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Pursuing Photon Sovereignty: China’s Advanced Light Source Breakout

Jimmy Goodrich and Jackson Martin

Working Paper / October 14, 2026

Chinese UN Peacekeepers at the 2025 China Victory Day Parade

The Bello-Economics Age: How States are Militarizing in a Turbulent World Order

Tai Ming Cheung

Policy Brief / October 07, 2026

Military helicopter at Air Show.

Implications of Trump’s Arms Sales Strategy

Chi Fang

Policy Brief / August 12, 2026

Overhead photo of janitorial workers threatening to strike in Santa Monica, CA

Labor Unions Are Not the “Bulwark of Democracy”

John Ahlquist and Theodoros Ntounias

Working Paper / May 27, 2026

Photo of group of people walking through a dirt path.

How Populism Reshapes Migration Policy

Jesús Rojas Venzor

Working Paper / May 21, 2026

Military and police peacekeepers serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol the Muslim enclave of PK5 in Bangui.

Legitimacy in Peacekeeping: Civilian Support Hinges on Peacekeeper Behavior, Not Outcomes

Prabin Khadka and Linnéa Gelot

Policy Brief / May 12, 2026

Photo of static on a digital screen.

Information Control in Autocracies: A Review Essay

Malika Talgatova

Working Paper / May 11, 2026

Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France

Nuclear Power: Rebuilding Trust in an Audit Agenda

Dominic Brennan

Essay / April 03, 2026

Remnants of a damaged vehicle lie next to a dry dirt road in Kabul

Timing Is Everything: A New Way to Estimate Strategic Behavior

Danny Klinenberg, Eli Berman, et al

Working Paper / February 04, 2026

The Z-Machine, part of the pulsed power program at Sandia Labs in New Mexico

China’s Hidden Quest to Win in Pulsed Power Fusion

Jimmy Goodrich

Policy Brief / January 14, 2026

People's Armed Police at the 2025 China Victory Day Parade

A Realist Reassessment of China’s Rise in East Asia

Yuji Idomoto

Working Paper / December 16, 2025

Close-up photo of a person writing on a blank piece of paper with a mug nearby

How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science

David Lake

Essay / November 21, 2025

An array of colorful computer circuit boards

China’s Competitive Model for Strategic Science, Technology, and Innovation Development

Tai Ming Cheung

Report / November 19, 2025

A photo of a protestor holding a sign that reads "Demand Democracy"

Backsliding and Democratic Resilience: Prevention, Resistance, and Recovery

Robert Kaufman

Working Paper / November 04, 2025

A student raises his arm during mass protests in Bangladesh, 2024

What Online Surveys Can Tell Us About Violence, Unrest, and Human Rights

Andrew Shaver, Claudia Loomis, Eliot Jobe, et al

Working Paper / October 21, 2025

IGCC Then and Now essay series thumbnail, featuring a still image of The War Room from the film "Dr. Strangelove"

The Rational World of Defense Intellectuals—Revisited

Colleen Larkin

Essay / September 04, 2025

Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group members

Do Electorates Support Fighting Crime with an Iron Fist? Evidence from the Philippine Drug War

Enrico La Viña and Nico Ravanilla

Working Paper / August 25, 2025

Donald Trump sitting behind a nameplate that reads "President United States"

Trump’s Trade War: A Primer

David Lake

Essay / August 14, 2025