AI Outperforms Traditional Methods in Controlling Disease Spread Between Prisons and Communities
A reinforcement learning AI model used by SHP researchers achieved high reductions in infections with far fewer resources used for testing and much less intense non-pharmaceutical interventions.
AI-augmented Class Tackles National Security Challenges of the Future
In classes taught through the Gordian Knot Center, artificial intelligence is taking a front and center role in helping students find innovative solutions to global policy issues.
At the 2026 Oksenberg Conference, scholars and foreign policy experts assessed how Indo-Pacific powers are coping with a less predictable United States as China pursues selective leadership and Russia exploits Western divisions.
Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Kenneth Wilcox draws on his own experience launching SVB in China to illustrate how Western companies repeatedly fail in China because they rely on mental models built for home — assumptions about business, government, and rule of law that simply don't apply in the Chinese market.
The United States has fought four major wars against countries in the broader Middle East region since 1990. In three, America had support from a group of allies and partners.
Jail-based HCV interventions, especially those offering treatment, significantly enhance HCV elimination in people who inject drugs—and are a cost-effective public health strategy.
South Korea achieves comparable clinical outcomes at lower per-capita spending than the United States, according to a new study. The co-authors, including Stanford health economist Karen Eggleston, find systemic income-based inequalities in health care access and utilization in both countries, albeit they are less pronounced under South Korea's universal health care system.
In a new policy brief, SHP's Alyce Adams and her colleague, Mateen Ghassemi, address financial toxicity in cancer care through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy.
New research by SHP courtesy faculty member Marcella Alsan shows that beneath the country's polarization over gun violence, those who own firearms and those who don't share the common goal of safety, but disagree about the means.
In this JAMA Health Forum commentary, SHP's Michelle Mello discusses the potential pros and cons of a new pilot project in Utah, which is testing an AI agent to renew prescriptions.
This article examines how international students can play a strategic role in “rebalancing” national talent portfolios in countries with strong ethnonational identities facing demographic decline. In Japan and South Korea, “brain linkage” facilitated through international students’ transnational social capital offers a pathway to leverage foreign talent without requiring immediate, large-scale immigration reforms.
SHP's Maria Polyakova and Victoria Udalova compare physician income in the United States, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. U.S. doctors earn significantly more than their foreign counterparts—but that's largely because Americans across the board earn more.
Economist Yuli Xu, APARC Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow, examines how patients in China value continuity with physicians in a healthcare system where switching doctors is relatively easy.
Associate Professor Hannah Chapman explores how the rise of crises affects authoritarian regimes’ ability to gather information from their citizens in the context of Russia.
At a seminar hosted by APARC's Taiwan Program, University of Minnesota scholar Honghong Tinn, a historian of information technology, discussed her recent book, which explores how Taiwanese technologists turned tinkering into world-class computer manufacturing.
CDDRL Visiting Scholar Oliver Kaplan explores how stigma shapes hiring decisions for ex-combatants in Colombia and identifies ways education, reconciliation efforts, and employer incentives can reduce discrimination.
Economist Jun Akabane, APARC visiting scholar and professor at Chuo University, examines the validity of Japan's ongoing semiconductor industry revitalization strategy under the banner of economic security, presenting a comparative analysis of the different outcomes of two major projects: TSMC Kumamoto and Rapidus.
The "State of the World" event series brings together leading scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies to analyze the forces shaping global affairs—and what they mean for our future.
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