"Despite the lack of enthusiasm for five more years of Macron, he remains a favorite to win," Ian Bremmer writes.

The United States' ambassador to the UN will address SIPA's degree candidates on May 15.

“Instead of finding an endpoint, we may have to get used to the idea of a ‘frozen’ conflict,” Christof Rühl of the Center on Global Energy Policy writes on what the endgame will look like in the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine.

Shang-Jin Wei led a discussion of the Chinese economy and the outlook for the country’s real estate market at the 2022 Real Estate Capital Markets Conference hosted by Goodwin and Columbia Business School.

"Given the nature of the China-US relationship at the moment, Gu's decision was bound to generate some version of this response," Lincoln Mitchell writes.

"The subway problem needs a special effort by people dedicated to a solution. That effort is likely to best be undertaken by a dedicated, special group likely from outside government," writes Lucius Riccio.

China wants to put data to work as an economic resource; if the government can do so, it could be a catalyst for transitioning toward the high-quality growth it has long pursued. Qiheng Chen MIA ’21 writes.

Jenik Radon said that the prices the manufacturing industry pays for rare earths are “almost insignificant in the cost of a final product such as smartphones, meaning that increased prices should not be a show-stopper.”