UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
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IGCC is a research network comprised of scholars from across the University of California who produce and use research to help build a more peaceful, equitable world.
Meet new IGCC postdoc Jung Jae Kwon! In this interview, Jung Jae discusses his research on how nonnuclear-armed allies defend against nuclear threats, his experience as a peacekeeper in South Sudan, and his travels through China: bit.ly/4oVjBQS
IGCC Postdoc Jung Jae Kwon Talks War, Peace, and Nukes - IGCC
In September, IGCC’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Technology and International Security, now in its fifth year, welcomed four new fellows to Washington, D.C. where they are advancing research that creat...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Meet new IGCC postdoc Jung Jae Kwon! In this interview, Jung Jae discusses his research on how nonnuclear-armed allies defend against nuclear threats, his experience as a peacekeeper in South Sudan, and his travels through China: bit.ly/4oVjBQS
Beijing’s growing investment in ocean research is reshaping global marine science and geopolitics alike. Read analysis about the scale and impact of China's ocean science from IGCC senior fellow Jimmy Goodrich new on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/oceans-...
Oceans of Ambition: The Rise of China’s Blue Science - IGCC
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Beijing’s growing investment in ocean research is reshaping global marine science and geopolitics alike. Read analysis about the scale and impact of China's ocean science from IGCC senior fellow Jimmy Goodrich new on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/oceans-...
How can lessons from the past help us create a more secure nuclear future? Sarah Bidgood, a 2024-26 IGCC postdoctoral fellow, speaks with us about what her archival work on historic nuclear crises can tell us about the potential for nuclear-armed conflict today: bit.ly/4pfg6VJ
Five Questions on What History Can Teach Us About Today’s Nuclear World - IGCC
China’s growing nuclear arsenal, the decline of the international arms control regime, and the rise of militarized conflict across the world are creating new nuclear risks. Can lessons from past nucle...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
How can lessons from the past help us create a more secure nuclear future? Sarah Bidgood, a 2024-26 IGCC postdoctoral fellow, speaks with us about what her archival work on historic nuclear crises can tell us about the potential for nuclear-armed conflict today: bit.ly/4pfg6VJ
On the heels of China's fourth plenum meeting, IGCC director Tai Ming Cheung offers analysis of a recent CCP communiqué that reveals some interesting clues to Beijing's priorities for economic and security development plan through 2030. New on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/continu...
Continuity and a Military Purge at China’s Fourth Communist Party Plenum - IGCC
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November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On the heels of China's fourth plenum meeting, IGCC director Tai Ming Cheung offers analysis of a recent CCP communiqué that reveals some interesting clues to Beijing's priorities for economic and security development plan through 2030. New on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/continu...
In a new episode of Talking Policy, Georgia Kernell of UCLA joins host Lindsay Shingler for a comparative look at the U.S. political system, and how America's deeply entrenched two-party system impacts both policy and political participation. Listen now: bit.ly/4qGa2qr
American Party Politics and the Crisis of Representation - IGCC
The United States, like few other advanced democracies, has a deeply entrenched two-party system. In recent years, as the two parties have drifted further and further apart, gridlock has intensified i...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In a new episode of Talking Policy, Georgia Kernell of UCLA joins host Lindsay Shingler for a comparative look at the U.S. political system, and how America's deeply entrenched two-party system impacts both policy and political participation. Listen now: bit.ly/4qGa2qr
At the 2025 APEC Summit in South Korea, the issue of "overcapacity"—the imbalance between China’s vast production and the world’s ability or willingness to absorb it—looms large over the region. Read the latest analysis from IGCC expert Beije Tang: bit.ly/434G4ma
Chinese Overcapacity Looms Over the APEC Summit - IGCC
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October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
At the 2025 APEC Summit in South Korea, the issue of "overcapacity"—the imbalance between China’s vast production and the world’s ability or willingness to absorb it—looms large over the region. Read the latest analysis from IGCC expert Beije Tang: bit.ly/434G4ma
Meet new IGCC postdoc Dominic Brennan! In this interview, Dom discusses his research on nuclear algorithms, his transition from the hard sciences to policy, and his move from the UK to Washington, D.C. for this postdoctoral fellowship: ucigcc.org/interview/ig...
