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Mary Callahan pens article on ghosts of coups past in Myanmar // East Asia Forum
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Saadia Pekkanen writes why conflict in space may be inevitable // East Asia Forum
January 22, 2021
In “Japan’s space defence policy charts its own course” Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, also co-director of the University of Washington Space Policy and Research Center, analyzes why conflict in
Daniel Bessner on what’s behind the QAnon cult, and how can we confront it? // Jacobin Magazine
January 19, 2021
In “How the QAnon Cult Stormed the Capitol” Daniel Bessner, an associate professor of the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, co-authors an article exploring who and what are behind the
Daniel Bessner on Trump’s threat to democracy as a position of weakness // Jacobin Magazine
January 19, 2021
In “Trump Is a Threat to Democracy. But That Doesn’t Mean He’s Winning” Daniel Bessner, an associate professor of the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, co-authors a piece asserting
Scott Montgomery on the true state of American democracy in 2021 // Global Policy
January 15, 2021
Faculty Scott Montgomery’s latest piece “What Has Happened? A Comment on the True State of American Democracy in 2021” takes a historical perspective on the weakening of America’s democratic order
Faculty and Jackson School Alum Tabitha Mallory article named No. 1 in 2020 by CIMSEC
January 15, 2021
In “On the High Seas: CIMSEC’s Top 10 Pieces of 2020” Affiliate Faculty and Jackson School Alum (B.A. International Studies) Tabitha Grace Mallory’s co-authored article “Evolution of the Fleet: A Closer
Scott Montgomery quoted on what Biden’s nuclear policy could look like // Kent Reporter
January 13, 2021
In “What could Biden’s nuclear policy look like?” Jackson School faculty Scott L. Montgomery analyzes potential opportunities and challenges for President-elect Joe Biden’s nuclear policy in China, Iran and the impact
Daniel Bessner quoted on a more progressive US-China policy // The Nation
January 12, 2021
In “Biden’s China Problem: Resisting a New Cold War in Asia” Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor, Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization at the Jackson School, shares his ideas on
Saadia Pekkanen quoted in article on global impact of China’s new satellite-based navigation system // The Wire China
January 12, 2021
Saadia Pekkanen, a professor at the Jackson School and co-director at the University of Washingtonʼs Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC), is quoted in an article titled “Beidou’s Global Mark”
Sunila Kale is special issue editor of The Journal of Peasant Studies
December 29, 2020
Associate Professor and Chair of the South Asia Center Sunila S. Kale is the special issue editor of the November issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies on comparative land politics in
New book by Taso Lagos on spiritual innovation in 1920s Los Angeles
December 14, 2020
Taso Lagos, a lecturer and founding director of the Greece Study Abroad program at the University of Washington, writes about spiritual innovation in the booming city of Los Angeles in