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Prosecuting Hate: Genocide and the International Criminal Court

To understand more about how the ICC works, how genocides get prosecuted, and how groups seek justice and healing, we asked SIS professors to share their expertise on these topics.
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Over the summer, SIS professors Hrach Gregorian and Carolyn Gallaher led a group of students in a practicum titled Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: Assessing the Impact of WAVE Trauma Centre.

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What We Did This Summer: SIS Students and Faculty Share

We asked several SIS students and faculty members to tell us about their summer internships, practicum experiences, and research.
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Eight GOP Candidates Debate Funding to Ukraine and Trump's Future

Following the first GOP presidential debate, SIS professor Jordan Tama analyzed the candidates' positions on foreign policy issues, including funding to Ukraine.
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How Are Researchers Preparing for the Next Pandemic?

SIS professor Lauren Carruth shares details about her summer research in Ethiopia.
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Four Questions about Ecuador's Political Assassination: Chaos or Crossroads

Ecuador’s political landscape has recently been plunged into turmoil as the country prepares for snap elections on August 20.
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What Statement is Vietnam Making by Banning "Barbie"?

Professor Patrick Thaddeus Jackson analyzes the statement Vietnam made by banning screenings of "Barbie" as well as the broader gender roles critique the film makes.
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Headlines and Front Lines: How US News Coverage of Wars in Yemen and Ukraine Reveals Bias in Recording Civilian Harm

Headlines and Front Lines: How US News Coverage of Wars in Yemen and Ukraine Reveal Bias in Recording Civilian Harm
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What Does 'Oppenheimer' Get Wrong?

SIS professor Sharon Weiner on what the movie Oppenheimer missed.
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Four Questions Following Sierra Leone’s Recent Election

SIS professor Susan Shepler answered a few questions for us about the concerns raised over Sierra Leone’s recent election and discussed how the democratic process has evolved in the nation over the last two decades in this new Q+A
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What Beijing’s Muted Response to Wagner Mutiny Tells us About China-Russia Relations – and What it Doesn’t

Joseph Torigian, an expert on China and Russia and SIS professor, walked The Conversation through how Beijing has responded to the chaotic 24 hours in which mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin – and why that matters.
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