Recent WTO rulings may complicate green industrial policies Todd N. Tucker - December 20, 2022 Will the WTO framework discourage countries from decarbonization plans that prioritize their own workers, supply chains and producers?
Russia is about to plunge into financial crisis. How will citizens react? Tom Pepinsky - February 27, 2022 If Putin wants to stop a bank run, he doesn’t have good options
Don’t expect regional organizations to rein in coups Emmanuel Balogun and Aarie Glas - July 13, 2021 Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.
The Biden administration supports waiving patents on coronavirus vaccines. Big Pharma won’t be happy. Carie Steele - May 5, 2021 Developed countries are joining developing countries to put pharmaceutical companies in a tough position
Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue Maggie Shum - April 22, 2020 As the government cracks down on dissent, protests have moved into the courts
Here’s why raising gas prices leads to violent protests like Ecuador’s Jordan Kyle - October 14, 2019 Citizens are more likely to support such changes when they trust the government, we found
Countries are piling on to ban Boeing’s new plane from their airspace Ashley Nunes - March 12, 2019 Investigators look over debris from the crash site of Ethiopian
We finally know the results of Papua New Guinea’s elections Zoe Meers and Kim Yi Dionne - October 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65355" align="aligncenter" width="640"] An electoral commission worker answers questions
For Trump, politics, family and business merge. We know from Indonesia how that may end up. Thomas Pepinsky - November 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50328" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Donald Trump with his family. (AP
Here’s what 29 million tweets can teach us about Brexit Joshua Tucker and Alexandra Siegel - July 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42366" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Brexit flotilla of fishing boats
Yes, Benedict Anderson was a political scientist Patricio Abinales - December 21, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33809" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Benedict "Ben" Anderson pictured with the
Why the Rohingya will continue to flee Myanmar, even if we try to deter them Rebecca Hamlin - May 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_25439" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Asylum seekers from Myanmar wait to
Muslim NGOs could help counter violent extremism Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar - February 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21380" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Islamic State militants hold up their
Why is terror Islamist? Steven Fish - January 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20587" align="alignnone" width="620"] This image made from a video
World values lost in translation Charles Kurzman - September 2, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15134" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Soldiers parade during official celebrations of
Racism is a framework, not a theory Andrew Gelman - May 27, 2014 A couple of weeks ago, we had a discussion on
The decline of union membership and what it means for politics Joshua Tucker - October 24, 2013 [caption id="attachment_2156" align="alignnone" width="600" special=""] 2008 May Day antiwar protests
Australia's 2013 election: A divided left and a step to the right Joshua Tucker - September 26, 2013 The following is a post-election report on the 2013 Australian
Political Science and The Act of Killing Erik Voeten - August 12, 2013 The Act of Killing is a truly incredible movie that
What do legislatures in authoritarian regimes do? Joshua Tucker - December 14, 2012 No, this post is not going to feature another picture
Tom Pepinsky on causation and comparative politics Henry Farrell - December 23, 2011 At "Indolaysia":http://blogs.cornell.edu/indolaysia/2011/12/21/omfg-exogenous-variation-or-can-you-find-good-nails-when-you-find-an-indonesian-politics-hammer/, via Chris Blattman. bq. I am teaching the