Trisha Craig
@trishacraig.bsky.social
Executive Director at Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. I love travel, cooking, dogs, and talking and writing about geopolitics. After 12 years in Singapore, have landed back in the US in New Jersey.
For most of our lifetimes, U.S. higher ed has been the world’s best. That dominance can feel inevitable, even permanent.
But HBS's William Kirby shows it can be dismantled: bit.ly/457ofoh.
The U.S. is not immune. What’s happening now should be a warning, not a storm we assume will simply pass.
But HBS's William Kirby shows it can be dismantled: bit.ly/457ofoh.
The U.S. is not immune. What’s happening now should be a warning, not a storm we assume will simply pass.
June 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For most of our lifetimes, U.S. higher ed has been the world’s best. That dominance can feel inevitable, even permanent.
But HBS's William Kirby shows it can be dismantled: bit.ly/457ofoh.
The U.S. is not immune. What’s happening now should be a warning, not a storm we assume will simply pass.
But HBS's William Kirby shows it can be dismantled: bit.ly/457ofoh.
The U.S. is not immune. What’s happening now should be a warning, not a storm we assume will simply pass.
Ancient Athens, golden age of Islam, the Renaissance, Humboldt - the great seats of knowledge and human progress have always been international. US universities and the global talent they attract are a world-leading source of discovery. This is a national shame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
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May 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ancient Athens, golden age of Islam, the Renaissance, Humboldt - the great seats of knowledge and human progress have always been international. US universities and the global talent they attract are a world-leading source of discovery. This is a national shame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote.
U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote.
U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
Extraordinary statement from Singapore's Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong. "The global calm and security we once knew will not return anytime soon."
youtu.be/XrX7lIcZrbk
youtu.be/XrX7lIcZrbk
Implications of US Tariffs
YouTube video by Lawrence Wong 黄循财
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April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Extraordinary statement from Singapore's Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong. "The global calm and security we once knew will not return anytime soon."
youtu.be/XrX7lIcZrbk
youtu.be/XrX7lIcZrbk
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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April 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Twenty good lessons, beautifully read.
2. Defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well…Choose an institution you care about -- a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union -- and take its side.
One might add universities to that list.
2. Defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well…Choose an institution you care about -- a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union -- and take its side.
One might add universities to that list.
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Twenty good lessons, beautifully read.
2. Defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well…Choose an institution you care about -- a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union -- and take its side.
One might add universities to that list.
2. Defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well…Choose an institution you care about -- a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union -- and take its side.
One might add universities to that list.
Unbelievable. Natl Security advisor texts reporter precise timing and location info in advance of bombing. There should be an investigation into such a screw-up but who knows? And the Europeans should have no illusions where they stand with this crew. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Unbelievable. Natl Security advisor texts reporter precise timing and location info in advance of bombing. There should be an investigation into such a screw-up but who knows? And the Europeans should have no illusions where they stand with this crew. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
According to @centeronbudget.bsky.social SS is the largest source of income for most beneficiaries and about 40% of retirees rely on it for at least 1/2 their income. They don’t have billionaire sons-in-law to spot them. They are not fraudsters; they are struggling. GOP: let them eat cake
Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
According to @centeronbudget.bsky.social SS is the largest source of income for most beneficiaries and about 40% of retirees rely on it for at least 1/2 their income. They don’t have billionaire sons-in-law to spot them. They are not fraudsters; they are struggling. GOP: let them eat cake
Universities need to speak up about what we lose as a nation if we allow them to weaken or fail. Princeton’s president on the importance of academic freedom for America’s unparalleled leadership in research:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Universities need to speak up about what we lose as a nation if we allow them to weaken or fail. Princeton’s president on the importance of academic freedom for America’s unparalleled leadership in research:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This should not be a popularity race. Few people will want to study eg Akkadian. I didn't learn it, for instance. I was focusing on other skills (reading very technical texts in Latin and Greek). That does not make Akkadian less valuable. /4
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This should not be a popularity race. Few people will want to study eg Akkadian. I didn't learn it, for instance. I was focusing on other skills (reading very technical texts in Latin and Greek). That does not make Akkadian less valuable. /4
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Drezner's World has never published anything not written by the hard-working staff. Until now. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...
GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond.
Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Drezner's World has never published anything not written by the hard-working staff. Until now. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...
The new Harvard CAPS/ Harris poll should be a wake-up call for Democratic leadership. Dem disapproval of the party is at 33%, up from 27% in January. Without plan and action to counter Musk-Trump, Dems should not assume the midterms will change their fortunes.
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FEBRUARY HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: 58% OF VOTERS ARE MORE SATISFIED WITH TRUMP'S JOB AS PRESIDENT THAN BIDEN
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of the February Harvard CAPS / Harris poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harri...
finance.yahoo.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The new Harvard CAPS/ Harris poll should be a wake-up call for Democratic leadership. Dem disapproval of the party is at 33%, up from 27% in January. Without plan and action to counter Musk-Trump, Dems should not assume the midterms will change their fortunes.
finance.yahoo.com/news/februar...
finance.yahoo.com/news/februar...
More important than ever to have well-written, well-researched scholarship in the public sphere, but the headwinds for academic publishing have never been greater. So inspired today by @christiehenry.bsky.social, head of @princetonupress.bsky.social, for her advice and reality-based optimism.
February 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
More important than ever to have well-written, well-researched scholarship in the public sphere, but the headwinds for academic publishing have never been greater. So inspired today by @christiehenry.bsky.social, head of @princetonupress.bsky.social, for her advice and reality-based optimism.
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“our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. they are our allies. we should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the american flag."
- ronald reagan
- ronald reagan
February 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. they are our allies. we should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the american flag."
- ronald reagan
- ronald reagan
“Tariffs don’t cause inflation. They cause success,” the president said.
Supply shocks, lower GDP and higher inflation are not most people’s definition of success.
Supply shocks, lower GDP and higher inflation are not most people’s definition of success.
February 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“Tariffs don’t cause inflation. They cause success,” the president said.
Supply shocks, lower GDP and higher inflation are not most people’s definition of success.
Supply shocks, lower GDP and higher inflation are not most people’s definition of success.
Happy to join @channelnewsasia.bsky.social presenter Susan Ng for a thoughtful conversation about President Biden's final week in office.
If you're interested in reflections on how this presidency will be remembered and what may come next, link here:
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/daily...
Daily Cuts - Bye-bye Biden: U.S President Joe Biden’s final week in office
US President Joe Biden enters his final week in office, before he passes the baton to president-elect Donald Trump on Jan 20. Susan Ng speak with Dr Trisha Craig, Executive Director, Princeton Institu...
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January 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy to join @channelnewsasia.bsky.social presenter Susan Ng for a thoughtful conversation about President Biden's final week in office.
If you're interested in reflections on how this presidency will be remembered and what may come next, link here:
www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/daily...
COP28 kicks off this week and the US has some goals for the Conference. Elliott Danker of MONEY FM 89.3 and I had a great conversation about that, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the absolutely crazy week at OpenAI.
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Washington Report: US President Joe Biden to skip COP28; Hopeful about Israel-Hamas truce extension ...
US President Joe Biden will miss the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, after two years of attending the talks. What’s on the agenda for the US at COP28? Will the US be ready to commit money this ye...
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November 29, 2023 at 2:26 PM
COP28 kicks off this week and the US has some goals for the Conference. Elliott Danker of MONEY FM 89.3 and I had a great conversation about that, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the absolutely crazy week at OpenAI.
omny.fm/shows/moneyf...
omny.fm/shows/moneyf...