How “America First” Aids China’s Global Influence
The United States and China are facing off in a global competition for hearts and…
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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…
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…
Stepping Back from the Nuclear Brink: A Talking Policy Roundtable
Introduction Lindsay: Are we at the start of a new nuclear arms race? The risks…
Five Questions on Housing, Defective Concrete, and Populism in Ireland
What is Ireland’s defective concrete crisis and why did you choose to study it? When…
As Others See Us: Reflections on Changing Views of the West
Maybe this has happened to you. You look at yourself in the mirror and see…
Five Questions on Chinese Development Finance and the Foreign Aid Regime
China has produced a distinctive approach to development assistance. What are some of the core…
IGCC Holds Training and Dialogue on Chinese Innovation and Industrial Policy in Morocco
From Sept. 9 – 11, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) held…
Democracy and Its Discontents, Ep. 5: Living in Hope and History
Introduction Democracy—as we know it—is under threat. Political actors are fostering disillusionment and stoking discord…
Campaign Promises, Political Ambiguity, and Globalization
Promissory representation is the idea that a significant part of representation consists of parties making…
Geoeconomics Defines a New Phase of International Competition
Geoeconomics is a distinctive feature of contemporary international relations. The policy community understands geoeconomics as…