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Instability and Unpredictability: The Present and Future for Cross Strait Relations

By Chutian Zhou | January 24, 2017 The UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy is host to some of the world’s leading...

Jan 24, 20178 min read

Crouching Eagle, Frozen Dragon: China’s Increasing Role in the Antarctic in the Wake of U.S. Leaders

By Frederick Hemans | January 18, 2017 While the total impact of the United States’ 2016 election is yet to be fully determined,...

Jan 18, 20174 min read

Much Ado About Bad Data

By Frederick Hemans | August 17, 2017 Located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine...

Jan 17, 20173 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Institutions are the Ultimate Trump Card

By Will Fuller | November 28, 2016 For sports fans, 2016 was full of drama, unpredictability, and more than a few larger-than-life...

Nov 28, 20164 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Lessons from Lebanon

By Ashley Halabi | November 21, 2016 Shock waves spread throughout the world when results displaying Donald Trump as the new ...

Nov 21, 20163 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: What Happens Next? Election Results Discussion with GPS Faculty

By Ariel Neidermeier | November 18, 2016 GPS faculty struck a reassuring tone with students about the outlook of U.S. policy under...

Nov 18, 20164 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Time to Pop the Champagne in Moscow?

By Yaroslav Makarov | November 14, 2016 The news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections was met by a round of...

Nov 15, 20163 min read

Getting Ahead in the Politburo: Predicting who will be enthroned in China’s 19th Party Congress

By Chutian Zhou | November 3, 2016 The year of 2016 is unambiguously an eventful one. People who care about Asia-Pacific affairs...

Nov 3, 20168 min read

How to get to Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Disarmament

By Travis Lindsay | October 21, 2016 The 2002 ignition of Korea’s second nuclear crisis marked the beginning of one of the United...

Oct 21, 20163 min read

Direct Democracy: Bad Idea or Worst Idea?

By Ryan Braun | October 12, 2016 Colombia has been victim to South America’s longest running civil war. Conflict between the Colombian...

Oct 12, 20162 min read

What if China had a Ballot in the US Presidential Election?

By Chutian Zhou | October 2, 2016 It is a bold and thrilling thought experiment, yet at the same time a rational way to assess present...

Oct 2, 20165 min read

Bibi Goes to Washington

By Will Fuller Speaker of the House John Boehner’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint...

Aug 16, 20164 min read

Memo Series: Donald Trump becomes President of the United States

By Jared Dorman | May 16, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes course....

May 15, 201610 min read

Saddam Hussein’s Decision to not Withdraw from Kuwait

By David Price | May 6, 2016 Source: AFP/Getty-images During the 1991 Gulf War crisis, Saddam Hussein was presented with the ...

May 5, 20165 min read

Memo Series: Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

By Margo Zlotnik | April 28, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes...

Apr 28, 20166 min read

Prospects for Denuclearization in the DPRK: Dim or Dimmer?

By Travis Lindsay | April 21, 2016 Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images The prospects for a denuclearized DPRK have been in steady decline since...

Apr 20, 20163 min read

Memo Series: Overcoming Social Structural Problems through Delegation and Association

By Dani Pardo-Yepez | April 14, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes...

Apr 14, 201610 min read

The Philippines’ Arbitration Case Against China: A Milestone or a Tombstone in the South China Sea?

Earl B. Dalmaceda | January 26, 2016 With Asia becoming the focal point of political and economic transformation in the world, one of...

Jan 26, 20166 min read

Indonesian Diplomacy in Transition

By Susan Harris Rimmer and Mathew Davies | December 10, 2015 "President Jokowi with Presidents Obama and Xi at APEC Summit 2014" (Image...

Dec 10, 20156 min read

South Korean Security Policies after the Civil War

By Yuan Zoey Zhao | November 19, 2015 South Korean Special Army soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the 64th Korea Armed Forces...

Nov 19, 20155 min read