Politics and Government

Aseem Prakash, Director of the Center for Environmental Politics, and Nives Dolsak, associate director of the School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, weigh in on the topic.

Scott Montgomery, lecturer at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, explains what role the Arctic plays in keeping the nation safe.

Op-ed | Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Scott Montgomery, a lecturer at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Affairs, weighs in on the new ice breaker.

A new space race is underway, but what does that mean for international politics and law? Professor Saadia Pekkaenen and others explore this question in a group of new essays.

Through the Task Force program, students in the Jackson School of International Studies tackle critical policy challenges — and set their career paths in motion.

Professor of anthropology Darren Byler is quoted in this article talking about the treatment of the Uighur community by the Chinese government.

Op-ed by Aseem Prakash, founding director of the Center for Environmental Politics, and Nives Dolsak of Marine and Environmental Affairs.

Scott Lemiuex, UW Political Science Lecturer, weighs in on the issue of the filibuster in the upcoming election.

UW political science professor, Megan Ming Francis, explores how the NAACP and its funders have lessons for philanthropy and activism.

UW faculty members Christopher Parker and Margaret O'Mara weigh in on the 2020 presidential election. 

Margaret O’Mara, a UW history professor who has studied presidential campaigns, weighs in on Inslee’s chances of becoming president.

Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science, discusses "movement capture" and its effect on the civil rights movement.

Alaniz, a professor in the department of Slavic languages and literatures, spoke about Mexican-American representation in comics from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The UW Center for Human Rights is teaching a new generation to use the Freedom of Information Act.