The University of Washington’s Center for Korea Studies (CKS), in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle, hosted the 12th annual Korean Peninsula Forum on

On Oct. 24, the Jackson School’s Program on Strategy, Policy and Diplomacy Research (SPDR) hosted the public panel, “Positioning Japan in Cybersecurity Trajectories.” Sponsored through a grant from the United States-Japan Foundation,

African Studies Program Chair Christopher Tounsel recently received an Honorable Mention for the Best Article Prize from the African Studies Review (ASR) for his article “A Tale of Two Divestments:

Kaya Sol became a Cybersecurity Research Fellow after taking a course with Assistant Teaching Professor Jessica Beyer, a lead faculty member of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative. The course was

Over 95% of international data, including financial transactions, military communications, and daily internet traffic, travel through submarine cables laid on the ocean floor (Wall & Morcos, 2021). Although this critical

TikTok’s video-sharing app has become the epicenter of a growing American debate over the boundaries of civil liberties and the imperatives of national security in the digital age. With over

Vietnam is vulnerable to cyber attacks from Chinese hackers due to the dispute over the South China Sea (Trinh, 2025; Borten, 2024). Although Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam all

Jackson School has some excellent courses for you to consider this Winter! See list below for some featured courses!  To see ALL Winter Jackson School courses, visit the WINTER 2026 Courses

Daniel Bessner, the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy at the Jackson School, recently received a Listener’s Choice award in the category of

U.S. Soft Power After Trump Soft power is a component of every state’s foreign policy. Understood as a force of attraction rather than coercion, it allows states to achieve their