@StatecraftLab

Research, education and public discourse on the state of democracy around the globe.

Joined January 2020
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Prof. Todd Sechser discusses Russia's suspension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty. cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/…

Analysis: What to know about Russia’s latest move on nuclear weapons | CNN Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement Tuesday that Russia would suspend participation in the New START treaty, a key nuclear arms reduction agreement, is the latest in a series of ominous...

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Lab director Todd Sechser discusses #NuclearWeapons and #Russia with @JBWolfsthal on @AirTalk @KPCC @NPR. kpcc.org/show/airtalk/2022-0….
What to read something very cool written by me and @MigrationNerd ? Rhetorical question, because I know you do. Check it out in the @AnnualReviews annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10… #migration

Immigration and Globalization (and Deglobalization)

Immigration policy is often portrayed as a zero-sum trade-off between labor and capital or between high- and low-skilled labor. Many have attributed the rise of populist politicians and populist...

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"Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse" - Professor Todd S. Sechser writes in a recent @washingtonpost article. Read more: batten.virginia.edu/about/ne… @monkeycageblog

Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse | UVA Batten

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Lab Director and @PoliticsUVA professor Todd Sechser writes in the @washingtonpost about the mixed blessing of military superiority in the #UkraineRussiaWar: washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Analysis | Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse

As Stalin learned in Finland, small countries can inflict serious damage on invading superpowers.

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ICYMI: Lab Director Todd Secher on CBS19 cbs19news.com/story/46073901…
Are you registered? Join us Thursday night 6:30 EST for our webinar: U.S. Nuclear Strategy, Great Power Competition, and War in Ukraine with @stavridisj @Miller_Center @UVADemocracy millercenter.org/news-events…
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MC fellow John Owen on the war's effects on democracy across the globe #WARINUKRAINE #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine news.virginia.edu/content/ho…

How Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Threatens Democracy Everywhere

UVA Today checked in with politics professor John M. Owen for perspective on the larger struggles around democracy that Russia’s unprovoked war symbolizes and personifies.

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Join us on Friday at noon for a discussion on the policy, diplomacy and humanitarian implications of the Ukraine crisis with @UVAnspc's @pbkpotter & George Foresman, Kirsten Gelsdorf & @GlobalUva's Stephen D. Mull. Register 👉events.blackthorn.io/en/36j4…
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Thanks to great and generous colleagues as well as hundreds of ⁦@UVA⁩ students (and hundreds more on zoom) for participating in the 🇺🇦 teach-in tonight. ⁦@GAGE_UVA⁩
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All eyes on the nuclear threat. Commentary from lab director Todd Sechser: news.virginia.edu/content/ho…

How Worried Should We Be About Russia Using Nuclear Weapons?

As developments continue in Ukraine, UVA experts weigh in on the threat of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, the risks to global democracy and more.

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Lab Director Todd Sechser on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read here 👇news.virginia.edu/content/ru…

Russia Invades Ukraine. What Does it Mean?

Following the largest attack in Europe since World War II, a trio of experts weigh in on an invasion 31 years in the making.

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The annual Freedom House Report documents 16 years of democratic decline & the global expansion of authoritarian rule @freedomhouse @MelodyCBarnes @Soccerpolitics @Jessica_KJ11 @StatecraftLab freedomhouse.org/report/free…

The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule

Global freedom faces a dire threat. Around the world, the enemies of liberal democracy—a form of self-government in which human rights are recognized and every individual is entitled to equal...

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youtu.be/_mDxPco82mo Today's #livestream is rolling as @Princeton's John Ikenberry discusses his new book w/ MC sr. fellow John Owen of @PoliticsUVA #MCevents #Joinus we start at the top of the hour!

‘A World Safe for Democracy’

Princeton's John Ikenberry discusses his new book, A World Safe for...

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This Weds, Feb 16, @MelodyCBarnes will join @abbydphillip, @billmoyers, @roundmp, and @markkupdegrove for a special screening and Q&A on @CNN upcoming Original Series, ‘LBJ Triumph & Tragedy’. You don’t want to miss this! RSVP: bit.ly/LBJTriumph
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Tuesday, Feb. 15, 11am - the Statecraft Series resumes with Princeton's John Ikenberry and lab faculty John Owen discussing "A World Safe for Democracy" - join the zoom! @Miller_Center millercenter.org/news-events…

‘A World Safe for Democracy’ | Miller Center

Princeton's John Ikenberry discusses his new book, A World Safe for Democracy, the first full account of liberal internationalism’s long journey from its 19th-century roots to today’s fractured...

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ICYMI: Statecraft Lab faculty member and Professor of Politics John Owen on Made by History! Check it out here! washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine

When France invaded Spain over fears of having a liberal democracy on its border.

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New article from Statecraft Lab post-doc Josh Alley and his co-author Matthew Fuhrmann. Budget Breaker? The Financial Cost of US Military Alliances in Security Studies. Read it here 👇tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Budget Breaker? The Financial Cost of US Military Alliances

How do alliance commitments affect US military spending? This question is at the heart of debates about the value of alliances and the future of US grand strategy. One perspective, which we call th...

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Emerging Technologies and International Stability - a new book co-edited by Lab Director Todd Sechser. Available now! routledge.com/Emerging-Techn…

Emerging Technologies and International Stability

Technology has always played a central role in international politics; it shapes the ways states fight during wartime and compete during peacetime. Today, rapid advancements have contributed to a...

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Join @UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy this Friday, January 28th at 11AM -- IS DEMOCRACY VITAL TO US-CHINA RELATIONS? Register HERE: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/reg… @Miller_Center #DemocracyDialogues
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