Social Sciences Division

Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba, who has spent his career studying Turkish politics and is an expert in international relations, spoke to King 5 TV news about the unfolding attempted coup crisis

Sea? "While the South China Sea has been a source of territorial dispute for many years, involving all of its bounding nations, China has been particularly aggressive of late,"

In “What’s At Stake in China’s Claims to the South China Sea”, Professor Scott L. Montgomery examines a new ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration under the United Nations Convention.

HIV transmission is highly unlikely among straight couples who have sex without condoms when one partner carries the virus but takes medication, new research suggests.

A team of Pakistani scientists created a phone service that could accurately point health workers to areas where the disease was emerging.

Long before Facebook and YouTube shared the horrific videos of the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, few websites shared the visceral truth of police brutality.

Zoe Mesnik-Greene is the founder of Lasting Smiles, an eco-friendly lip-balm company that raises funds for cleft-palate lip surgery for children in developing countries.

On campuses in the thick of societal transformation, Donald Trump viewed his education in a utilitarian light. Margaret O’Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.

This summer, Washuta is a writer in residence atop the Fremont Bridge’s unused northwest control tower.

New research debunks the sexist stereotype that women grow bitter and jaded after separating from their husbands.

Seventy years ago, the Philippines won independence on the famous American holiday.

"Humans have an inherent need to trade and this basic need, combined with the immensity of resources that corporations have to offer, can tackle many global challenges, including climate change."

A good measure of how highly a government values “public safety” is the amount spent incarcerating people; a good measure of how little it values people is how much it costs an individual to be impris

The Syrian civil war, the rise of ISIS and Turkey's willingness to let American air strikes start there make it a prime target.

The Syrian civil war, the rise of ISIS and Turkey's willingness to let American air strikes start there make it a prime target.