Visiting Professor Bernard Avishai considers the possibility of U.N. peacekeeping to mediate Palestinian and Israeli interests in Gaza.

Professor Diederick J. Vandewalle writes on Libya's current state in the New York Times opinion pages. Despite deep chaos, Libya possessed one unexpected strength.

Professor Jennifer M. Lind questions whether Washington can take advantage of an unusual opportunity to advance both its strategic and normative interests in East Asia.

"Tragically, those countries that have fought wars to build a reputation for resolve have wasted vast sums of money and, much worse, thousands of lives," says Professor Daryl Press in an "Atlantic" story about U.S. foreign policy.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Dartmouth’s Brendan Nyhan says the United States’ denouncement of anti-Semitic flyers distributed in Ukraine—which are now thought to have been a hoax—may have unfortunate results.

Shoshana Silverstein ’15 has been chosen as a 2014 Harry S. Truman Scholar. She is one of 59 college students, mostly juniors, awarded scholarships of up to $30,000 to pursue graduate studies in public service fields. The program also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development.

Russell Muirhead, Doug Irwin, and Meir Kohn discuss the Political Economy Project, which will help fund course offerings across disciplines, support visiting professors, and underwrite debates and lectures.

Assistant Professor of Government Brendan Nyhan will be a contributor for The New York Times’ new “data-driven politics and policy website,” reports Capital.

A new study led by Dartmouth’s Brendan Nyhan suggests that public health messages aimed at increasing childhood vaccinations are actually having the reverse effect, reports NBC News.