By George Papaconstantinou, Full-time Professor and Chair in International Political Economy - Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
France’s gap between what it produces, public spending and what taxpayers finance is cause for concern. Unlike Greece, it’s not too late to salvage its economy, so what are France’s options?
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By Ann-Kathrin McLean, School Director & Assistant Professor, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
Juan Claudio Benavides del Carpio, Master of Arts in Tourism Management student, Royal Roads University
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By Hicham Rahali, Lecturer in integrated risk management, HEC Montréal
Miguel Hernandez, Maître d'enseignement au département de management, HEC Montréal
Cost overruns on major projects do not stem from incompetence alone. Above all, they reveal inadequate management of uncertainty, which turned into a premature public promise.
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By John O’Loughlin, College Professor of Distinction in Geography and Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Gerard Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Many Ukrainians have been deeply traumatized by relentless Russian bombing. But that hasn’t translated into a desire to concede territory for peace.
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By Ronald Wright, Professor of Criminal Law, Wake Forest University
For over a decade, progressive prosecutors have offered voters various options to tackling crime that veer from traditional ‘tough on crime’ tactics focused on heavy prison time for offenders.
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By Charles Wratto, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Igbinedion University Okada
When Americans hear of child soldiers, they may imagine tragic images of children wielding rifles on distant battlefields.
But the conditions that help warlords recruit children into armed conflict abroad also help gang leaders draw young people into violent organizations in the U.S.
In cities across the country, gang violence continues to claim lives…
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By Kylee Rae Noel, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Entomology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sadie Jane Ryan, Professor of Medical Geography, University of Florida
A mosquito buzzing in your backyard may seem like a minor annoyance. But these tiny insects, with their taste for human blood, are increasingly appearing in areas where they were once rare or absent, and that’s raising concerns about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile, Zika and dengue…
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By Tori Russell, Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Karin Wuertz-Kozak, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Maureen Ferran, Associate Professor of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
The beauty of physics at the cellular scale is part of what draws biomedical engineers and biologists like us to the field of mechanobiology: the study of how physical forces influence biology.
Physics holds relevance…
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By Sylvia Lu, Assistant Professor of Law, American University
As artificial intelligence technologies grow ever more powerful, so do the risks they pose and with them the urgency of regulating AI.
In July 2026, OpenAI’s advanced models hacked into AI company Hugging Face’s systems during internal cybersecurity evaluations by communicating through unauthorized channels and working around safeguards developers had imposed on the models. In January 2026, Google and Character.ai, which makes a role-playing AI chatbot, agreed to settle…
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By Andrés Henao, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Anschutz
When people prepare to see a doctor before an international trip, vaccines usually dominate the conversation.
And while vaccines are important, many of the health problems most likely to derail a trip cannot be prevented with a vaccine: Diarrhea, respiratory infections, motion sickness and flare-ups of existing medical conditions are all common – and none of them can be headed off with a shot.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between…
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