With research agendas on climate change, democracy, human rights, and security, Perry World House convened a high-level workshop on March 18, to develop policy innovations and research solutions to this multidisciplinary dilemma. Featuring policymakers, practitioners and academics from world-renowned institutions and representing a variety of countries and contexts, the discussions explored solutions to critical questions such as:…
The fourth-year international relations student is researching Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy, with a summer spent talking with taxi drivers and U.S. ambassadors on the ground in Tashkent. Now a fourth-year, Schrier’s experience as a Perry World House Student Fellow has given him insight into possible career paths. He will be attending the Johns Hopkins…
While there are always points of uncertainty for foreign policy during any presidential transition, the signals being sent by the incoming Trump administration’s foreign policy team are more reassuring than in the first term, members of a Perry World House expert panel said during a public forum this week. The panel, titled “Foreign Policy Priorities for the…
Through global trips and weekly seminars, the program centers students’ interests in global policy to help solve real-world problems, and the students gain one-of-a-kind experience along the way. Perry World House was one of the things that attracted Florence Onyiuke to Penn from high school in Orlando, Florida. Onyiuke has been part of the World…
In a fireside chat at Penn, Ali Zaidi talked about the Biden Administration’s climate policy as a throughline to securing global competitiveness and domestic prosperity. As White House National Climate Advisor, Ali Zaidi has seen the results of the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IRA) in different parts of his home state of…
The fall of the Syrian government was rapid and abrupt, a surprise to many observers and policymakers that came largely because of internal corruption and a lack of support from other countries, panelists said at a Perry World House discussion. Titled “Syria: What Happened and What Comes Next,” the virtual event featured Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center…
By: Penn Global Perry World House and Penn Global are excited to announce the launch of the Perry World House and Penn Global Climate & Security Policy Fellows Program, along with the inaugural cohort of students. This program is supported by a generous grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York with the goal of…
By: Penn Global Penn Global, in collaboration with Perry World House, introduced new guidelines for members of the University community interested in hosting high-level international dignitaries at Penn. High-level international dignitaries include current or former heads of state, sitting vice heads of state, and royalty. These guidelines are designed to support any member of the…
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