The Center for West European Studies has published profiles of several recent FLAS fellows.  Click on the links below to read the profiles. Isatou Jallow, Law.  Language: French. Jennifer Ryder,

“Turkey is deeply divided,” said Reşat Kasaba, director of the Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington during a King 5 TV interview that aired on Tuesday, June 28,

North Korea has focused on an asymmetric military strategy because of its lack of conventional power and resources. However, its traditional asymmetric weapons and strength have been monitored by Western countries, therefore, heavily sanctioned. For North Korea, developing and exerting its cyber capabilities is the best way to avoid sanctions while achieving its strategic goals. Cyber tactics are effective because of the characteristics of cyberspace or cyber warfare–the low cost of entry, anonymity, and plausible deniability.

Ph.D. Student Deep Pal published a commentary in The Diplomat on June 27 analyzing the ramifications of India’s failure to secure membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). His article titled “China-India Relations After the

Thursday’s [June 23, 2016] vote puts Britain in a weak leadership position at a time when collaboration and innovation are needed to keep up the neighborhood writes Professor of Scandinavian

Daniel Chirot, the Jackson School’s Herbert J. Ellison professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington, was interviewed by several media as part of global reactions to

The closeness of China and Russia’s cybersecurity relationship is not dependent on their ties with each other, but is defined in relation to the US. Instead of augmenting the trust or preventing cyber-espionage between the two countries, Sino-Russian cybersecurity cooperation is a strategic move to challenge US dominance over the Internet.

The Nepal Studies Initiative, housed in the South Asia Center at the Jackson School, is leading a group of University of Washington students to Nepal in August 2016 to learn

Eight Jackson School undergraduates spent the morning of June 7 in a different kind of classroom: presenting their research on “Extremist Use of Information and Communications Technology – Transcending the