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Jul 23, 2020

Direct Election and the Foreign Policy President

Since the 9-11 attacks, it has become increasingly clear that the congressional role in US foreign policy, particularly in matters of war and peace, has faded to virtually nothing. Batten's Phil Potter, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy and Director of the National Security Policy Center, elaborates.

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Jan 17, 2020

Sen. Tim Kaine Discusses War Powers Legislation With UVA Students

National Security

Virginia’s junior senator, who introduced legislation limiting presidential war powers as tensions escalated in the Middle East, said he came to the Batten School to hear from the one group likely to be most affected by war: young people.

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Jan 04, 2020

The High Costs of a Precipitous US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

National Security

Batten’s Phil Potter and co-authors discuss how America’s war in Afghanistan — the longest conflict in U.S. history — has morphed from a counterterrorism mission into something more ambitious but less well defined and, ultimately, less successful.

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The World Trade Organization's headquarters in Geneva

Dec 20, 2019

The WTO might return to diplomatic settlements for trade disputes. Here’s why.

National Security

International and Global Affairs

The global trade appeals system has stalled. Batten's Philip Potter and the University of Pennsylvania's Julia Gray examine if it ever really worked.

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Nov 07, 2019

Q&A: How Philip Potter Navigates 21st-Century National Security Policy

National Security

Since its inception in 2018, the National Security Policy Center at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy has made something of a name for itself.

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Oct 21, 2019

Batten's National Security Policy Center Partners Across Grounds on Graduate Course to Advance Public Interest Technology

National Security

A multidisciplinary team of public policy, computer science, and law faculty earned a national grant to establish a course aimed at teaching graduate students to examine the complex ethical, legal, and policy implications of new technologies.

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Feb 18, 2019

Hacking for Defense at the Batten School

National Security

On the last day of fall classes, while other students prepared for the onslaught of exams, seven student teams from the Batten School traveled to the Pentagon to present their semester-long projects to officials from the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Nov 02, 2018

Former Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Joins the Batten School’s National Security Policy Center

National Security

The Batten School and UVA’s Applied Research Institute announced that the Honorable George W. Foresman will join the Batten School’s National Security Policy Center (NSPC) as a senior advisor. In this new role, Foresman will support U.S. national security leadership and engagement activities. Foresman’s hiring is part of larger partnership between the Batten School and ARI to elevate UVA as a leader in national security education, research, and outreach.

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Direct Election and the Foreign Policy President

Sen. Tim Kaine Discusses War Powers Legislation With UVA Students

The High Costs of a Precipitous US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

The WTO might return to diplomatic settlements for trade disputes. Here’s why.

Q&A: How Philip Potter Navigates 21st-Century National Security Policy

Batten's National Security Policy Center Partners Across Grounds on Graduate Course to Advance Public Interest Technology

Hacking for Defense at the Batten School

Former Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Joins the Batten School’s National Security Policy Center