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We are pleased to share our 2023-24 Annual Report: A Year in Review! The annual report allows readers to see what a year at PWH looks like while laying out a timeline of student activities, visitors, events, publications, outreach, and global impact 🌎 It provides a deeper look into some of our most impactful work, from our presence at #COP28 in Dubai, to our policy-relevant meetings in Washington, DC, to the four public visits we hosted of former or current heads of state. We hope that you enjoy reading about our 2023-24 activities as much as we enjoyed implementing them - and we’re excited to see what this new year brings! Read the report below ⬇

With 2024 being dubbed the "year of elections," PWH Program Manager David Dreilinger has written an explainer on the challenges that faced elections in Eastern Europe and Caucasus over the last two months. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eBeTDBdU

"The global proliferation of precision strike means we now live in an era of 'precise mass,' where comparatively cheap uncrewed systems — that can be deployed at scale — are also highly advanced and deadly accurate," writes PWH Faculty Director Michael Horowitz in War on the Rocks. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eeE9gJiA

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2025 Perry World House-Foreign Affairs Magazine Emerging Scholars Policy Prize! 🚨 This $5,000 prize encourages scholars to translate their own academic work to be more accessible to policymakers in positions of influence and to advance policy debates on significant issues in global affairs. The prize recognizes outstanding, original essays on any topic related to international issues that draw on original academic research and intend to influence policy debates. The winner will have their essay published by Foreign Affairs online and/or in print. 📰 💻 Click here to learn more and apply today! https://lnkd.in/eP_u_kQu

Perry World House Faculty Director Michael Horowitz is quoted in this The Wall Street Journal piece about the unexplained drones spotted flying over parts of New Jersey. Read here: https://lnkd.in/e837rabe

Click below to learn more about our event with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, which we were thrilled to cohost with Penn Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy!

Last week, I spoke with Shih Hsiu-chuan from CNA on the People's Liberation Army's first island chain exercises and the growing failure of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense to properly share information with the public. Perry World House. Global Taiwan Institute. Pacific Forum. Foreign Policy Research Institute. Modern War Institute at West Point.

Following the downfall of Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria, Perry World House assembled an expert panel to discuss what led to these events, and what we can expect to happen next in the region. Head over to our YouTube channel or click below to watch the event recording: https://lnkd.in/e98HXg8f

Over the last four years, the United States has accelerated technological innovation, developed critical infrastructure, and grown its industrial base to mitigate the risks from climate change – and lean into the economic upside that comes from the solutions. Join us as we sit down with Ali Zaidi, Assistant tot he President and White House National Climate Advisor to discuss how the Biden-Harris Administration catalyzed a profound expansion of U.S. global competitiveness and domestic prosperity by leading the world’s response to the climate challenge, and why continued U.S. leadership remains essential in the decades ahead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9gXYEFs

TOMORROW: Join us for a timely virtual discussion on the downfall of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, following a rebel alliance's efforts to gain control of the country, city by city. Our expert panel (featuring Richard Fontaine. Marie Harf, Michael Horowitz, and Brendan O'Leary) will discuss what happened, and what will come next in this fragile region. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ebz5P4xc