Miller Op-Ed Gleans Insights from CCP Centennial Celebration
“The insecurity the CCP continually struggles with was revealed in spades in Xi’s speech…The reason it was imperative for Xi to hammer home that the CCP had transformed China…was because there is no socialist ideological glue that holds China together today.”
Pardee School Alumni Nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Malawi
David John Young (STH ’87, Pardee ’88), a career member of the Senior Foreign Service currently Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, will serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Malawi.
Garčević Discusses Western Balkans During CEUCE Colloquium
Ambassador Garčević questions why the EU has been losing its soft power attraction in the Western Balkans despite two powerful tools at its hands, the EU membership perspective and intensive economic cooperation/the volume of FDIs.
Karra Publishes Working Paper on Unmet Contraceptive Needs
“Under Karra’s methodology, measures of unmet need among different populations of women are on average five to six percentage points higher than the standard measures of unmet need that are currently used by the DHS.”
Pardee Center Hosts Conference on Carbon Pricing
The Pardee Center’s two day conference was composed of panels and keynote addresses exploring the future of carbon pricing.
“Asia Policy” Publishes Review Roundtable of Miller’s Latest Book
A panel of scholars discuss why some rising powers become great powers while others do not, factors driving the rise of these states, and other concepts explored in Professor Miller’s latest book.
Heine Comments on Prospect of Latin American Liberal Shift
Ambassador Heine argues that Latin America is witnessing the end of a political cycle that has reigned the past few years and is now looking for leaders who will respond to the needs of the people and lead the COVID-19 recovery effort.
Heine Discusses Latin American Foreign Affairs on Pódcast IMR
Given escalating US-China tensions, Ambassador Heine suggests that Active Non-Alignment is the best foreign policy option for Latin America in the international environment.
Najam Interviewed on Politics of Olympic Performance
Dean Najam explains how the Olympics have become an important avenue for global prestige, especially for smaller or poorer countries.
Heine Publishes Book Chapter On Shifting World Order
Ambassador Heine explains COVID-19’s role in shifting the existing Western-led world order to a multipolar order, in which non-Western powers like China and India will play a much more significant role.
Mako Publishes “After the Arab Uprisings“
Why were some, but not all the Arab mass social protests of 2011 accompanied by relatively quick and nonviolent outcomes in the direction of regime change, democracy, and social transformation? Why was a democratic transition limited to Tunisia, and why did region-wide democratization not occur? After the Arab Uprisings offers an explanatory framework to answer these central questions.
Heine Publishes Book Chapter on Latin America’s International Relations
In his chapter, Ambassador Heine tackles issues such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region, the election of a new president of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the political economy of China-Latin American relations.
Schmidt Discusses Europe’s Crisis Response During SAFE Workshop
Professor Schmidt discusses Europe’s responses to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the Eurozone conference as well as political and economic dynamics within the EU.
Garčević Discusses “The Battle for the Balkans” at Euractiv Conference
As EU accession is getting more demanding and taking longer, Ambassador Garčević argues that countries in the Western Balkans are made to feel like “hamsters on a wheel,” become low hanging fruit for Beijing and Moscow that promote development and governance models in stark contrast with the EU’s.
Sarkar Publishes Journal Article on Cold War Nuclear History
Professor Sarkar argues that the French foreign ministry and the French atomic energy commission feared being implicated in India’s 1974 nuclear explosion, leading to renegotiation of their past contracts with the Indian atomic energy commission.
Chehabi Publishes Article on Iranian Political Society
“The conservatives’ control of all [Iranian] institutions comes at a price: a narrowing of the regime’s social base and thus its legitimacy.”
Hare Comments on Anti-Government Protests in Cuba
“What Cuba’s government has always dreaded is a coordinated movement, as opposed to sporadic protests…They see it as the possible genesis of an organized rival political movement.”
Najam Discusses Power Vacuum in Afghanistan
When asked if Pakistan might be able to influence the balance of power in Afghanistan following a U.S. departure, Dean Najam adamantly said it could not.
Heine Interviewed on Assassination of Jovenel Moise
Ambassador Heine analyzed and reflected on the situation Hati is going through and the challenges that come after the assassination of the president.
Brulé’s Women, Power, and Property Wins APSA Luebbert Prize
The APSA describes Brulé’s book as “packed with insight not just about gender but also about power. She shows how seemingly token institutional reform – gender reservations – can have profound knock on effects on the broader culture and distribution of power, an substantive policies.”