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UPenn political science professor discusses China’s approach to military conflicts

Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Fiona Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, visited campus Tuesday to present her research on China’s strategy in limited war. Cunningham’s research lies at the intersection of technology and conflict, especially in China. She traveled to Beijing to conduct fieldwork from 2015 to 2017 as a joint Ph.D. research fellow

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Former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic discusses Ukraine, life and career

Isa Sheikh | Friday, October 7, 2022

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who served as president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020, visited Notre Dame this week to speak to the Nanovic Forum on Tuesday evening. Grabar-Kitarovic, the youngest president of Croatia as well as the first woman to be elected to the office, was a career diplomat prior to her election and gave an

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Chinese department celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival

Caroline Collins | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Chinese department and the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, in the LaFortune ballroom Sunday, Sept. 26. The celebration featured student performances, traditional decorations and Chinese food. The Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhongqiu Jie (中秋节) in Chinese, is one of China’s biggest and most important

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‘Ten Years Hence’ lecture describes the future of competition in space

Jack Viscuso | Monday, March 21, 2022

On Friday, March 18, undergraduate and graduate students gathered in Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business to hear a lecture from Benjamin Bahney titled “Inter-Governmental Competition in Space.” Bahney serves as a senior fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Center for Global Security Research. A federally-funded research program, the LLNL’s efforts

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Panelists discuss Ukraine-Russia conflict from a global perspective

Gabrielle Beechert | Friday, March 18, 2022

A panel of Notre Dame affiliates touched on themes of resilience, responsibility and restraint while discussing global implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Wednesday afternoon. The panelists covered topics including the current situation in Ukraine, the threat of nuclear war, the refugee crisis and Ukrainian nationalism. The full

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Who owns the world, part two

Trevor Lwere | Monday, October 4, 2021

In my previous column I wrote on “Who owns the world?,” I concluded that article by suggesting that we have a duty to put an end to a zero-sum ordering of world affairs. I also stated that this takes on greater significance for those of us who find ourselves on the periphery of this system.

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Who owns the world?

Trevor Lwere | Monday, September 20, 2021

As I followed the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on the U.S., I was struck by the similarity in outlook of both the U.S. leadership and the al-Qaida leadership. Defense Secretary Gen. Austin’s remarks during the commemoration reiterated the readiness and determination of U.S. troops to defend the “American way

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Do more to combat climate change

BridgeND | Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Two and a half weeks ago, Metronome’s 62-foot-wide clock face was doing the same thing it had done every day in New York’s Union Square for more than 20 years: telling the time. Now, it continues to do the same, but the numbers have changed. A few moments ago, the clock read 7 087 15

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Responses to coronavirus reflect differences between US, China

G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, March 26, 2020

Dealing with the effects of coronavirus and COVID-19 is the latest test for American democracy. This crisis will allow us to see some stark differences in the way the world’s two superpowers use their authority, and how each country handles this crisis will have serious ramifications for how each nation governs in the future. China

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The U.S. military’s Achilles heel

Andrew Sveda | Monday, September 23, 2019

A Harvard and MIT researcher calls it a “massive vulnerability” that still has “virtually no policy or oversight agency” to defend it. A member of the House Armed Services Committee says it’s an asset “we are almost as dependent on … as … the sun itself” but has “no castle to protect” it. If attacked,

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