May 12, 2022
In a feature story titled, “Simulation offers UW students practical experience in crisis negotiation,” UW News interviews Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen about the annual International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise
June 14, 2021
Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen has co-authored an Oxford University Press book titled “Party Personnel Strategies: Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments” that offers a theory of how political parties
March 25, 2021
Not even a pandemic could stop 107 Jackson School international studies seniors during winter quarter 2021 from diving into nine pressing global issues and presenting their ideas for solutions in
January 27, 2021
On February 5, 2021, Oxford University Press will publish the first paperback edition of “The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems,” a book co-edited by Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen, also
January 26, 2021
In a January 27, 2021 article titled “America’s Exceptional Two Party System” Robert Pekkanen, professor of Japanese politics at the Jackson School and co-author of “The Oxford Handbook of Electoral
December 14, 2017
Two Jackson School professors have won National Endowment for the Humanities grants in a nationwide competition. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced on Dec. 12 the full list of
September 13, 2017
Read about how a partnership between the U.S. Army War College and our M.A. in Applied International Studies helps students learn global negotiation skills.
April 6, 2017
What happens when NATO allies come into conflict? Can diplomacy subdue the nationalist passions that have torn a country apart? Is the European Union (EU) capable of solving divisive territorial issues?
December 22, 2014
Professor Robert Pekkanen is quoted in this Ozy.com article about Prime Minister Abe’s re-election and Japan’s economy. “It could send a powerful signal about a commitment to economic reform,” he
April 24, 2013
As part of a three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, four projects at the University of Washington have been chosen to receive up to $40,000 apiece to strengthen