Putin’s Playbook
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine appears irrational and self-destructive. After all, he had already mobilized over…
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Tauhid S. Bin Kashem
Tauhid Bin Kashem was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2021-2022. His dissertation research asks why…
Vinod Aggarwal
Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal is a senior fellow with IGCC. He is also distinguished professor and…
Susan Hyde
Susan D. Hyde is a member of IGCC’s executive committee for the Future of Democracy, a professor…
Jacob Shapiro
Jacob N. Shapiro is Professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University and directs…
David Lake
David A. Lake is a senior fellow with IGCC, and a distinguished professor of the…
Barry Naughton
Barry Naughton co-leads IGCC research on Chinese science, technology, innovation, and industrial policy. He is…
Etel Solingen
Etel Solingen is a distinguished professor and the Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair…
The Future of Democracy and the Rule of Law – Challenges in the International Arena
Around the world, democracy is being challenged as never before. Many Western democracies, including the…
Beyond Blood Avocados
On July 14, 2021, ten people were reportedly abducted by armed men in Loma de Bácum, an…
Stephan Haggard
Stephan Haggard is a distinguished research professor at the UC San Diego School of Global…
Tai Ming Cheung
Tai Ming Cheung is director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and…
American Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories Is Smaller Than You Think
Headlines seem to suggest that disinformation and belief in conspiracies are big problems in the…
Book Talk: Is the U.S. Headed Toward Civil War?
The release of your book, How Civil Wars Start, coincides with the grim anniversary of…
Alumni Confidential: Kathleen Hancock
You are an associate professor of political science at the Colorado School of Mines, an…
New Research Program Analyzes Public Perceptions of Nuclear Weapons
Led by Neil Narang—a UC Santa Barbara associate professor and IGCC research director for U.S. and…
Remembering Herb York
The title of York’s autobiography, Making Weapons, Talking Peace, encapsulates the seemingly contradictory nature of…
Will the U.S. Go to War Over Taiwan?
Tensions have been rising in the Taiwan Strait. Beijing has ramped up political and military…
Book Talk: Culture, Personality, Gender and War
I think we often assume that decisions to go to war are made by well-informed…
Do Israeli Policies Deter Violence?
Wars today are fought most often, not directly between adversaries, but through proxies. Think the…