Our first digest of the year is here! It includes research updates from faculty fellows and former dissertation fellows. You’ll also find introductions to this year’s dissertation fellows and details on upcoming events around campus. Read it here: conta.cc/402G0SS

Congratulations to University of Chicago Professor and 2024-25 CISSR Faculty Fellow James A. Robinson on sharing the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel! Read more about this prestigious honor here: nobelprize.org/prizes/economi…

Inside our latest Digest, you'll find a recap of the CISSR-TEPSIS International Graduate Student Conference, research updates from student and faculty fellows Hiroko Kumaki, Chiara Galli, and Paul Poast, and information on upcoming workshops and events! conta.cc/4fwesd7

The new Digest is here! Featuring updates from current and former CISSR fellows Yasser Nasser, Dali L. Yang , Paul Staniland, and Michael Albertus, as well as a spotlight on Professors Carolina López-Ruiz and Michael Dietler's latest project. Read it here: conta.cc/4hTQTx4.

3CT is thrilled to be a partner on “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times,” a project organized by UC Berkeley's Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs. ccct.uchicago.edu/news/3ct-partn…

IR Book of the Week! "The Eurasian Century" by Hal Brands. Hearkening back to MacKinder, this book outlines how the 20th and 21st centuries are centered about competition for the heartland of the Earth's largest landmass. amazon.com/Eurasian-Centu…

Our first Digest of the quarter is here! Meet CLAS Winter 2025 Tinker Visiting Professor Luciana Luz, and explore exciting research updates from past and current CISSR fellows Carl Kubler, Daniel Knorr, Austin Carson, and René D. Flores. myemail.constantcontact.com/CISSR-Digest--…

Sharing my column in Foreign Policy, based on research I did in South Africa for my new book, Land Power. South Africa’s ongoing land reallocation cuts to the heart of the meaning of racial hierarchy, marginalization, and material/symbolic reparations. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/17/lan…

"it’s unlikely that the pause in fighting will provide the basis for a comprehensive peace agreement that addresses the underlying issues that caused the fighting in the first place." My take on the Gaza ceasefire in World Politics Review worldpoliticsreview.com/gaza-ceasefire…

Welcome to the age of “Great Power Stupidity” My latest for World Politics Review worldpoliticsreview.com/us-trump-russi…

Here's a podcast I recorded on Land Power with Important, Not Important 🌎 -- including a discussion of what we can do about it. Basic Books podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-…

Happening this afternoon! 📚 Join us at Seminary Co-op as Étienne Ollion discusses his latest book with Jon Levy & Jenny Trinitapoli.

In this issue of the Digest: A warm welcome to Ester Lazzari, our new visiting scholar, plus research updates from current and former CISSR Fellows Chiara Galli, Mareike Winchell, Kathryn Takabvirwa, Michele Friedner, and Yueran Zhang. Read more here: conta.cc/4ijcCNM

The latest Digest is out! Meet our 25-26 Rudolph Fellows and learn about their projects, plus research updates from fellows Lautaro Cella, Susan Stokes, Lisa Wedeen, and visiting scholar Ester Lazzari. Read it here: conta.cc/4dj6rbV

"Mediators can often help belligerents that are looking to save face...But if the parties are dug in or still hope for victory, the mediator’s task is prone to failure." ICYMI: My latest for World Politics Review on Trump learning the difficulties of mediation worldpoliticsreview.com/conflict-media…

Trump has it wrong on Afrikaner land, and that exploded in the Oval Office on Wednesday as he met with South Africa's president. My piece Foreign Policy sets the record straight foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/tru…

The final Digest of the year is here! Meet our incoming dissertation fellows, celebrate our outgoing fellows academic appointments, get a recap of our Fellows Fridays lunches, and see the awards our fellows have received this year. Read it here: conta.cc/3ZCm5ct

Congratulations Jean Decety 🇺🇸 🇪🇺, 2021-22 CISSR Faculty Fellow, on being named the John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Psychology and the College. news.uchicago.edu/story/twenty-s…

Prof. Sue Stokes sat down with Prof. Michael Albertus to talk about her new book 'The Backsliders,' and why democratically elected leaders seek to erode democracy both in the US and abroad. Read more at Prof. Albertus' 'The Good Society' Substack here: michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/the-backslid…

In our latest faculty book profile, Prof. Susan Stokes talks about 'The Backsliders' and why– and how–democratic leaders erode the very systems they were elected in. Learn more: ow.ly/7o4050WVkSn