• Addressing Educator Shortages and Pandemic-Related Learning Loss

    Virtual Discussions

    While global challenges are addressed by national governments, increasingly subnational actors such as states, communities, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable...

  • The Biggest Science Scam Ever? Fake Scientific Papers Are More Prevalent Than You Might Think

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    Disinformation and fake news are a cause for serious concern. This is true for the natural sciences as well – despite the abundance of peer-reviewed publications. A recent study indicates that nearly a third of the scientific papers that are published by the scientific and research community each year are fake. That could mean that...

  • After Turkey’s Run-off Election: What Lies Ahead?

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    On May 28, voters in Turkey returned to the polls to cast the deciding vote in the second round of presidential elections, the first run-off election in the country’s history. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and stretched his rule into a third decade. Two weeks earlier, on May 14, tens of...

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

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    The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday, June 12 at 9:00...

  • What to Expect from Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

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    After months of planning, Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive to reclaim wide swaths of land occupied by Russian forces is progressing "slower than desired," according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Intense battles...