The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan
Please join us on March 6 at 4 p.m. for an in-person only talk by…
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Ukraine One Year After the Invasion
Jump to a specific topic: Daniel Brunstetter on Teaching about War during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict…
Why Calls for Secession Come and Go
On the night of October 30, 1995, Canadians held their collective breath as the votes…
China’s Uncharacteristic Approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is The New, Most Crucial General Purpose Technology AI is poised to…
What’s Behind American Distrust in Elections?
You don’t have to look very hard these days to find headlines about “stolen” elections…
Dispatch from Taiwan: Taiwanese Views on U.S. Policy
It’s been four months since our Dispatches series began in September. That was on the…
Defense Transparency Stable Among Northeast Asia Powers (For Now)
Northeast Asia Defense Transparency Index 2021–22 Policy Summary Key Takeaways Defense transparency in 2021–22 showed…
IGCC Announces New Climate Change and Security Grantees
When the River Runs Dry: Institutional Responses to Climate Change-Induced Hydropower Shortages in Developing Countries…
Illicit Economies and Extra-Legal Actors Conference
The goal of this conference is to bring together a diverse set of scholars working…
The Electoral Origins of the Santomean Coup Attempt
Holding competitive elections and the transition of power following elections are crucial for long-term democratic consolidation.…
Can the Rise of Far-Right Parties Spark Extremist Violence?
On September 25, Italy witnessed the victory of Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia party, the first far-right-led government…
How Media Shapes Politics
What kind of power does the media have in shaping how we think about the…
Dispatch from Taiwan: After the 20th National Congress
U.S. officials seem to think that China will invade Taiwan soon, with varying predictions about…
Ching Kwan Lee
Ching Kwan Lee is a professor of sociology at UC Los Angeles and a member…
Book Talk: Why Do Bloodstained Groups Win Postwar Elections?
Your new book is a comprehensive study of elections after civil wars and answers the…
Civil Society Faces an Uphill Struggle to Defend Democracy
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, the…
Alumni Confidential: Cullen Hendrix
You have spent the better part of your career conducting social science research on a…
Why Do Some People Participate in Democracy, While Others Don’t?
Research has shown that democracies are facing a significant backlash in many places, and authoritarian…
Taiwan Risk, U.S.-Beijing Tensions, Dominate Conversations at the 30th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Against the backdrop of intensifying strategic rivalries and heightened tensions over regional flashpoints, the Defense…
Does UN Peacekeeping Work? A New Perspective
In a recent New York Times op-ed entitled “I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing,” Anthony…