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It was such an honor to moderate this policy dialogue with Senator Bennet and Attorney General Weiser @scrivnerinstitute.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

We recently hosted Senator Michael Bennet & CO Attorney General Phil Weiser, both running to be CO's next governor, for a policy dialogue @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social. We explored pressing state issues, such as affordability, natural resources, federal-state relations, and rural development.

Public policy undergrad and grad students were able to ask them thoughtful questions on these issues and more. We're proud to create opportunities for our community to connect with elected officials and policymakers.

Many thanks to @bennet.senate.gov & @philweiser.bsky.social for engaging!

Trump 2.0 Year 1: Policy, Politics, and Global Implications - Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs Join the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy and Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy exactly one year after the inauguration for a discussion with our faculty expe...

Join us next week for "Trump 2.0 Year 1: Policy, Politics, and Global Implications", a panel examining the domestic & foreign policy landscape, shifts in political norms & dynamics, and the implications for governance & society.

Jan 20 | 5-7pm | Sie Complex

Registration: cglink.me/2fC/r2274661

Featuring faculty affiliates @deborahavant.bsky.social, @smotus.bsky.social, Martin Rhodes, & @sigmandecides.bsky.social.

Moderated by Scrivner Institute Director @naazneenbarma.bsky.social & Sie Center Director Rachel Epstein.

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Enormous thanks to @carnegie.org and the Raymond Frankel Foundation for renewing their generous support of our work @bridgingthegap.bsky.social, housed @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @sisresearch.bsky.social

The Bridging the Gap team is humbled and grateful to announce continued programming with renewed funding of $2+ million through 2028!

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Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.

1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
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Denver Dialogues: Trade, Tariffs & Limits of Executive Power

📅 Dec 16 | 🕔3:45–5PM MT | 💻Zoom

Tariffs are reshaping global trade and raising important constitutional questions. Join us to explore their impact on the economy, international relations, and U.S. governance.

Register: bit.ly/48fS9rB

Featuring @wendyedelberg.bsky.social (@brookings.edu), @mschmitt9.bsky.social (@newamerica.org), & Neena Shenai (AEI)

We’re celebrating an exciting milestone this quarter — 5 years as a research institute @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

Since Fall 2020, we've:
🗨️ Hosted timely policy events
📚 Supported innovative faculty research
🎓 Revamped our degree programs

Read our Impact Report to learn more: bit.ly/3XPZB6B

Hahrie, congratulations! Such wonderful news — and can't wait to see what you will do with it!

The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project is seeking proposals for short-term collaborative research partnerships between academic researchers and policy practitioners! Find more information below!

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Congratulations to Jordan Tama and Susanna Campbell on the publication of their book chapter, "Bridging the Gap in International Relations" (chapter 24) in the new Handbook of International Relations!

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When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy Abstract. How do domestic factors influence US presidents’ decisions to lift sanctions? Drawing on work emphasizing the domestic costs related to leaders’

2025 IPSI alum Hana Attia recently published the article 'When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy.' Check it out below!
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 94 Grants Totaling $63,219,000 | Carnegie Corporation of New York At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on September 11, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 94 grants totaling $63,219,000. Brief descriptions of each board-app...

We are so proud to be the home of @bridgingthegap.bsky.social! Congratulations to @naazneenbarma.bsky.social and the BtG team on their award of a new, $1M grant from @carnegiecorp.bsky.social to bring scholarly insights to public debate & decision-making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.

Blog: US Funding of International Organizations Has Collapsed

With weeks left in FY, US has paid zero toward assessed (membership) contributions to WHO, WTO, FAO, ILO, UNESCO, NATO, OECD, WMO, WIPO & more.

FY26 budget suggests paying dues to only 7 out of 46 organizations under the IO account.

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

I wrote a column responding to Ezra Klein’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk, and argued that democracy depends not just on civil disagreement, but on the civic equality that Kirk passionately opposed.

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The worst takes from a bad week The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence

New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
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The political economy of Turning Point USA and its sister organizations (written a couple of years ago) crookedtimber.org/2023/03/06/c...

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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

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Multilateralism is not necessarily fading! There is still civilian support for it in different parts of the world. Using two sets of independent conjoint experiments, we show that civilians in Liberia prefer multilateral actors (the UN) to oversee (not rebuild) security sector reforms

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war