Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with National Security Policy Center China’s Minority Policy Signals a “More Normal Autocracy,” Batten Professor Says The country’s repressive response to political violence reflects a surge in Chinese nationalism, Batten professor Philip Potter told an online audience during the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats. Read More National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security China's Addiction to Short-Term Thinking 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 More Research and Commentary, National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security Spacepower: Space Law and the Creation of the Space Force Join the UVA National Security Law Forum and the National Security Policy Center for a discussion on the U.S. Space Force. Read More Batten, National Security Policy Center Potter: The Death and Life of Terrorist Networks 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 More National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security 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. Read More National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security The High Costs of a Precipitous US Withdrawal from Afghanistan 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 More National Security Policy Center, National Security NSPC Breakfast Social Please join the National Security Policy Center for their first breakfast social of 2020! Read More Batten, National Security Policy Center The WTO might return to diplomatic settlements for trade disputes. Here’s why. 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 More National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security Forum on Defense and Diplomacy in Afghanistan You are invited to join government policy makers, academic experts, diplomats, and thought leaders at the forum on the Defense and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. Read More National Security Policy Center Q&A: How Philip Potter Navigates 21st-Century National Security Policy 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 More National Security Policy Center, National Security Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to National Security Policy Center Categories Recommendations(6) Admissions(28) Events(8) Accelerated MPP(40) Personal Statement(2) New Student(2) Alumni (1)MPP(27) Application(22) Minor(24) Curriculum(19) Student Life(21) Batten Ambassadors(18) BA(38) Essays(4) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Career Outcomes(5)