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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the European Parliament yesterday as Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (on the right) listens.

War of words between EU and Poland over court decision continues in European Parliament

Yesterday the European Parliament was the latest venue in the war of words between the EU Commission and Poland that broke out after the October 7 decision of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that several articles of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) are inconsistent with articles in the Polish...

A group of men that Nigerian police identified as Boko Haram extremist fighters. A new study suggests messages from trusted religious leaders can persuade people to welcome former members of the terrorist group back into their communities. (Photo AP/Jossy Ola)

How religious leaders can help ex-Boko Haram fighters return to society

Messages from trusted religious authorities can persuade people to reintegrate former Boko Haram fighters into the Nigerian communities terrorized by the violent extremist group for more than a decade, according to a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist ...

Arkolakis is teaching a class on "The Economics of Space" (ECON 433) this semester.

What can geospatial data tell us about international trade and immigration?

Economists have long been interested in how space – or distance – affects economic activity between buyers and sellers, firms and workers, or global trading partners. But until recently, traditional models have struggled to incorporate spatial complexity, even as more and more data have become...

EU Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič announcing the Commission’s proposals for Northern Ireland yesterday.

Conflicting UK & EU proposals on Protocol set the stage for another difficult negotiation

On Tuesday, in a speech delivered to diplomats at the UK embassy in Lisbon, Lord David Frost, the UK Minister for the Cabinet Office, called for a new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, raised again the possibility of the UK unilaterally invoking the Article 16 Safeguards clause in the...

Demonstrators in Warsaw yesterday protesting the Constitutional Tribunal’s decision last Thursday.

Dispute between Poland and the EU over the courts escalates with new Constitutional Tribunal decision

After all of the infringement procedures initiated by the EU in response to Polish legislation involving its courts, after the long and still-unresolved dispute between the EU and Poland over the Disciplinary Chamber of its Supreme Court, after the extraordinary decision in July by Poland’s...

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