Protest and Change in an Undemocratic Moment
In the first months of 2026, the headlines have been dominated by state violence, threats…
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Conflict Resolution in the Age of Disengagement
The international system is undergoing a visible transformation. For three decades after the Cold War,…
Shifting Dynamics with U.S.-China Competition in Latin America
On January 3, 2026, the United States government captured the incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.…
What Does the Future of Arms Control Hold?
Lindsay: New START expired on February 5th, ending decades of U.S.-Russia cooperation to reduce each…
Japan’s Snap Election: Implications for National Security Policy
Only three months after her victory in the race for Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi suddenly…
The Authoritarian Rebranding of Democracy
“We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy. Our democracy is the best.” Dmitry…
When Rebels Win: Power and Violence in Post-Conflict Societies
Lindsay: Many of us can remember, in 2021, images of frantic crowds at the airport…
Taking a Deep Breath after the New START Treaty Expires
Following a flurried week of op-eds and articles about the expiration of the New START…
Cross-Border Repression in the Cameroon Anglophone Transnational Movement
Starting in 2017, the Cameroonian government, an authoritarian regime in power since 1982, aggressively extended…
Novels on Authoritarian Rule III
In this third entry in our series reviewing books of fiction on authoritarian rule, we…
Why a Populist Trump Administration Struck a Side Deal with the OECD
In the past year, the Trump administration has pursued a range of policies that reject…
The Second Trump U.S. National Security Strategy and the Indo-Pacific
In November 2025, the Second Trump administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS) with the…
Taiwan and the Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS), which was released in November 2025, purports to…
The National Security Strategy: Structure, Contradictions, and China
China will have found much to like in the National Security Strategy (NSS) that the…
What’s Next for the U.S.-Japan Partnership?
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) makes very little mention of the alliance…
The Trump Revolution—One Year Later
Lindsay: Hi, I’m Lindsay Shingler, the host of Talking Policy. Happy New Year. I hope…
Rethinking South Korea’s Failed Martial Law Declaration
The anniversary of the martial law declaration in South Korea suggests two contending questions—and their…
Changing How Police View the Public: Lessons from the Philippines
Around the world, community policing is often promoted as a way to repair strained relations…
Regaining U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership
Since Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 Atoms for Peace initiative, 70 years of incremental achievements have engineered…
IGCC Postdoc Adi Rao Talks Cyber, Wargaming, and Network Theory
What about IGCC initially caught your eye? The connection between my research interests and the…