Rajan Menon in The Guardian
On July 25, Rajan Menon had a new piece in The Guardian titled, “A Trump presidency would leave Ukraine to its fate – because he has China in his sights.” You can read it online here.
On July 25, Rajan Menon had a new piece in The Guardian titled, “A Trump presidency would leave Ukraine to its fate – because he has China in his sights.” You can read it online here.
On July 20, Erica Lonergan had a new article published in Contemporary Security Policy titled, “Emerging technology and the cult of the offensive.” You can read it online here.
On July 18, Elizabeth Saunders had a new co-authored article published in Foreign Affairs. The article is titled, “The Imperial Presidency Unleashed: How the Supreme Court Eliminated the Last Remaining Checks on Executive Power.” You can read it online here.
On July 2, Anne Nelson was quoted in The Guardian, offering her media expertise for an analysis of Sinclair, one of the largest owners of US television stations. The article is titled, “TV giant known for rightwing disinformation doubles down on its national news agenda” and is available online here.
Sarah Daly’s book, Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections, won the 2024 Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize from the American Political Science Association. The award is given for the best book in the field of comparative politics. Read more about Violent Victors here.
On June 13th, Jean-Marie Guéhenno delivered the Tanner Lecture on Human Values at Oxford University. His lecture was titled “The Future of War and Peace,” and explored how societal changes, globalization, technology, and power dynamics shape the landscape of conflict and peace. Read more here.
On Monday, June 10, Rajan Menon had a new article published in The Guardian titled, “Is the risk of nuclear escalation rising between Russia and the west?” You can read it online here.
Paola Solimena, the Saltzman Institute Postdoctoral Research Scholar in National Security and Intelligence, has been awarded the Dasturzada Dr Jal Pavry Memorial Prize for her DPhil thesis. This prize is awarded annually by the University of Oxford, and recognises outstanding theses in the area of international peace and understanding. You can read more about the prize here.
On June 5, Columbia News featured Anne Nelson’s book, Red Orchestra (publisher page linked here), in an article titled, “6 Books Written by Faculty Members That Will Make Terrific Summer Reads.” You can find the full news feature here.
On June 5, the West Africa bureau chief at The New York Times gave a special shoutout to Séverine Autesserre’s book, The Frontlines of Peace. You can read the recommendation in the NYT arts section here (click to slide #4 in the series).