IGCC Postdoc Dominic Brennan Talks Nuclear Reactors, Algorithms, and Emissions - IGCC
In September, IGCC’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Technology and International Security, now in its fifth year, welcomed four new fellows to Washington, D.C. where they are advancing research that creat...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Meet new IGCC postdoc Dominic Brennan! In this interview, Dom discusses his research on nuclear algorithms, his transition from the hard sciences to policy, and his move from the UK to Washington, D.C. for this postdoctoral fellowship: ucigcc.org/interview/ig...
In the latest IGCC working paper, Andrew Shaver of UC Merced and a team of researchers at the Political Violence Lab share conclusions from online surveys in Bangladesh and Pakistan that helped uncover otherwise-unreported instances of political violence and human rights violations: bit.ly/3WrjlwH
What Online Surveys Can Tell Us About Violence, Unrest, and Human Rights - IGCC
In this working paper, Andrew Shaver, an assistant professor at UC Merced, and a team of researchers from the Political Violence Lab, draw conclusions based on surveys they ran in Bangladesh and Pakis...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In the latest IGCC working paper, Andrew Shaver of UC Merced and a team of researchers at the Political Violence Lab share conclusions from online surveys in Bangladesh and Pakistan that helped uncover otherwise-unreported instances of political violence and human rights violations: bit.ly/3WrjlwH
In a recent IGCC blog post, UC Riverside professor Kevin Esterling details a platform that seeks to use AI and algorithmic tools to enhance the democratic process in an era where digital tech is often an oppositional force to democratic civil discourse: ucigcc.org/blog/can-dig...
Can Digital Tech Actually Help Save Democracy? - IGCC
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October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In a recent IGCC blog post, UC Riverside professor Kevin Esterling details a platform that seeks to use AI and algorithmic tools to enhance the democratic process in an era where digital tech is often an oppositional force to democratic civil discourse: ucigcc.org/blog/can-dig...
IGCC is delighted to share that our podcast miniseries, Democracy and Its Discontents, has won Gold at the 2025 Davey Awards in the category for Podcast Series, Government & Political. Learn more about the series, and this wonderful recognition, here: bit.ly/4qd7WOG
IGCC Podcast Miniseries Wins Gold at the Davey Awards - IGCC
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October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
IGCC is delighted to share that our podcast miniseries, Democracy and Its Discontents, has won Gold at the 2025 Davey Awards in the category for Podcast Series, Government & Political. Learn more about the series, and this wonderful recognition, here: bit.ly/4qd7WOG
IGCC is pleased to welcome two new members and a new chair to our Steering Committee! Composed of faculty representatives from all ten UC campuses and two national labs, the committee advises IGCC leadership, serves as campus liaisons, and awards IGCC fellowships and grants.
October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
IGCC is pleased to welcome two new members and a new chair to our Steering Committee! Composed of faculty representatives from all ten UC campuses and two national labs, the committee advises IGCC leadership, serves as campus liaisons, and awards IGCC fellowships and grants.
IGCC senior fellow Jimmy Goodrich was quoted in @financialtimes.com last week about China's sweeping rare-earth export controls: "If...the U.S. doesn’t respond strongly, Beijing could have complete control over the entire advanced semiconductor supply chain."
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China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
Rules come ahead of expected meeting this month between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
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October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
IGCC senior fellow Jimmy Goodrich was quoted in @financialtimes.com last week about China's sweeping rare-earth export controls: "If...the U.S. doesn’t respond strongly, Beijing could have complete control over the entire advanced semiconductor supply chain."
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IGCC is pleased to welcome Aila Matanock (@matanock.bsky.social) to the institute's leadership as Research Director for Violence, Intervention, and Order. Aila, an IGCC affiliate since 2022, is an associate professor at @gpsucsd.bsky.social. Learn more about Aila here: ucigcc.org/people/aila-...
