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Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation’s colleges and universities cannot, court rules

Writing for the majority in a case that bans affirmative action in college admissions, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that such programs “unavoidably employ race in a negative manner” that goes against the Constitution.
The research, however, shows that the ban could potentially harm many college students and ultimately the United States.

Kimberly J. Robinson

Give Me the Gun Big Guy

Eric welcomes back Eliot to host Stephen Sestanovich of the Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia University to discuss the short-lived semi-farcical mutiny in Russia led by Evgeniy Prigozhin, the proprietor of the Wagner Group private military company.

Eric Edelman

Faculty Spotlight: Good People Make Good Politics, Professor Believes

Jennifer Lawless insists there are good, likable people in politics, and there’d be a lot more of them if only more people would get involved.

Jennifer Lawless

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Can the U.S. Use Tax Laws to Aid Ukraine?

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 16th month, the United States and its allies have developed a range of sanctions to cut off Russia’s economy and strangle its ability to fight a war. Ashley S. Deeks and Andrew Hayashi, two University of Virginia School of Law professors who specialize in international law and national security, and tax law and policy, respectively, recently teamed up on a research paper analyzing how the U.S. could use the breadth of its tax code to levy a different, nuanced type of sanction against Russia.

Ashley Deeks

The New Makers of Modern Strategy

Eric welcomes back Hal Brands, the Henry A. Kissinger Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and introduces Thomas Mahnken, the President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, to discuss "The New Makers of Modern Strategy," published by Princeton University Press in May.

Eric Edelman