Politics and Government

World leaders gathered in Paris in December to forge a global agreement to limit planet-warming carbon emissions.

The study looked at rates of foster care nationwide and found that states with more punitive criminal justice systems tended to remove children from their homes far more often.

Jackson School faculty member Scott Montgomery says Russia is not what you think. 

Political science professor, Christopher Adolph talks about how things might change following the release of Panama Papers. 

"(The) number of women who had suffered from sexual abuse at the hands of state agents was surprising," writes Hind Ahmed Zaki, doctoral student in political science at the UW.

Professor Vincent Gallucci writes in The National Interest about the growing tension between the U.S. and Russia in the Arctic.

Sociology doctoral students found that some Seattle neighborhoods may not be so diverse when you analyze the area block by block. 

Jackson School alumna Hannah Haegeland discusses the risk of more bloodshed between Indian and Pakistan. 

Alumna Hannah Haegland talks about India's responsibilities as a nuclear state. 

The United States is the world’s leading military space power. But the future of that status is not assured in an era characterized by a return to competition from Russia and China.

Fellows conduct research , co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony, and organize briefings.

History professor James Gregory said few people are surprised that Sanders is fairing well in Seattle because the city recently elected a much more radical socialist. 
 

UW political scientist Rebecca Thorpe’s book “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending,” has been honored by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.

As ancient cultural sites are pillaged in war-torn regions, a new course asks what can be done to stem the destruction.

Bill Radke speaks with University of Washington historian Margaret O'Mara about mud slinging and crudeness in American politics.