Alan Taylor joins a Council on Foreign Relations panel to discuss the most important economic trends of the first quarter of the year. 

In this podcast, Alan Taylor uses history to consider globalization, global balance sheets trends, and the potential future economics impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Professor Rumela Sen writes about Nepal's converging crises of political instability and COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Nepalese society and deepening gender disparities. 

Professor Stephen Biddle comments on how the war in Ukraine offers new strategic insights for future conflicts, from weapons stockpiles to the military uses of artificial intelligence. 

Looking at Brazil, SIPA Professor Sidney Nakahodo (with co-author André Carvalhal) presents the case for how ESG practices can boost economic success of public companies in times of social and economic volatility. 

Stephen Sestanovich comments on the value of U.S. and international aid and support in the war between Russia and Ukraine. 

One year in, writes Stephen Sestanovich, the governments most directly affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine have enjoyed surprising success in this area.

While the outcome is unpredictable, Ian Bremmer says only three of the 18 candidates have a real chance to win.

"The BOJ couldn't make full use of the benefits of an inflation targeting policy," says Professor Takatoshi Ito.

Tjossem, a senior lecturer for the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, says we need to try to bring ethics and values, judgment and management, and sciences and political context to our problem-solving.