Aila Matanock - IGCC
Aila M. Matanock is an associate professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and IGCC research director for violence, intervention, and order. Her research addresses post-confli...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
IGCC is pleased to welcome Aila Matanock (@matanock.bsky.social) to the institute's leadership as Research Director for Violence, Intervention, and Order. Aila, an IGCC affiliate since 2022, is an associate professor at @gpsucsd.bsky.social. Learn more about Aila here: ucigcc.org/people/aila-...
IGCC Research Director Stephan Haggard is in Cambridge, MA this weekend for his formal induction into the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Please join us in congratulating Steph on this honor!
More on Steph's election: today.ucsd.edu/story/americ...
More on Steph's election: today.ucsd.edu/story/americ...
UC San Diego Professors Join Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two UC San Diego faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Stephan Haggard, Distinguished Research Professor of political science in UC San Diego’s School of Glob...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
IGCC Research Director Stephan Haggard is in Cambridge, MA this weekend for his formal induction into the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Please join us in congratulating Steph on this honor!
More on Steph's election: today.ucsd.edu/story/americ...
More on Steph's election: today.ucsd.edu/story/americ...
President Trump's recent #UNGA speech excoriated the United Nations for being weak and ineffective. For the IGC blog, Bridget Coggins, Jungjae Hong, and Julia Morse describe how the U.S. may attack the UN as the 80th general assembly session continues: ucigcc.org/blog/two-way...
Two Ways Trump May Attack the UN - IGCC
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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
President Trump's recent #UNGA speech excoriated the United Nations for being weak and ineffective. For the IGC blog, Bridget Coggins, Jungjae Hong, and Julia Morse describe how the U.S. may attack the UN as the 80th general assembly session continues: ucigcc.org/blog/two-way...
IGCC & UCSD's China Data Lab have launched the China Policy Document Navigator, a database giving researchers access to Chinese policy documents that are becoming increasingly difficult to access. Project leaders Barry Naughton & Young Yang discuss the new portal: ucigcc.org/interview/ch...
China’s Science and Technology Ecosystem in Focus: Introducing the China Policy Document Navigator - IGCC
IGCC’s China Science, Technology, Innovation, and Industrial Policy (STIIP) project has spent the last three years shining a light on developments in China’s scientific enterprise as the country posit...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
IGCC & UCSD's China Data Lab have launched the China Policy Document Navigator, a database giving researchers access to Chinese policy documents that are becoming increasingly difficult to access. Project leaders Barry Naughton & Young Yang discuss the new portal: ucigcc.org/interview/ch...
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: While the U.S. is questioning its role as an international security provider, China has unveiled its own global security initiatives. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined Talking Policy to explore the uncertain future of the global security order: ucigcc.org/podcast/will...
Will China Be the Next Global Security Leader? - IGCC
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has maintained sole superpower status by underwriting the international security order. But in recent years, the United States has begun to question wh...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: While the U.S. is questioning its role as an international security provider, China has unveiled its own global security initiatives. @sheenagreitens.bsky.social joined Talking Policy to explore the uncertain future of the global security order: ucigcc.org/podcast/will...
Populist leaders like Duterte in the Philippines have come to power promising tough action on crime. But as the former president faces ICC trial, what determines whether strongman tactics like his sustain or lose popular support? Read more on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/the-phi...
The Philippines Offers a Warning About Tough-on-Crime Policies - IGCC
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October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Populist leaders like Duterte in the Philippines have come to power promising tough action on crime. But as the former president faces ICC trial, what determines whether strongman tactics like his sustain or lose popular support? Read more on our blog: ucigcc.org/blog/the-phi...
Digital tech is transforming lives, but how will it be governed? For our blog, IGCC senior fellow Peter Cowhey shares insights from his visit to APEC South Korea and his recent report on how nations are trying to write the international digital rulebook: bit.ly/4gQ1JUP
What Should the World’s Digital Rulebook Look Like? A Dispatch from APEC South Korea - IGCC
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September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Digital tech is transforming lives, but how will it be governed? For our blog, IGCC senior fellow Peter Cowhey shares insights from his visit to APEC South Korea and his recent report on how nations are trying to write the international digital rulebook: bit.ly/4gQ1JUP
IGCC's new postdoc Emily Kim discusses her research on AI governance, her career journey from Seoul to Atlanta to Washington D.C., and her love of CrossFit in a wide-ranging spotlight interview. Learn more about our new fellow as the academic year begins: ucigcc.org/interview/ig...
