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Joseph Torigian, The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping

Joseph Torigian's new book explores the life of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, and the Chinese Communist Party.
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Guy Ziv, Military Reservists and the Resistance To Netanyahu's Legal Overhaul

Guy Ziv's new article in Middle East Policy examines the history of Israeli army reservists' involvement in domestic politics and the role they may play in post-October 7 Israel.
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Jonathan Fox and Jeffrey Hallock, USAID's Locally-Led Development Agenda: Open Government and Independent Monitoring

Jonathan Fox and Jeffrey Hallock's new article in Public Administration and Development examines USAID's locally-led development agenda.
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PhD Student Steven Bradford Awarded Two Fellowships and One Grant for Research

Steven Bradford has been awarded a Moody Research Grant, Boren Fellowship, and American Political Science Association Diversity Fellowship.
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SIS Announces 2025 Research Fellows

Sumitra Badrinathan and Sarah Khan have won the SIS Collaborative Research Award, and Samantha Bradshaw and Jesse Ribot are the joint winners of this year's SIS High-Performing Scholar Award.
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Jeff Bachman and Esther Brito Ruiz, The politics of war and aggression

Jeff Bachman and Esther Brito Ruiz's co-authored paper is "The politics of war and aggression: scholarly biases in public discourse on the invasions of Iraq and Ukraine."
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Guy Ziv Named SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year 2024-2025

Guy Ziv was named this year's SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year for his outstanding research and teaching.
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Sumitra Badrinathan, Who Wants Impartial News?  Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 Countries

Sumitra Badrinathan's new article in the International Journal of Communications investigates audience preferences for impartial news.
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Amitav Acharya, The Once and Future World Order

Amitav Acharya's new book is "The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West."
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Jennifer Poole, The impact of digital technology on worker tasks: Do labor policies matter?

Jennifer Poole's new co-authored article in the Journal of Development Economics examines the impact of digital technology adoption and labor regulations on workers in Brazil.
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