About News News Subscribe Domestic Policy & Politics Ethics International and Global Affairs Leadership National Security Facet Area of Focus - News Craig Volden Benjamin Castleman Gerald Warburg Brian N. Williams Ian H. Solomon Kirsten Gelsdorf David Leblang Jennifer Lawless Lucy Bassett Gabrielle Adams John Holbein Sarah Turner Sebastian Tello Trillo Sophie Trawalter Todd S. Sechser Daphna Bassok James R. Detert Jay Shimshack Philip Potter Bala Mulloth Benjamin Converse Christine Mahoney Christopher J. Ruhm Eileen Chou Harry Harding Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Margaret Foster Riley Michele Claibourn Raymond C. Scheppach Adam Leive Adam Roux Andrew S. Pennock Daniel W. Player Galen Fountain George Foresman Gerald Higginbotham Jeanine Braithwaite Jieun Pai Kimberly Jenkins Robinson Michael D. Williams William Shobe (-) Allan Stam Facet People - News National Security Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - News Racial Justice and Equity (-) Research and Commentary Facet News Type - News Mar 31, 2022 Why democracies win more wars than autocracies International and Global Affairs Batten School Professor Allan Stam writes in The Washington Post that dictators tend to start risky wars, but democracies win more wars than autocracies. Learn more Mar 28, 2022 The naval war for Ukraine International and Global Affairs Batten School Professor Allan Stam and fourth-year student Andrew Bennett address the distinct lack of naval-focused media coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Learn more Mar 22, 2022 Batten Professors Discuss Escalation of Conflict in Ukraine National Security Batten School professors Philip Potter and Allan Stam note that the conflict in Ukraine has bolstered the NATO alliance, which may give China pause if it’s thinking of moving on Taiwan. Learn more Jan 27, 2022 Stam: A Critical View of Biden's First Year Domestic Policy & Politics Batten School professor and Miller Center faculty senior fellow Allan Stam offers a critical assessment of President Biden's first year in office. It's hard to see the president as a successful leader, writes Stam. Learn more Oct 04, 2015 Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders Leadership Ethics How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Learn more Jun 23, 2015 Proliferation and Iran: Learning to Live with Nuclear Threats Domestic Policy & Politics Ethics The complex endgame of negotiations between the major powers and Iran underscores the limited options states have to combat nuclear proliferation, something with which U.S. policy planners are going to have to learn to live. Learn more Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Mar 31, 2022 Why democracies win more wars than autocracies International and Global Affairs Batten School Professor Allan Stam writes in The Washington Post that dictators tend to start risky wars, but democracies win more wars than autocracies. Learn more
Mar 28, 2022 The naval war for Ukraine International and Global Affairs Batten School Professor Allan Stam and fourth-year student Andrew Bennett address the distinct lack of naval-focused media coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Learn more
Mar 22, 2022 Batten Professors Discuss Escalation of Conflict in Ukraine National Security Batten School professors Philip Potter and Allan Stam note that the conflict in Ukraine has bolstered the NATO alliance, which may give China pause if it’s thinking of moving on Taiwan. Learn more
Jan 27, 2022 Stam: A Critical View of Biden's First Year Domestic Policy & Politics Batten School professor and Miller Center faculty senior fellow Allan Stam offers a critical assessment of President Biden's first year in office. It's hard to see the president as a successful leader, writes Stam. Learn more
Oct 04, 2015 Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders Leadership Ethics How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Learn more
Jun 23, 2015 Proliferation and Iran: Learning to Live with Nuclear Threats Domestic Policy & Politics Ethics The complex endgame of negotiations between the major powers and Iran underscores the limited options states have to combat nuclear proliferation, something with which U.S. policy planners are going to have to learn to live. Learn more