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Read in Brookings Mar 19, 2021 China's Addiction to Short-Term Thinking International and Global Affairs National Security In an article for Political Violence @ a Glance, Batten's Phil Potter, director of the National Security Policy Center, and co-authors Chen Wang and Claire Oto discuss China's transparency problem, as well as the risks and rewards of transparency. Read in Political Violence @ A Glance Feb 02, 2021 Mahoney Receives UVA's Public Impact-Focused Research Award International and Global Affairs Migration Advocacy During UVA's annual Research Achievement Awards, Christine Mahoney, professor of public policy and politics and director of SE@UVA, was recognized for her work supporting the rights of displaced people locally, nationally and globally. Batten's John Holbein and Jay Shimshack were also acknowledged for their research contributions. Read in UVA TODAY Oct 06, 2020 Potter: The Death and Life of Terrorist Networks National Security International and Global Affairs ISIS is quietly “rising from the ashes” in areas of Iraq and Syria, due in part to the group’s vast international network of affiliates. Batten’s Phil Potter and co-authors outline why ISIS will be difficult to finish off without defeating the terrorist organization’s entire network of allies. Read in Foreign Affairs Jul 23, 2020 Direct Election and the Foreign Policy President National Security International and Global Affairs 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. Read in Leg Branch 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. READ IN UVA TODAY 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. READ IN THE HILL 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. Read in The Washington Post 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. READ IN UVA TODAY 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. Learn more 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). Learn more 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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Apr 02, 2021 Climate, Violence, and Honduran Migration to the United States Migration International and Global Affairs Migration from Honduras to the U.S. has been growing for years. New research by Batten's David Leblang, director of the Global Policy Center, and Duke University's Sarah Bermeo suggests the movement is a result of persistent violence coupled with food insecurity linked to climate change. Leblang and Bermeo wrote about their findings in a blog for Brookings. Read in Brookings
Mar 19, 2021 China's Addiction to Short-Term Thinking International and Global Affairs National Security In an article for Political Violence @ a Glance, Batten's Phil Potter, director of the National Security Policy Center, and co-authors Chen Wang and Claire Oto discuss China's transparency problem, as well as the risks and rewards of transparency. Read in Political Violence @ A Glance
Feb 02, 2021 Mahoney Receives UVA's Public Impact-Focused Research Award International and Global Affairs Migration Advocacy During UVA's annual Research Achievement Awards, Christine Mahoney, professor of public policy and politics and director of SE@UVA, was recognized for her work supporting the rights of displaced people locally, nationally and globally. Batten's John Holbein and Jay Shimshack were also acknowledged for their research contributions. Read in UVA TODAY
Oct 06, 2020 Potter: The Death and Life of Terrorist Networks National Security International and Global Affairs ISIS is quietly “rising from the ashes” in areas of Iraq and Syria, due in part to the group’s vast international network of affiliates. Batten’s Phil Potter and co-authors outline why ISIS will be difficult to finish off without defeating the terrorist organization’s entire network of allies. Read in Foreign Affairs
Jul 23, 2020 Direct Election and the Foreign Policy President National Security International and Global Affairs 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. Read in Leg Branch
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. READ IN UVA TODAY
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. READ IN THE HILL
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. Read in The Washington Post
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. READ IN UVA TODAY
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. Learn more
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). Learn more
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. Learn more