Congrats to @JoshuaASchwartz of @CarnegieMellon, winner of the 2026 PWH–@ForeignAffairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize! 🏆
His essay "Fighting for Credibility Can Destroy It" will be published by Foreign Affairs in the coming months. Read more:
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"Early evidence here seems to suggest that there was, at best, some communication challenges." PWH Dir @mchorowitz was quoted in a piece by Scientific American after an OpenAI agent hacked a website controlled and maintained by the Australian government. bit.ly/3VgdVr1
PWH Dir @mchorowitz was quoted in this @Slate article about whether or not AI should be better regulated. In short, he says that because AI is a general-use technology, "the economic incentives for development are incredibly strong." Read more at bit.ly/3Tul7PE
In his latest for @ForeignAffairs, PWH Director @mchorowitz writes about how the war in Iran is changing the use of military technology. bit.ly/4yfM5d0
We are excited to announce our new cohort of Distinguished Visiting Fellows for 2026-27! 🌍 👏 Throughout the year, Pennstudents and faculty will be able to engage with and learn from this outstanding group of experts from around the world. Read more: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/ne…
PWH Director @mchorowitz on the Pentagon's aging networks in a quote for a @washingtonpost piece: "The risk is that adversaries gain a greater ability to disrupt U.S. information networks to get access to American military data and thus compromise national security." Link ⬇️
New from @TheEconomist: a look at what China would face in a war over Taiwan featuring insight from PWH Director @mchorowitz on the strategy, technology, and risks shaping the Taiwan Strait. Read here: economist.com/asia/2026/09/1…
PWH Director @mchorowitz joined @NBCPhiladelphia to talk about concerns surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not a slowdown in AI growth is possible. Watch more here: nbcphiladelphia.com/video/ne…
📺 Tune in: PWH Director @mchorowitz will be on @NBCPhiladelphia tonight (9/14) at 7pm discussing AI risk
Join us for our first event of the academic year, where PWH leadership will discuss the challenges shaping global policy this year, from conflict to climate change. Moderated by @laraseligman of @WSJ.
📅 Thu, Aug 27 | 12–1 PM Register: eventbrite.com/e/the-world-t…
New in @WarOnTheRocks: PWH Director @mchorowitz & @JoshuaASchwartz examine what happens if states automate nuclear launch decisions. Their survey of UK MPs and the public finds automated nuclear threats shift opinion more than human-controlled ones do. warontherocks.com/putting-ar…
“The last point of human responsibility changes, but human responsibility never goes away, at least according to Pentagon policy,” explains PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz in a quote for this @wapo piece: washingtonpost.com/technolog…
“This is a gamble, but one worth taking," explains PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz in a quote for this @WSJ piece on Neros's recent contract with the Pentagon. Read here: wsj.com/politics/national-se…
"The earthquakes have exposed the toll of years of corruption, institutional dismantling and the abandonment of Venezuelan citizens by their state," writes PWH Fellow and @WOLA_org President @cjimenezDC in @nytimes. Read here:
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How is the Indo-Pacific responding to shifting US foreign policy? This year, PWH held a conference to examine this question. Read the report and accompanying thought pieces here, and see recommendations for how the US can rebuild partnerships: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/pr…
PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz is quoted in this @csmonitor piece on the standoff between Anthropic and the US government over AI regulation. Read his insight here:
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Glad to offer my thoughts alongside @perryworldhouse colleague Marie Harf on reacting to the MOU and the consequences of this war that are starting to manifest themselves 👇
All contributors are speaking in their personal capacity as experts and do not represent the views of Perry World House or the University of Pennsylvania.
The U.S.-Iran MOU ends Operation Epic Fury, but at what cost? Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, PWH Executive Director Marie Harf, and Penn Washington's Daniel Schneiderman offer their analysis: 🔗 perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/ne…

