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Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 - 12:30 to 13:30 We are beginning to understand that globalization has strategic consequences. Countries are using their position in globalized networks to “weaponize interdependence”, through their dominance of information and financial networks. In this talk, Henry Farrell will discuss the research and policy agenda of weaponized interdependence, addressing such questions as: What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the poss...

Tweet About two weeks ago, the Washington Post published an analysis of the border crisis with the provocative and misleading headline, “There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.” After the authors were called out by the Post’s own immigration reporter, the piece was revised significantly. In addition to a softer headline, “The migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border is actually a predictable pattern,” the revised piece added an entirely new section which admitted what the previous draft had curiously overlooked: What about unaccompan...

Lauren Prather is an assistant professor of international relations at the School. Her work focuses on the domestic determinants of foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy, democracy promotion and democratization, Middle East politics, and experimental methods. Her research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, the Europe Center, and the Laboratory for the Study of American Values at Stanford University. Prather’s work has or will appear in Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies and Election Law Journal. She also has writ...

Melina's research focuses on comparative political and human development. The regional focus of her research is sub-Saharan Africa, where she has worked and conducted fieldwork in Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. She employs a variety of research methods and data sources, including quantitative analysis of large household surveys, GIS, archival research, ethnography, and survey experiments. She also employs large-scale field experiments to study political behavior and local governance in developing countries. In addition to conducting research, Melina seeks to find way...

‘Positively rowdy’: the hysterical ‘lockdown laughter’ sweeping BBC radio Zoom audiences are getting the giggles, much to the delight of Radio 4 listeners and frustration of its editors, who can barely contain it 17 February 2021 • 2:54pm Cheering the nation: Brian Cox and Robin Ince for Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage Credit: BBC In a recent edition of Radio 4’s The News Quiz (Series 104, Episode 6 to be exact), compere Andy Zaltzman presided over an outbreak of drollery concerning a story about goats for hire. At the start of this month, a Lancashire farmer revealed she had ...