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Is Russia Losing in Ukraine but Winning in the Global South?

Kathryn Stoner examines why the Global South has such a different perspective from the Global North on Russia’s war in Ukraine, and what that might mean for the international order.

GLOBAL SOUTH

Cover of the book "Upstart" by Oriana Skylar Mastro (3d mockup)

Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

A new book by Oriana Skylar Mastro offers a novel framework to explain China's 30-year journey to great power status through strategic emulation, exploitation, and entrepreneurship.

Upstart

Regulating Under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI

Florence G'Sell lays out all the options that are “on the table” for regulating artificial intelligence and increasing communication, cooperation, and transparency among the technology's many stakeholders.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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From Yesterday to Tomorrow: the Dynamic Story of International Sanctions on the Russian Federation and their Effectiveness

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Featured Publications

Is Russia Losing in Ukraine but Winning in the Global South?

Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

Regulating Under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI

Inequality in China: The Challenge of Common Prosperity

Encounter of pro- and anti-war ideologies in Russian children’s literature (2021–2024)

Private Constellations: Satellite Operations and Military Contract Dynamics in the Russia-Ukraine War

The Tucker Carlson Effect: Tracking Changing Attitudes Toward Russia Among Conservative Americans

Russian Emigration Patterns during the Russia-Ukraine War: Interviews with Wartime Émigrés

Erasing Memories: The Suppression of Civic Commemorative Initiatives in Modern Russia

From Yesterday to Tomorrow: the Dynamic Story of International Sanctions on the Russian Federation and their Effectiveness

The Forbidden Kingdom: Russian Neo-Colonialism in Donbas (2014-2022)

Strategic Behavior with Tight, Loose, and Polarized Norms

Policy Roundup: May 2024

Rank, Pack, or Approve: Voting Methods in Participatory Budgeting

The great recession and the public sector in rural America

Cross-cultural differences in retaliation: Evidence from the soccer field

Markovian Agents for Informative Language Modeling

U.S. Democratic Backsliding and the Decline of Democratic Support Abroad

How the Popes Helped Luther: Territorial Fragmentation and the Diffusion of Protestant Ideology

Keeping Up Appearances: An Experimental Investigation of Relative Rank Signaling

Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence: By Jenny White and Illustrated by Ergün Gündüz

Democracy Corrupted: Apex Corruption and the Erosion of Democratic Values

The Changing Nuclear Mind Game

Encounters and Escalation in the Indo-Pacific

To Boycott or Participate? Explaining Women in Iran’s and Turkey’s Recent Elections

Policy Roundup: April 2024

Regulating the Lawyer-Enablers of Russia’s War on Ukraine

Why the Military Can’t Trust AI