In September, UC Press published the second IGCC-led issue of Current History, a century-old magazine of global affairs. The latest issue features a collection examining rising strains in civil-milita...

In July, IGCC hosted the 36th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD) in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1993 to reduce the risk of conflict in Northeast Asia and beyond, the convening brought toge...

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In a moment when discussions about the shifting global order are crowded by the conflicts in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf; the rise of China; and the repositioning of the United States and Europe—the ...

In this interview, Stephan Haggard speaks with Dawn Murphy, an associate professor in the Department of Strategy and Policy at the National War College, whose book China’s Rise in the Global South: Th...

In this interview, Lindsay Shingler speaks with Christina Cottiero, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, IGCC research fellow, and author of Protective Clubs: How Leaders Cooperate in Afr...

No other democratic power will be able to uphold a new international order. Autocrats and illiberal coalitions are already rushing into the breach, and if they go unchecked, the damage will be lasting...

The global landscape has changed drastically since the development of the first nuclear weapons—from the rise of new great powers, to the rapid innovation and expansion of new technologies. On this ep...

China is building a highly coordinated, state-subsidized “AI for Science” (AI4S) national strategy, but how will it manage risk? Guided by government initiatives and top researchers, Beijing is aggres...

In this working paper, John Ahlquist, a professor at UC San Diego, and Theodoros Ntounias, a PhD candidate at UC San Diego, examine the role of labor unions in preventing and resisting democratic back...

In this policy brief, Prabin Khadka and Linnéa Gelot investigate how civilians evaluate the legitimacy of peacekeeping missions amid declining support for UN-led operations.

In this working paper, Malika Talgatova, a UC San Diego Ph.D. candidate and IGCC dissertation fellow alumna, explores the growing sophistication of information control in autocracies, including high-t...

China’s rivals are learning how to get what Beijing won’t share Read more at The Business Times.

Polarization has long been implicated in democratic backsliding but how does it affect foreign policymaking? In her new book, Polarization and International Politics (Princeton University Press 2025) ...

Research by Pew Research Center and separately Radiant Energy Group has indicated a growing public attraction towards nuclear power. Yet, despite continuing advancements in nuclear power, public suppo...

New democracies can be fragile and that fragility can allow political parties with violent pasts to secure electoral support. In this interview, IGCC associate director Lindsay Shingler talks to Yeili...

On February 5, 2026, New START, the last remaining bilateral strategic nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, officially expired, ending decades of cooperation between th...

Beijing has embarked on a Manhattan Project-like effort to develop a more fearsome nuclear arsenal.