Civil Society Faces an Uphill Struggle to Defend Democracy
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, the…
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Alumni Confidential: Cullen Hendrix
You have spent the better part of your career conducting social science research on a…
Why Do Some People Participate in Democracy, While Others Don’t?
Research has shown that democracies are facing a significant backlash in many places, and authoritarian…
Taiwan Risk, U.S.-Beijing Tensions, Dominate Conversations at the 30th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Against the backdrop of intensifying strategic rivalries and heightened tensions over regional flashpoints, the Defense…
Does UN Peacekeeping Work? A New Perspective
In a recent New York Times op-ed entitled “I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing,” Anthony…
Dispatch from Taiwan: How Likely Is War with China?
Welcome to Talking Policy’s new series, Dispatches from Taiwan. We’re joined today by James Lee,…
Nazim Uras Demir
Nazim Uras Demir is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California Irvine’s Department of…
Political Violence, Ex-Presidents, and Upcoming Elections
After Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents executed a search warrant at the Florida residence…
Alumni Confidential: Kori Schake
Kori, you are the director of foreign and defense policy studies at American Enterprise Institute,…
Can People Be Manipulated to Protest?
We live in an era of increasing protest, with large-scale, sustained social unrest regularly seen around the world.…
Will Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Trigger a Crisis?
The controversy surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) potential visit to Taiwan centers on what it implies…
Explaining Conflict Over International Environmental Cooperation
Protecting the environment is one of the most pressing issues countries face today. Yet, nations…
Terrorism and Political Tolerance Toward “Fellow Travelers”
During President Biden’s recent trip to Israel, he reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to a…
Russia’s Growing Influence in Africa
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, responses in the United States and Europe…
China’s Roadmap to Becoming a Science, Technology, and Innovation Great Power
In China’s state-driven planning process, 2021 was a landmark year heralding a new and far…
IGCC Researchers Model a Pathway to a Carbon-Neutral China
Human induced climate change—driven by use of carbon-based fossil fuels and the greenhouse gases (GHGs)…
Managing Conflictual Relationships Between International Rivals
Sweden’s and Finland’s recent decisions to join NATO marked a historic moment for the two Nordic states…
Book Talk: China’s Great Gamble
In your book, The Rise of China’s Industrial Policy, you write that there’s a huge…
Make Love Not War
The conjecture that being single drives young men to commit political violence is compelling. It…
Can Russia “Export” Its Conspiracy Theories?
Ukraine is run by Nazis. NATO is arming Ukraine as a proxy to invade Russia. America has been…