“Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media,” by Andrew Campana (EAP), “opens a strikingly original conversation at the crossroads of media, language, technology, and the body.”

Mayor-elect Mamdani promised to raise NYC's income tax on the rich. Sociologist Cristobal Young (IES) explains his data showing millionaires rarely migrate over taxes.

Natasha Raheja (SAP) explains how a recent political insult has ignited outrage among Sindhi Hindus in India, 70 years after the partition.

Visiting scholar David Cortright (PACS) explains how citizen activism and legislative pressures led to the United States' current nuclear moratorium—and why they will be needed again to preserve it.

In this op-ed, Thomas Pepinsky (SEAP/SAP) writes, “Weakened institutions, politicized governance, and unchecked executive power in the United States leave its Asia Pacific allies with an uncertain future.”

Kenneth Roberts (LACS) speaks with Newsweek about the military's Venezuelan “drug boat” strikes and the resurgence of U.S. interventionism in Latin America.

Professor emeritus Barry Strauss (PACS) says President Trump’s Middle East diplomacy echoes Rome’s blend of trust, power, and calculated reward in pursuit of empire and stability.

Eswar Prasad (SAP) analyzes global economic resilience in the face of President Trump’s tariff war: “Policymakers need to use this period of relative calm to push forward with reforms,” he advises.

Chris Barrett (Dyson/Brooks) analyzes climate impacts on Mongolian rangeland this month in Science. He joins Muna Ndulo (Law) on October 22 to debate the future of international aid.

In this NPR interview, classicist Mike Fontaine (IES) describes how ancient comedians challenged political leaders and sometimes suffered serious consequences.