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May 29
3 min

Op-ed: Riots to Revolution

By Mikenna Montgomery Source: southfront.org The modern “American” experience is a tale of two countries. The first tale is of a country ...

May 28
3 min

The USMC: A Leaner, Lethal Beast in the Pacific

By Phil Steven Source: USMC The United States Marine Corps has shifted its doctrine to combat the changing strategic environment in the P...

May 5
3 min

Migrant Workers: Essential, Yet Sidelined

By Camila Gomez Wills Source: Tony Webster, Wikimedia Commons The US response to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted at least three con...

May 1
4 min

Op-Ed: To Compete with China, U.S. Must Dump Trump

By Alex Wyckoff Source: The Guardian President Donald Trump sailed into his 2016 election victory, at least in part, through his promises...

Apr 25
4 min

Improving Disability Rights in the United States

By Topher Taylor Source: https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/ Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and its particularly severe impac...

Apr 24
4 min

Revealing Policy Gaps at the Intersection of Disability and COVID-19

By Kendra J. Muller Source: https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/ COVID-19 has revealed many vulnerabilities in disaster preparednes...

Apr 18
2 min

Counterproductive policy responses to the rise in domestic violence during quarantine

By Camila Gomez Wills Source: German Rojas, Pixabay The global rise in domestic violence (DV) cases has led to a wide range of responses....

Apr 15
3 min

Small Country, Big Action: Taiwan’s Unparalleled COVID Response

By Ayn Hatfield Source: Atlantic Council As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, each country’s individual response to the crisi...

Apr 10
3 min

Mapping the novel coronavirus

By Nolan Kelly Understanding the progression of COVID-19 across the United States is vital for policy makers and health officials. Thankf...

Apr 8
3 min

Fed slashes reserve requirement

By Alex Wyckoff Source: Council on Foreign Relations On March 26th, the Federal Reserve shifted United States reserve requirements for ba...

Feb 24
3 min

The Fracking Controversy and the Future of Energy

By Mikenna Montgomery Source: iStock The fracking controversy attracts a sea of perspectives. Big Oil supporters on Wall Street believe t...

Jan 29
3 min

Making a Change

By Sebastian Sarria Image by Tyler Johnson In December 2015, when world leaders signed the historic Paris Climate Agreement and committed...

Nov 5, 2019
3 min

Expanding Transit Access for San Diego Communities

Author: Joe Bettles Originally posted on the Voice of San Diego Opinions Section. For the first time since 1940, when the San Diego Elect...

Oct 12, 2019
2 min

African Telecom SOEs and China

Does Chinese funding encourage state ownership of African telecom enterprises?

Oct 2, 2019
3 min

Policy Solutions in Action! Meet the 2019-2020 JIPS Board

The School of Global Policy & Strategy is filled with talented students working in policy fields from local politics to international dev...

May 15, 2019
3 min

Author Spotlight: Gender Disparity in Grad School Materials

By Noah Gerber | May 15, 2019 With the latest edition of the Journal of International Policy Solutions coming out in just a couple of wee...

Feb 20, 2019
3 min

The hope for climate change policy: in the age of Trump, look beyond diplomacy

By Kristin Rounds | February 20, 2019 Last year, David Victor and Bruce Jones of the Brookings Institute published Undiplomatic Action, ...

Aug 22, 2018
5 min

5G is coming. Who will be the winners and losers?

By Yulia Korbleva | August 21, 2018 Next generation wireless technology could be the force that will help repair a global ecosystem ...

May 25, 2018
2 min

How 3D Printers Will Change Civil Wars

By Taylor N. Trummel | May 24, 2018 A foundational attribute of a civil war is the ability of a rebel group to acquire resources like ...

Apr 14, 2018
4 min

Ivan the Hackable: Russian Objectives in Cyber Warfare

By Brenna McKee | April 13, 2018 The information era has brought upon the advent of international cyber warfare and espionage, resh...