Rules of Engagement
Following a stint advising the US Department of Defense on warfare’s AI-inflected future, political science professor and Perry World House director Michael C. Horowitz is back at the helm of Penn’s “home for global policy engagement.”
Urban Legends
Institute for Urban Research marks 20 years.
Path to Peace
Silfen Forum looks at prospects for “Waging Peace” in the Middle East.
Fragile Foundations?
Weighing a world of threats at Perry World House.
Barça Days
Elsewhere | “Rooting for Barça is the best thing there is.”
Vagabond Publisher
Nate Hake C’08 is going his own way with Travel Lemming.
Heritage for Who?
PIK Professor Lynn Meskell on World Heritage Sites.
Way Station
Among the Ukrainian refugees in southeastern Poland.
The Final Hunt
Eli Rosenbaum W’76 WG’77 is hunting war criminals in Ukraine.
Language Is Power
Katerina Manoff C’09 W’09 runs a cultural exchange program for Ukraine.
Stopping the Violence Cycle
Celina de Sola C’99 SW’00 is working to prevent violence in Latin America.
Thinking About Ukraine
Penn faculty examine the conflict from multiple perspectives—sometimes clashing, sometimes meshing, and often thought-provoking. Plus: Mike Logsdon C’03’s photographs from Ukraine.
No Permanent Conflict?
Tracing America and Iran’s 300-year history.
Competing Visions of the Global Order
“Competing Visions of the Global Order” at Perry World House.
Nuclear Nightmares
The odds of war with North Korea, and of reducing them.
Trump’s Election and US Foreign Policy
Perry World House hosts a panel of experts.
Googling Cuba
Brett Perlmutter’s mission was to open up Cuba to the internet. To say that it was
politically sensitive is an understatement. But the timing was just about perfect.
Beyond ‘Distrust and Verify’
Heard on Campus: Panel weighs in on Iran “After the Deal.”
(Cr)ISIS and Opportunity
Q&A with Iraq expert Brendan O’Leary.
The Good Neighbor
As a Zionist soldier, civil-rights advocate, and pioneer of joint nonviolent activism between Israelis and Palestinians, Hillel Bardin has dedicated most of his adult life to the pursuit of a most elusive peace.
With the Donbas Battalion
A young reporter gets his first taste of war in eastern Ukraine.
Pedaling Bamboo
Bamboo bikes, bags, baskets, and more.
Disaster Control
The best way to help in natural disasters.
The Man Who Killed French Culture
How to lose friends, alienate people, and wind up getting bear hugs.