Data Diplomacy: Rethinking Cross-Border Data Flows for a More Equitable Global Digital Economy
Data localization isn’t fragmentation—it’s a response to imbalance. Arindrajit Basu argues for a way to fix it.
How China’s Tech Giants Wired the Gulf
As Trump visits the Gulf, Peter W. Singer examines China’s influence in the region.
Putin’s Shadow Armies Have Set Their Sights Beyond Ukraine
The New York Times reviews Putin’s Sledgehammer, a penetrating account of Prigozhin’s life and Wagner’s rise in Putin’s Russia.
Trump Sends Mixed Signals on Apprenticeships
Shalin Jyotishi is quoted in Inside Higher Ed discussing the Trump administration’s mixed signals on apprenticeships.
Untangling Fact from Fiction in Trump’s Call to Defund English Learner Education
Trump’s attempt to defund Title III is fraught with baseless and inaccurate claims about the federal EL program, here are the facts.
Federal Early Education Update: May 2025
The latest in federal early education news
How Urban Renewal Harmed Black Communities—And Helped Colleges
Starting in the 1950s, colleges across the U.S. razed Black neighborhoods to expand their campuses through the urban renewal program.
Kann uns Trump das Internet abschalten?
Candace Rondeaux decodes the digital chessboard, revealing in SPIEGEL how Trump’s grip on the internet could become a geopolitical lever.
Meet Me at the Library
Join author Shamichael Hallman to discuss his new book and how libraries can help repair societal fractures.
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Project Syndicate: She Writes
Heela Rasool-Ayub is featured in this issue of Project Syndicate’s She Writes newsletter.