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Levitsky in Estadão de São Paulo: Fasten your seat belts, but no New World Order

Jan 26, 2017

After the election of President Donald Trump, many writers have sought to understand how his campaign promises will translate into policy. One such exploration, "Wandering foreign policy leaves world on alert," by Claudia Trevisan from the Brazilian...

Melyvn Levitsky on Brazil's Presidential Election

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Spoilers to stability: Bob Axelrod discusses threats to the Iranian nuclear deal

Dec 22, 2016

This April, Bob Axelrod was invited to attend a closed-door workshop at Oxford University's Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict. The focus: The 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. One year ago, the U.S. and other powerful nations forged an...

Levitsky pens Detroit News op-ed: “Trump and Putin: Will the personal relationship matter?”

Nov 18, 2016

In his November 16 op-ed for The Detroit News, “Trump and Putin: Will the personal relationship matter?”, Melvyn Levitsky asks: “While it would be in both countries’ national interests to try to find areas of cooperation, will [Trump’s and Putin’s]...

Ciorciari in The Conversation: Philippine President may affect regional security concerns

Sep 22, 2016

“How is incendiary rhetoric like [Philippine President Rodrigo] Duterte’s likely to affect a strong defense partnership and regional security more broadly?” John Ciorciari tackles this question in his September 21 piece in The Conversation, “Is...

Please join us in welcoming International Policy Center visiting scholar Tim Maurer

Sep 21, 2016

“The International Policy Center is pleased to host visiting scholar Tim Maurer, who is conducting cutting-edge research on cybersecurity and writing a book on the roles of non-state actors,” says John Ciorciari, director of the Ford School’s...

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Science, Technology, and Public Policy program announces new director, welcomes applications

Sep 20, 2016

We are pleased to announce a new director of the University of Michigan's Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) graduate certificate program and to welcome applications from interested students. Associate Professor Shobita Parthasarathy,...

Internship field report, Stephanie Gusching @ the U.S. Embassy, San Salvador

Sep 13, 2016

Stephanie Gusching (BA '18) submits this field report from her internship in San Salvador, El Salvador, where she worked at the U.S. Embassy through the U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program.Review more internship field reports from...

Please welcome U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence Andrew (Drew) Mann

Sep 6, 2016

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is delighted to announce that Andrew (Drew) Mann has joined us as a U.S. Department of State Diplomat in Residence.Diplomats in Residence are career Foreign Service officers and specialists who provide...

Internship field report, Evan Charney @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Sep 2, 2016

Evan Charney (BA '18) is submitting this field report from his summer 2016 internship at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy in Washington, DC.This summer I interned as a research assistant at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy...

Waltz and Abouzahr pen Atlantic Council piece on extending U.S. sanctions in Syria

Sep 1, 2016

Susan Waltz and Hossam Abouzahr (MPP ’10) have collaborated on an op-ed, published earlier today in the Atlantic Council’s SyriaSource blog, on “Sanctions as a viable action in a complicated environment.”The House of Representatives, they explain,...

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John Ciorciari on the South China Sea Decision and "protecting room for peaceful negotiation"

Aug 29, 2016

This July—a week after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued what John Ciorciari called “a sweeping repudiation of China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea,” Ciorciari wrote an op-ed for China-US Focus titled, “Reverberations of the...

Axelrod compares historical analogies used to make sense of 9/11, Mumbai, Tahrir Square

Aug 16, 2016

An article by Bob Axelrod and Larissa Forster (ARTIS Research), "How Historical Analogies in Newspapers of Five Countries Make Sense of Major Events: 9/11, Mumbai and Tahrir Square," has been published by the journal Research in Economics....

Tamar Mitts in The Journal of Economic Perspectives: "Can war foster cooperation?"

Jul 31, 2016

“Can War Foster Cooperation?” Michal Bauer, Christopher Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel and Tamar Mitts pose this question in the summer 2016 volume of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. Introduction Warfare leaves...

Internship field report, Maha Arshad (MPP '17) @ START, College Park, Maryland

Jul 27, 2016

Maha Arshad (MPP '17) submits this internship field report from her summer 2016 service with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) in College Park, Maryland.Being in the DC area with driven...

Mel Levitsky in U.S. News & World Report, "The inevitable decline of Putin's Russia"

May 23, 2016

In “The inevitable decline of Putin’s Russia,” an article in U.S. News & World Report, Melvyn Levitsky describes the risks of escalating military responses to Vladimir Putin’s land grabs, military incursions, and aggressive rhetoric.“I just don’t...

