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Innovate to Dominate: The Rise of the Chinese Techno-Security State
In Innovate to Dominate, Tai Ming Cheung offers insight into why, how, and whether China will…
Shifting Dynamics Between States and Militias in War
Pro-government militias are often used by states during war and armed conflict as a cheap force…
Ukraine as an Instance of State Repression
The crisis in Ukraine reveals some distinct opinions about how the world is viewed. Most…
The World in 2022
Why Statebuilding Didn’t Work in Afghanistan
The collapse of the Afghan government illustrates the larger dilemma in all statebuilding attempts. The…
Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World
Assaults on democracy are increasingly coming from the actions of duly elected governments, rather than…
Between Conflict and Cooperation: The World in 2021
From the COVID-19 pandemic to spiraling geo-strategic competition and the continuing spread of strident domestic…
The J-20 Fighter Aircraft and the State of China’s Defense Science, Technology, and Innovation Potential
The stealthy online unveiling of China’s next generation fighter aircraft, dubbed the J-20, represents an…
IGCC Year in Review
From new podcast miniseries, to cutting-edge working papers, policy briefs, and insightful blog posts, 2024…
The History and Future of Presidential War Powers
Lindsay: With several major wars threatening to spill over into wider regional conflicts, the question…
The Rise and Fall of South Korea’s Yoon Seok-yeol
The likelihood that Yoon Seok-yeol will survive the overreach of his December 3 martial law…
Climate Disasters Are Putting Democracies to the Test
They’re called October surprises—unexpected events that impact November elections in the United States. But with…
New IGCC Project To Enhance Research Security Within the UC System
As science, technology, and innovation play an increasingly pivotal role in geo-strategic competition, U.S. academic…
Book Talk: The U.S. Military’s Environmental Awakening
Lindsay: How did the military wake up to climate change? Can the threats of a…
The Climate-Migration Nexus Introduces New Political Risks
How do people react as their livelihoods slip away from them? It’s a question not…
Armed Standoffs, Discounts, and NASCAR: Why People Buy Violent Extremism
Domestic violent extremism has recently migrated from the fringes of American society to become a…
IGCC Fellows Present Research at the Forefront of Global Security
On October 25, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) hosted a workshop…
In-Group Punishment in International Relations: U.S. Reactions to the Founding of China’s AIIB
In this working paper, co-authors Jing Qian (New York University, Shanghai), James Raymond Vreeland (Princeton…
China Is Making a Play for Global Techno-Security Leadership—Here’s How the U.S. Should Respond
Beijing sees science, technology, and innovation as the key to challenging the United States for…