Power Politics

Russian scholars–how to respond

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At the moment, universities and colleges in the United States are looking for ways to increase pressure on the Russian regime to reverse their invasion of Ukraine. Gov Polis has advised CO higher ed institutions to not only divest, but to terminate contracts and grants that were in collaboration with Russian institutions. Is this the […]

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Engaging with Authoritarian Regimes in Academic Spaces

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The challenge: Navigating whether and how to engage with authoritarian regimes in academic spaces – Lending support to voices situated in authoritarian regimes, without jeopardizing their work and safety …

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Engaging with identity politics during times of heightened polarization

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The challenges: The background and policy setting: Brown is an expert on race, gender, and identity politics, and is one of the founders of Women Also Know Stuff.1 After George Floyd’s murder in 2020 she was approached to help people understand how talk about the Black Lives Matter movement and identity politics more broadly in schools and communities. This […]

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Engaging to Encourage a Global NATO

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The challenges: The background and policy setting: James Goldgeier has worked for many years on NATO. In the mid-1990s, he spent a year in the government working at the State Department and as a director of Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs on the National Security Staff. In 1999, he published Not Whether but When: the […]

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Ethics of Engagement