MacMillan Center

News

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...

Through the Eyes of She: Equity in Health, Education, Business and Leadership for the African Woman in the 21st Century

Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTM&H, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. She is a co-founding member of the Yale Network for Global Non-Communicable Disease and a 2020 WomenLift Health Women Leaders in Global Health Leadership Fellow....

Alan Mikhail, Chace Family Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History

Op-Ed: Columbus' fear of Islam, rooted in Europe's Crusades, shaped his view of Native Americans

The following op-ed written by Alan Mikhail, Chace Family Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, appears in today’s Los Angeles Times:

In all that has been written about Columbus — from his being the first Italian American to the progenitor of a continental...

Espín-Sánchez is one of the organizers of the Program in Economic History, an activity of the Economic Growth Center.

What can economic history tell us about the future of water policy?

Auction-based water markets, which distribute the greatest amount of water to the highest bidders, have been lauded for their ability to meet demand efficiently. Amid increasing threats of water scarcity, they have become a favored approach in countries like the United States and Australia....

See Full List of News & Features