Political Science News and Events
McDowell discusses potential US-China conflict within the IMF in World Politics Review
Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science, examines how a potential IMF loan request from Pakistan could set up a fight between the U.S. and China within the institution. The U.S is in a position to oppose any IMF deals that provide funds to China's belt and road initiative
Thorson cited in Pacific Standard article on political misconceptions
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, found that relatively simple corrections could reduce some misperceptions by as much as 20 percentage points or more.
Taylor explains why Putin is holding Russia back in OUP blog
"Now, Russia’s World Cup has come and gone, but stability has given way to stagnation," says Brian Taylor, professor and chair of political science and author of The Code of Putinism.
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Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI
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Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.
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Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
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Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.