July 26, 2024

Minerva-funded Researchers Explore Gender Dynamics in Extremist Narratives

Mia Bloom's new Minerva-funded publication, "Gender Bender Narratives: Radicalizing Effects of Disinformation That Threatens Gender-Normative Views", explores the role of gender in extremist and terrorist narratives, examining how gender dynamics influence recruitment, propaganda, and the operational strategies of these groups.

Aug. 30, 2023

Developing a BRICS policy could help re-imagine U.S. foreign policy

Minerva-funded research team at Tufts University has been working on a multiyear Rising Power Alliances project that has analyzed the evolution of BRICS and the group’s relationship with the U.S. What they have found is that the common portrayal of BRICS as a China-dominated group primarily pursuing anti-U.S. agendas is misplaced.

July 24, 2023

New Minerva-funded article: The Fish That Ate an Agreement: How Migrating Mackerel Undermine International Fisheries Cooperation

A grant funded by the Minerva Research Initiative has resulted in a policy brief for the Carnegie Endowment for International Piece: The Fish That Ate an Agreement: How Migrating Mackerel Undermine International Fisheries Cooperation

March 29, 2022

Mia Bloom's new article "How fairy tales shape fighting spirit: Ukraine’s children hear bedtime stories of underdog heroes, while Russian children hear tales of magical success" published in The Conversation.

"The difference in traditional Russian and Ukrainian folklore might in part explain the difference between the Russian and Ukrainian armies’ performances".