IGCC’s Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, an annual track 1.5 meeting among Japan, South Korea, Russia, China and the US, was featured in a story in the The Korea Times today. Read Steph Haggard’s commentary on NEACD’s history—and future: bit.ly/3Wx1Hsy

IGCC is in Tokyo this week for the 32nd Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a track 1.5 forum which was a forerunner to the six-party talks. Stephan Haggard reflects on 3 decades of NEACD and why such diplomacy is now more important than ever. Read more: bit.ly/3Wx1Hsy

Democratic norms are under threat globally. Why is this happening, and what should be done about it? In a new podcast episode, we chat with Dr. Pranab Bardhan (UC Berkeley) to understand democratic disenchantment in rich and poor countries. Listen here: bit.ly/44rRHmB

Check out this recent interview published by The Climate Change Review Review, featuring IGCC steering committee member Paul Almeida and dissertation fellow Luis Rubén González of UC Merced discussing their work regarding climate and environmental social movements: bit.ly/4aZdqEP

My report 'China’s Endless Frontier: 'Organized Scientific Research' & the Quest for Technological Self-Reliance' is out!

Based on research I conducted during my @AvH German Chancellor Fellowship & now part of UC Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation & MERICS series.

Read: shorturl.at/jzP08

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China is creating an accelerator state to grow startups in strategic sectors. Alexander Brown of MERICS analyzes Beijing’s “Little Giants” program and its implications for China’s attempts at high-tech self-reliance. Read the full brief here: bit.ly/3WFWkYr

A huge congratulations to IGCC Research Director Stephan Haggard on his recent election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (@aaas)!

UCM Sociology Class, Climate Change and Society (SOC 112), holds 2024 Earth Day event on campus to raise awareness about planetary warming

Last Friday, junior & senior faculty from 7 UC campuses met UC Santa Barbara to share research on global challenges at the intersection of security, climate, tech & civic engagement. Learn more about the 2024 UC Conference on International Cooperation here: bit.ly/3UnDl3c

The CCP is permeating every aspect of China's economy, including science. Scientific institutions are increasingly politicized, says Anna L. Ahlers, risking the quality of Chinese research and innovation output. Read more in our latest policy brief here: bit.ly/4aQ5aqo

Huawei is emerging as China's national team leader in semiconductors. But it needs to keep quiet about it, writes Antonia Hmaidi of MERICS. Read about Huawei's silent construction of a Chinese semiconductor supply chain in our latest policy brief: ucigcc.org/publication/hu…

Space is becoming an important theater for future warfighting capabilities. Tai Ming Cheung & Yasuhito Fukushima examine the high-stakes competition between China & the U.S. for techno-security innovation in space in an IGCC blog: ucigcc.org/blog/the-unite…

The final presentation of #UCCIC24 focused on civic engagement. Juan Tellez (@UCDavis) shared methods and takeaways from his research project with numerous collaborators, 'Youth Civic Engagement in the Shadow of War: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia.'

Heidi Hardt (Dr. Heidi Hardt) of UC Irvine presents preliminary findings from her new working paper with co-writer Jackie Burns, 'An Existential Threat Multiplier: Explaining Climate Adaptation in NATO' at #UCCIC24

Insightful article from UC San Diego faculty Branislav @Slantchev, who was also a featured guest on the recent special episode of IGCC's Talking Policy podcast, marking the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Listen here: bit.ly/4bL3Lm8