What impact does banning mobile phones have on students’ grades? How much should we rely on other countries’ armies for our own national security? What’s allowing for the tide of fake medicines globally? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
"Relying on other people’s armies is a great idea if you can make it work… easier said than done." – @djrothkopf http://t.co/DGT53zRhHh
— Aspen Middle East (@AspenMidEast) May 20, 2015
Musa and Bintu are two #BokoHaram refugees whose story, unlike many others, has a happy ending http://t.co/gG3hMGP4Wd
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) May 20, 2015
Mounting Evidence of Advantages for Children of Working Mothers @UpshotNYT http://t.co/ce90eJhKot
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) May 19, 2015
High schools can boost grades by banning mobile phones.
http://t.co/jplFQH70xs https://t.co/9iURP3hmuH
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) May 19, 2015
Stemming the Tide of Fake Medicines http://t.co/dSpfaQcMLU cc @Muhiyeni @saskargbo @Serufusa @UtibeEffiongMD
— Aspen New Voices (@AspenNewVoices) May 18, 2015
"The growing sense of disappointment in #Tunisia is fertile ground for extremist recruiters." http://t.co/vgSN58Fe8w
— Aspen Middle East (@AspenMidEast) May 18, 2015
