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02 June 2020
Alumnus writes about the US presidential election and Syria's future

Alumnus Iyad Yousef (MPP 2016) writes an opinion piece in Foreign Policy, in which he argues that while it's unlikely that the US approach to Syria will change, the divergent approaches to Iran (Syria's main financial backer) could have an indirect effect on the Syrian economy and the Assad regime.

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Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department, has been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the social sciences. 

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Professor Jo Wolff, the inaugural Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, first joined the School in 2016. Almost a decade later, the School is marking his retirement with an event and celebration of his career.

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