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The Electoral Origins of the Santomean Coup Attempt
Holding competitive elections and the transition of power following elections are crucial for long-term democratic consolidation.…
Can the Rise of Far-Right Parties Spark Extremist Violence?
On September 25, Italy witnessed the victory of Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia party, the first far-right-led government…
How Media Shapes Politics
What kind of power does the media have in shaping how we think about the…
Dispatch from Taiwan: After the 20th National Congress
U.S. officials seem to think that China will invade Taiwan soon, with varying predictions about…
Ching Kwan Lee
Ching Kwan Lee is a professor of sociology at UC Los Angeles and a member…
Book Talk: Why Do Bloodstained Groups Win Postwar Elections?
Your new book is a comprehensive study of elections after civil wars and answers the…
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…
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 was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2022-2023. Uras’s dissertation explores the influence…
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…