Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse
Washington Post
Lab director Todd Sechser: As Stalin learned in Finland, small countries can inflict serious damange on invading superpowers. Image from shutterstock.
How Worried Should We Be About Russia Using Nuclear Weapons?
UVA Today
Lab Director Todd Sechser on the escalating threat from Russia.
Russia Invades Ukraine. What Does it Mean?
UVA Today
Lab Director Todd Sechser on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
Made by History - The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine
Washington Post
Article by By John Owen, Statecraft Lab faculty member. Image by Shutterstock.
New Book: Emerging Technologies and International Stability
Routledge
A new book has been released exploring the role of technology in international politics. Edited by Lab Director Todd Sechser along with Neil Narang and Caitlin Talmadge.
Budget Breaker? The Financial Cost of US Military Alliances
Security Studies
New article from the Statecraft Lab's Josh Alley, with Matthew Fuhrmann. Image from Shutterstock.
Alliance Participation, Treaty Depth, and Military Spending
International Studies Quarterly
What's the link between alliance participation and military spending? Lab post-doc Josh Alley takes a deep dive explaining how treaty depth impacts spending. Image from shutterstock.
Q&A: Long-term foreign policy effects of a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
UVA Today
Lab faculty Todd Sechser (director), Dale Copeland and John Owen tackle the geopolitical concerns of the situation in Afghanistan.
Why Physical Barriers Backfire: How Immigration Enforcement Deters Return and Increases Asylum Applications
Comparative Political Studies
Post Doctoral Research Associate Justin Schon and Lab Faculty David Leblang publish new article. Image via shutterstock.
Can a New Iran Nuclear Deal be Made?
Newsradio WINA
Lab Director Todd Sechser shares his expertise with Les Sinclair at Newsradio WINA.
Nuclear Threats and International Security
UVA Club of Richmond
View lab director Todd Sechser's recorded talk on Addressing Nuclear Weapons and International Threats for the UVA Club of Richmond.
Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States
Brookings
Research by lab faculty David Leblang and his partner at Duke University, Sarah Bermeo. Image: Santo Domingo Ingenio, Oaxaca/Mexico - Nov.
Reassessing the public goods theory of alliances
Sage Journals
Statecraft Research Associate Josh Alley explores the free-riding hypothesis, determining that free-riding based on economic weight is unusual in alliance politics, which may be due to limits on al
Justin Schon publishes Surviving the War in Syria
Cambridge University Press
Statecraft Lab Post-Doctoral Research Associate Justin Schon publishes Surviving the War in Syria: Survival Strategies in a Time of Conflict
Surviving the War in Syria: Survival Strategies in a Time of Conflict
WTJU Radio
Statecraft Lab Research Associate Justin Schon discusses his book "Surviving the War in Syria: Survival Strategies in a Time of Conflict" with WTJU's Lewis Reining.
Does the Indo-Pacific Need an Alliance like NATO?
National Interest
And should the United States try to create such an organization? Analysis by Statecraft Lab Post-Doctoral Research Associate Josh Alley.
The Pandemic and Great Power Competition
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected the emerging rivalry between the United States and China? Has the pandemic sharpened great power competition, or highlighted the need for mutual cooperation?
Red and Blue America Agree That Now Is the Time to Violate the Constitution
The Atlantic
People of both parties seem rather okay with undermining core civil liberties in order to fight the pandemic.
Misunderstanding the Bomb
Miller Center | UVA
How we've learned the wrong lessons about nuclear deterrence and arms control. Brendan Green, Todd Sechser
The World Is Experiencing a New Form of Autocracy
The Atlantic
Today’s authoritarians use legal measures to subvert constitutional constraints on their power. By Lab Faculty Anne Meng and Mila Versteeg, with Tim Horley.
The U.S. and Iran: 'It's a very important moment'
Miller Center | UVA
Lab Director Todd Sechser moderates as former ambassadors Eric Edelman and Steve Mull discuss the latest chapter in a long and fraught relationship
Can the U.S. protect its nuclear weapons in Turkey?
Washington Post
U.S. forces reportedly came under artillery fire from Turkish troops heading into northern Syria last week — another sign of the sudden plunge in U.S. relations with Turkey.
Analysis of the U.S.-North Korean summit
Newsradio WINA
Todd Sechser, an associate professor in the University of Virginia’s Department of Politics and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
Partisan Preferences Versus the Constitution: Findings from a Survey Experiment in Turkey
Enforcing constitutional law is difficult.