Congratulations to John Ciorciari, now associate professor of public policy with tenure

May 20, 2016

John Ciorciari, who joined the Ford School as an assistant professor of public policy in 2009, has been promoted to associate professor of public policy with tenure.His promotion was approved at the May 19, 2016 meeting of the University of Michigan...

As Brazil contemplates impeachment, former U.S. Ambassador Levitsky talks ethics, image

Apr 25, 2016

“All this has the feel of a telenovela, the soap operas so popular in Brazil,” Melvyn Levitsky, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, told the press this week in a story about efforts to impeach Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, in the midst of a...

Axelrod’s ‘The Evolution of Cooperation’ essential reading at Ivy League schools

Feb 26, 2016

Robert Axelrod’s seminal work, The Evolution of Cooperation, is among the most frequently assigned books at Ivy League schools, according to data available on Open Syllabus Explorer, an online database of books assigned in over 1 million college...

Ford School panel discussion focuses on Cincinnati's innovative model of police reform

Feb 24, 2016

On Monday, February 22, the Ford School hosted “21st Century Policing: Lessons from Cincinnati,” as part of the University of Michigan's 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The event brought together a roundtable of community leaders to talk...

Rohde argues for a values-based approach to America's foreign policy strategy

Feb 2, 2016

In the first year of a new administration, American Presidents face particularly tough challenges. The First Year Project is multi-year project, coordinated by the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs. The project applies history...

Waltz op-ed criticizes governor's efforts to halt Syrian refugee resettlement efforts

Nov 23, 2015

Susan Waltz's November 23 Lansing State Journal op-ed, “Waltz: Stop adding insult to injury, welcome Syrian refugees,” calls Governor Snyder’s hesitation to admit Syrian refugees “misguided.” She explains that refugees are a prioritized category of...

Rabe comments on new U.S. climate and security task force in VOA

Nov 12, 2015

In the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference in December, the U.S. will organize a task force to incorporate climate and security analysis into its foreign policy agenda. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the new group at a speech in...

Ciorciari discusses historic China, Taiwan presidents meeting with Reuters et al

Nov 5, 2015

John Ciorciari spoke with members of the press about an historic meeting in the works for the presidents of China and Taiwan. In two November 4 stories run by Reuters and the Christian Science Monitor, Ciociari stresses the political risks involved...

Ciorciari quoted in The Cambodia Daily regarding threats to Cambodia’s internal peace

Oct 27, 2015

John Ciorciari, a Cambodia scholar and faculty member at the Ford School, is quoted in Monday's Cambodia Daily regarding recent threats to internal peace by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.With the potential for a power shift in the upcoming 2018...

Boren awards fund student travel, research relevant to U.S. national security interests

Oct 13, 2015

As a recent recipient of the Boren Fellowship, Kathryn Curtis (MPA ’15) spent twelve months in Brazil studying Portuguese, food security, and climate change. Today, she plans to produce a plantable coloring book that will combine her research...

Bob Axelrod on the takeaways from his year-long State Department fellowship

Aug 27, 2015

This summer, Bob Axelrod returned to the Ford School following a year-long Jefferson Science Foundation Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State. In this Q&A, he shares his take on bridging the gap between academics and policymakers, the rise of...

Internship field report, William Lamping doubling up on internships in Albania and DC

Jul 10, 2015

This summer, I have two internships. In May, I interned with the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Tirana, Albania, where I focused on energy security in the Balkans. For June, July, and August, I’m interning with the U.S. Government...

Axelrod among 10 to receive honorary degree from Harvard

May 29, 2015

Robert Axelrod was among 10 distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard's 364th commencement yesterday afternoon. The university named him an honorary Doctor of Laws, according to a Harvard Gazette news release.Other honorees included: Peter...

Levitsky quoted in IBT article, shares insight on controversial Ukrainian bill

Apr 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story, “Ukraine’s Controversial Bill Recognizing WWII-Era Partisans Draws Harsh Criticism From Russians,” about a contentious Ukrainian bill passed in parliament last week. The bill, led by...

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Levitsky quoted in International Business Times article on Ukraine ceasefire agreement

Feb 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story on the recently negotiated cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists. While both sides gave concessions to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, reporter Dennis Lynch...