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…
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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…
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…