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What do we call what’s happening in Ukraine? Words matter

There has been a stark difference between the terminology used by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Western leaders to describe the Russian attacks on Ukraine. The words we use to talk about what’s happening could unintentionally condone the invasion, say Northeastern international relations experts.

• by Eva Botkin-Kowacki   February 24, 2022

Economic sanctions may hurt, but they rarely deter

Russia may suffer financially for invading Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin seems prepared for it, say Northeastern experts. Sanctions, however, won’t do much to halt Russian aggression.

• by Peter Ramjug   February 24, 2022

Despite lifting of travel ban, tensions toward U.S. linger among European allies

European nations thought working with Biden would be easier than with Trump, but in some ways the president is continuing his predecessor’s policies, say Northeastern international relations experts. Even with the lifting of the U.S. travel ban, the transatlantic relationship remains frayed, they add.

• by Peter Ramjug   September 22, 2021

What the fall of Afghanistan says about US leadership abroad

Long before Afghanistan exposed rifts between the world’s most powerful countries, a slow erosion in the international order was already underway, say faculty experts at Northeastern’s New College of the Humanities in London. The result is a lack of coordination among wealthy nations and a global leadership vacuum.

• by Peter Ramjug   August 25, 2021

Northeastern launches new degrees in the U.K. to help employers grow their digital talent pool–inside the company

The experiential degree programs are designed to help companies undergoing digital transformation fill a need for qualified data and business analysts and information technology professionals in the U.K. and around the world. The program is offered in partnership with ServiceNow, a global software company.

• by Peter Ramjug   October 19, 2020

Northeastern will move to online teaching for students at London, Vancouver, and Charlotte campuses

In accordance with the guidance of public health authorities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the move to online course delivery in London, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, will begin Monday, March 16.

• by Khalida Sarwari, Molly Callahan and Laura Castañón   March 13, 2020

Brexit ‘is a British problem,’ not a European Union problem

It was a new take on the college course, and it offered a different take on Brexit. In a lecture streamed live from NCH at Northeastern in London and viewed by participants in an agile “pop-up” course on the Boston campus, political science professor Mai’a Cross offered a view on Brexit that’s not often present in media coverage of the issue.

• by Molly Callahan   March 17, 2019