IGCC Postdoc Emily Kim Talks AI and Tech Governance - IGCC
IGCC’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Technology and International Security, now in its fifth year, welcomes four new fellows to Washington, D.C. this month, where they will advance research that creates ...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
IGCC's new postdoc Emily Kim discusses her research on AI governance, her career journey from Seoul to Atlanta to Washington D.C., and her love of CrossFit in a wide-ranging spotlight interview. Learn more about our new fellow as the academic year begins: ucigcc.org/interview/ig...
As the world gathers in New York this week for #UNGA, U.S. and Chinese leaders are outlining different visions of global order. IGCC nonresident fellow Rachel Hulvey spoke with Talking Policy earlier this year about how China is trying to assert itself as a global leader: bit.ly/4kLWKpm
America First vs. a Community of Shared Future: The U.S.-China Competition for Hearts and Minds - IGCC
Tensions between the United States and China are intensifying, with a trade war being the latest sign of friction following President Trump’s imposition of tariffs, which were themselves followed by C...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As the world gathers in New York this week for #UNGA, U.S. and Chinese leaders are outlining different visions of global order. IGCC nonresident fellow Rachel Hulvey spoke with Talking Policy earlier this year about how China is trying to assert itself as a global leader: bit.ly/4kLWKpm
It's a new academic year, and both classes and job searches are getting into full swing. In our latest Alumni Confidential interview, leading expert on U.S. foreign policy James Goldgeier recounts his journey and shares career advice with junior academics: ucigcc.org/alumni-confi...
Alumni Confidential: James Goldgeier - IGCC
Engaged scholarship is a cornerstone of IGCC’s mission. James Goldgeier, professor of international relations and former dean of the School of International Service at American University, is a leadin...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's a new academic year, and both classes and job searches are getting into full swing. In our latest Alumni Confidential interview, leading expert on U.S. foreign policy James Goldgeier recounts his journey and shares career advice with junior academics: ucigcc.org/alumni-confi...
This month's China Victory Day parade demonstrated the extent to which Beijing prioritizes military readiness. Back in May, IGCC director Tai Ming Cheung wrote on how militarization is becoming a driving force in Chinese politics, economics, and culture: ucigcc.org/blog/china-i...
China is Militarizing—Will that Make War More Likely? - IGCC
CHINA FOCUS: China Focus is a column for IGCC’s Global Policy at a Glance which examines China’s rise as an autocratic great power and its implications for U.S. national security, the global economy, ...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This month's China Victory Day parade demonstrated the extent to which Beijing prioritizes military readiness. Back in May, IGCC director Tai Ming Cheung wrote on how militarization is becoming a driving force in Chinese politics, economics, and culture: ucigcc.org/blog/china-i...
Many democracies have experienced backsliding over the last decade. But how can these nations "frontslide" to restore the rule of law and democratic norms? Read the recent analysis from IGCC's blog on the glimmers of democratic renewal in Poland: ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
Poland Shows that Restoring Democracy Takes More than an Election - IGCC
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September 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Many democracies have experienced backsliding over the last decade. But how can these nations "frontslide" to restore the rule of law and democratic norms? Read the recent analysis from IGCC's blog on the glimmers of democratic renewal in Poland: ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
How do false beliefs arise and spread? In the latest episode of IGCC's Talking Policy podcast, @ucirvine.bsky.social philosophy professor Cailin O'Connor (@cailinmeister.bsky.social) joins us to discuss the origins of misinformation and how it might be combated. Listen here: bit.ly/468bSIz
A Philosopher's Take on Truth and Misinformation - IGCC
Misinformation is impacting society at all levels, from politics to health. But what makes us believe untrue things? And why is misinformation on the rise today? In this episode of Talking Policy, hos...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How do false beliefs arise and spread? In the latest episode of IGCC's Talking Policy podcast, @ucirvine.bsky.social philosophy professor Cailin O'Connor (@cailinmeister.bsky.social) joins us to discuss the origins of misinformation and how it might be combated. Listen here: bit.ly/468bSIz