Research on BRI and SDGs
Professor Gallagher joined a team of global researchers and policy experts to explore how environmental governance of China’s overseas activities is implemented, international lessons for greening the BRI, and policy recommendations for China.
Wippl Publishes Review of “A Drop of Treason“
“The author has presented a portrait of a man he considers basically as honorable in his convictions against the CIA and on behalf of the Cuban Revolution. But as presented in this biography, Agee is pathetic rather than honorable.”
Mako Guest Edits Special Issue of “Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding“
In this special issue, Professor Mako and fellow scholars critically evaluate statebuilding and peacebuilding in Iraq through macro and micro-level analyses of Iraq’s political development following foreign-imposed regime change.
Schmidt Discusses “Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy” on CGES Podcast
In her podcast appearance, Professor Schmidt answers questions including how she applies the “input/output/throughput” method to your analysis of the Eurozone crisis and why the EU’s initial response to the crisis was inaccurate.
Fewsmith Discusses Latest Book on CSIS Podcast
Professor Fewsmith discusses elements explored in Rethinking Chines Politics, including the structure of Chinese politics, the importance of leaders and leadership politics, and the trend of centralizing governing power.
Miller Publishes Article on Pakistan’s Ties With Taliban
Pakistan’s government and military generally favored a Taliban victory in Afghanistan. But maintaining support for the Taliban is risky.
Schilde Colloquium Provides Inside Look at EU Policies & Procedures
Professor Schilde’s colloquium brought together global experts and gave the students not only a firsthand account of major policy fields within the EU but also a close look at the in-house procedures and working methods applied within the Brussels complex.
Gallagher Co-Authors Paper on Multilateral Financing of Power Development
Professor Gallagher and co-authors’ study illuminates the key role of bilateral financing in filling the infrastructure financing gap and supporting power capacity expansions in developing countries.
Lori and Schilde Publish Article on Migration Management in Global Commons
Professor Lori and Schilde evaluate the phenomenon of migrant interdiction in international waters, and specifically the High Seas global commons, examining the logic of why advanced liberal democracies, in particular, engage in this practice.
Karra Publishes Working Paper on Unmet Contraceptive Needs
“Under Karra’s methodology, measures of unmet need among different populations of women are on average five to six percentage points higher than the standard measures of unmet need that are currently used by the DHS.”
“Asia Policy” Publishes Review Roundtable of Miller’s Latest Book
A panel of scholars discuss why some rising powers become great powers while others do not, factors driving the rise of these states, and other concepts explored in Professor Miller’s latest book.
Heine Publishes Book Chapter On Shifting World Order
Ambassador Heine explains COVID-19’s role in shifting the existing Western-led world order to a multipolar order, in which non-Western powers like China and India will play a much more significant role.