SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 17 -- Susquehanna University posted the following news: * * * Award-winning research reframes Venezuela's War of Independence from the ground up * At the center Sierra 's award-winning article is Almarza's role in undermining monarchical authority among displaced enslaved communities in the central and southwestern plains region during Venezuela's War of Independence. The last royal escribano, or notary, of Merida in the Captaincy of Venezuela, Almarza serves  more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 17 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary by senior economist Marc Lee and Andrew Longhurst, senior researcher and political economist: * * * B.C. budget's hidden austerity and tax increases put fiscal burden on low-income households BC's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves. * Budgets are about the choices we make as a society. Politicians often make bold claims more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving: * * * A conversation with presidential historian Tevi Troy (Part 1 of 2) The Ronald Reagan Institute senior fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the left's nonprofit problem and its history, origins, and effects, and how to consider doing something about it. Editorial note: this essay originally appear more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by senior resident fellow Elly Rostoum: * * * Chinese EVs Drive Around U.S. Protectionism As China's car companies race ahead conquering global markets, US competitors retreat. * China's electric vehicles are accelerating, leveraging a playbook built on scale, vertical integration, and blisteringly fast product cycles -- driving right around Washington's moves to wall off the gia more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary by Walter Clemens, associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, and professor emeritus of political science at Boston University: * * * Can Russia Be Rescued by Disaster in Ukraine? Past Russian military defeats have presaged political change. Could the mass casualties in Ukraine help a new generation of reformers come to the fore? * Complexity science argu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by Lithuanian diplomat Gabriele Klimaite-Zelviene: * * * How Nuclear Weapons Keep the Wolf From the Door Unilateral disarmament, and its sister of Western-only disarmament, remain strangely popular with some thinkers. They're wrong; it's a path to disaster. * The bus is driving past the rice fields. We, a group of diplomats, are chatty and curious. Every now and then, posters de more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary by Maksym Beznosiuk, strategy and security analyst, and William Dixon, senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute: * * * Saving Ukraine's Power Grid Russia's onslaught on Ukraine's power supply is not just an attempt to freeze its people into submission but a systematic attack on its military. Allies must take note. * All winterlong, Russia has rained a relentless ballistic ba more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Feb. 17 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * CMU partners with NMC to host forum on critical global issues * Central Michigan University's Hart-Milliken Speaker Series is partnering with the International Affairs Forum (IAF) at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) to host keynote speaker Kori Schake, a nationally recognized voice on democracy, the civil-military relationship, and executive power. Schake's presentation, "Long Arm or Strong more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 17 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Eight UChicago scholars awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2026 * Eight University of Chicago scholars have earned Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career scholars' potential to make substantial contributions to their fields. Awarded since 1955 to the brightest young scientists across the United States and Canada, the two-year Sloan Fellowships are one of the most competitive and more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Federal regulator fights state regulation of prediction markets - a gain for ordinary entrepreneurs and investors * Today, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Mike Selig announced actions to attempt to block state regulation of prediction markets that offer contracts on sports and political events. In a Wall Street Journal commentary and X post, Selig said that these ve more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 18 (TNSxrep) -- ifo Institute issued the following news release: * * * Population in Germany Will Shrink More Sharply Than Previously Assumed The population in Germany is likely to decline by around ten percent by the year 2070. Previously, a decline of one percent was expected. This is the result of an ifo analysis of current population calculations by the Federal Statistical Office. "The increased decline and aging of the population already need to be taken into accoun more PR

NEW ALBANY, Indiana, Feb. 18 -- Indiana University's Southeast campus issued the following news: * * * Regionals at the Rotunda - Guyani Don Francis, Morgann Lazrovitch, Xondrais Marie Eight IU Southeast students have been selected to present their research findings at the second annual Regionals at the Rotunda on Wednesday February 18, 2026, at the Indiana State House in Indianapolis. The event will bring standout student researchers and their faculty mentors together to demonstrate how each more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 17 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Harding Distinguished Lecture to explore history of horses, humans on Great Plains By Ellen Koester This is the Year of the Fire Horse, according to the Chinese zodiac, which means it's the perfect time for the 2026 Harding Distinguished Lecture. Archeologist and author William Taylor will present "Horses and the Human Story in South Dakota and the American West: New Perspectives from the Ancie more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Cost of copper must rise substantially to meet basic copper needs The price of copper must at least double in order to spur the development of new copper mines to meet the world's growing demand for the metal, according to a team led by a University of Michigan researcher. A research team led by U-M geologist Adam Simon examined barriers to producing the copper necessary to meet demands for t more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * URI Ph.D. graduate, professor explore challenges of flood risk management in newly published paper In a new study, University of Rhode Island Ph.D. graduate Kyle McElroy and Marine Affairs Professor Austin Becker explore the role of data and biases, as well as the challenges and decision-making processes, used by U.S. municipalities in integrating flood risk management into urban planni more PR