Illiberalism Threatens the Future of Global Governance
Illiberalism is on the rise. Numerous established democracies are experiencing backsliding, with leaders refusing to…
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Democracy and Its Discontents: An IGCC Miniseries
U.S. democracy is facing unprecedented challenges. Political polarization is at its highest level in decades.…
Dispatch from the 2024 STRATCOM Deterrence Symposium
A Conference on a New Era of Complex Challenges With several major wars threatening to…
Gray Rhinos and Black Swans: Making Sense of Rising China-U.S. Tensions
Lindsay: There are troubling signs emanating from China: growing aggression in the South China Sea;…
IGCC Series on Global Governance Featured in Review of International Organizations
This month, the Review of International Organizations published a special issue on Illiberal Regimes and…
NATO Wants to Be a Leader on Climate Security: Here Are the Next Steps to Get There
At the NATO Summit in Washington summit last month, the United States and its allies reiterated the…
John Scott of Los Alamos National Laboratory Weighs in on the Changing Nuclear Landscape
You started at Los Alamos in 1998 as a postdoc in the weapons-design division after…
Authoritarianism Could Poison AI
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is gathering steam, poised to revolutionize industry and change how…
Wendy Wagner
Wendy Wagner is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at UC San Diego. Her dissertation…
Rohan Advani
Rohan Advani is a Ph.D. candidate in the sociology department at the University of California,…
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Spotlight: Nasim Fekrat
You previously worked as a journalist and achieved quite a bit of fame—in 2009 Foreign…
It’s an Interesting Time to Work on Nuclear Issues—That’s Both a Challenge and an Opportunity
Engagement on nuclear topics has changed dramatically over my professional life. When I started twenty…
Kai Thaler
Kai M. Thaler is an assistant professor in the Department of Global Studies at the…
How Should We Regulate Rapidly Changing AI Technologies?
Lindsay: Since ChatGPT was released in 2022, a lot of uncertainty has accompanied the fast-emerging…
What Mexico’s Presidential Election Means for Democracy and Security
International media coverage has focused on Claudia Sheinbaum becoming the first female president in a…
We Don’t Know as Much About Nuclear Strategy as We Think We Do
The destructive potential of the nuclear bomb changed warfighting forever. A Cold War lexicon emerged…
Northeast Asia Rivals Come Together to Discuss Geopolitical Fault Lines
On May 9-10 in Tokyo, academics, military officers, and government officials from the United States,…
China’s Evolving Semiconductor Strategy
China announced yesterday that it has established its third state-backed investment fund to boost its…
What Central America’s Past Conflicts over Hydropower Say About the Future of Decarbonization
Renewable energy is being deployed at scale as part of global efforts to address climate…
Understanding Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries
Lindsay: A record number of elections are taking place around the world this year. And…