Wendy Wagner
Wendy Wagner was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2024-2025. Her dissertation explores why and how…
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Rohan Advani
Rohan Advani was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2024-2025. His research examines how states use…
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…
Five Questions on Growing Global Pessimism about Democracy
Much of IGCC’s work on illiberal regimes and international organizations assumes that advanced industrial democracies…
Looking For Explanations: Trauma, Politics, and Polarization
Lindsay: Natural disasters, mass shootings, terrorist attacks, oil spills, pandemics. We are inundated with information…
Democracies and Autocracies are Contesting the Future of Multilateralism
The year 2024 is putting democracy to the test. Half of the world’s population has…
Is Russia Looking to Put Nukes in Space?
Fresh U.S. intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon in space with a nuclear…
Populists are Attacking Science to Undermine Global Governance
The election of populist outsider Javier Milei to the Argentine presidency has alarmed the country’s…
Where Are We Now? Two Years Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Introduction Welcome to Talking Policy, the official podcast of the University of California Institute on…
About the Postdoctoral Fellowship
IGCC’s Washington, D.C.-based Postdoctoral Fellowship in Technology and International Security supports postdoctoral fellows whose research…
Will a New Generation Learn to Love the Bomb?
Increased nuclear weapons investments by U.S. competitors have brought nuclear modernization front of mind for…