Five Questions on the Logic of Nuclear Nonuse
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How Online Misinformation Paved the Way for America’s Pivot Away from Ukraine
Russia’s war in Ukraine is now stretching into its fourth year. Instead of celebrating Ukrainian…
When Everyone Loses: Understanding Why Wars Start and How They End
Lindsay: Why did Russia invade Ukraine? What’s driving civil war in Sudan? Will China invade…
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand About Alliances
President Trump’s animosity towards our traditional allies is well known. As he sees it, Europe,…
Freezing Aid Will Undermine U.S. Interests
President Trump’s order to freeze U.S. foreign aid has been framed as a necessary step…
New Questions and Insights from the Launch of IGCC’s Climate-Democracy Incubator
Jump to a specific topic: Introduction | Christina Schneider, UC San Diego Negotiating Trade-Offs at…
Three Years of War in Ukraine
Lindsay: I’m Lindsay Shingler, and you’re listening to Talking Policy. Three years have passed since…
Could a U.S. Peace Initiative Backfire in Ukraine?
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is nearing its third anniversary, and the humanitarian toll has…
Beyond the Headlines on DeepSeek’s Sputnik Moment: A Conversation with Jimmy Goodrich
The release of DeepSeek-R1 rattled markets at the end of January. What’s the real story…
Terrorists Answer Verbal Attacks with Violence
After an Islamic State group-inspired attack in New Orleans killed 14 people on New Year’s Day 2025,…
How Global Graft Networks and Media Warfare Sustain Autocracy
In Autocracy, Inc., the journalist and historian Anne Applebaum reports on the fate of a…
Martial Law and the Future of U.S.-ROK Relations
Seoul is at a critical moment. Key government offices, including the president, prime minister, head…
How “America First” Aids China’s Global Influence
The United States and China are facing off in a global competition for hearts and…
Violent Boomerang: Hamas and the Question of (Uncivil) Disobedience
On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 civilians and soldiers and capturing 250…
Social Media Alone Isn’t Making Us More Intolerant: Evidence from Myanmar
Polarization is rising, but not how you might think. For example, a study by the…
What’s Next? — IGCC Experts Weigh In on the Year Ahead
Jump to a specific topic: Introduction from the IGCC Director Will 2025 Be a Year…
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…
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…