IGCC Year in Review
From new podcast miniseries, to cutting-edge working papers, policy briefs, and insightful blog posts, 2024…
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The History and Future of Presidential War Powers
Lindsay: With several major wars threatening to spill over into wider regional conflicts, the question…
A Sea of Uncertainty: Reflections from the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Lindsay: This summer, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation hosted the 36th Northeast…
Rival Blocs?: The Future of Northeast Asian Security
We flew into Incheon in the midafternoon through a thick gray sky. Outside, the July…
New Issue of Current History Tackles Civil-Military Relations
What happens when political leaders pull the military into domestic politics? The new September issue…
Five Questions on America’s Withdrawal from International Organizations
Many Americans have heard about cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S.…
For the Future of AI Governance, Look to Asia
This year, the world’s two regulatory superpowers—Europe and the United States—each stepped back from advancing…
How Identitarian Rhetoric Is Reshaping U.S. Migration Diplomacy
On May 11, the United States Department of State published a statement rejecting support for…
Revenge of the Experts: Building Better Conflict Predictions
When a crisis breaks—troops amass along a border, a ceasefire wobbles, a leader issues an…
Theodore Naff
Theodore Naff is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.…
Novels on Authoritarian Rule V
In this second summer reading edition of authoritarian novel mini-reviews, we continue our discussion of…
Africa in the Shifting Global Order
Lindsay: Hi, this is Lindsay Shingler, the host of Talking Policy. I’m proud to share…
Allies Navigate the Trump-Xi Summit
During his May visit to China, President Donald Trump received a grand welcome from Xi…
Five Questions on China in Africa and the Middle East
China puts substantial diplomatic energy into its relations with the Global South. Your book shows…
How Climate Change Is Reawakening Mercury Pollution
In 2024, floodwaters tore through communities in southern Brazil, displacing more than 600,000 residents. These…
China, Russia, and North Korea’s “Axis of Upheaval”
Will China, Russia, and North Korea align more closely with one another? Will cooperation among…
Climate Change and Public Trust in Europe
Amid an unprecedented heatwave in Europe this week, a look back at the 2025 European…
Alumni Confidential: Francesca Giovannini
You are the executive director of the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard’s Belfer…
The Iran Catastrophe
The Iran war is the ultimate war of choice—and the United States has clearly lost.…
Nuclear Security in the 21st Century
Lindsay: In the eighty-plus years since nuclear weapons were first developed, a lot has changed.…