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Map charts Yale’s international alumni, research, and education programs

Visitors to the Yale and the World website can quickly get a sense of the scope of Yale’s international involvement and the variety of projects, initiatives, and experiences undertaken by students, faculty, and alumni by clicking on the...

British House of Commons debating next steps in Brexit process, Feb. 14, 2019.

After another Brexit defeat, UK-EU talks continue – and the Article 50 clock keeps ticking

Last Thursday, British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered another Brexit defeat in the House of Commons when it rejected, by a vote of 258 in favor and 303 against, a motion that the House welcomed her statement two days earlier. The statement had reported on the government’s ongoing work to...

Iran’s 1979 Revolution: 40 years onward

On the 40th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Revolution, the Program in Iranian Studies at the MacMillan Center hosted a panel on Feb. 7 to discuss the legacy of the Revolution. Speakers included Mohsen Kadivar, Mujtahed and Research Professor in Religious Studies at Duke University; Asef Bayat,...

Paul Bracken

Paul Bracken on the U.S. Action against Huawei

The following interview with Professor Paul Bracken appeared in Yale Insights on Feb. 11:

When the U.S. government brought criminal charges against Chinese technology company Huawei, it signaled an escalation in the political and economic tensions between the world’s largest economies,...

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Feb. 7, after agreeing to reopen talks on the political declaration on the future relationship.

EU doesn’t budge on Irish “backstop” but talks resume on future relationship

After the British House of Commons rejected by an overwhelming margin – 432 to 202 – the withdrawal agreement and political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship with the EU negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, it seemed highly unlikely the UK would...

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