Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with International and Global Affairs Restoring the Balance How can Congress reclaim its constitutional authority to shape foreign policy? Gerald Warburg, Batten professor of practice of public policy, offers insight in an article in the Wilson Quarterly. Read More Faculty In Action, Global Politics & International Relations, International and Global Affairs, Political Science Batten Showcase 2022: Russo-Ukraine War - Understanding Policy Analysis Through the Fight Over the Borderlands ft. Allan Stam In this lecture, Batten School Professor Allan Stam leads a class through an analysis of the Russo-Ukraine War. In the process, students develop new understandings of policy analysis through a considered look at the fight over The Borderlands. Read More Batten Showcase Video Lecture Series, International and Global Affairs Labor Market Policy as Immigration Control: The Case of Temporary Protected Status Controlling immigration has become a central political goal in advanced democracies. Politicians across the world have experimented with a range of policies such as foreign aid in the hopes that aid will spur development in migrant origin countries and decrease the demand for emigration. We argue that internal policy tools are more effective, in particular, the use of policies that allow temporary migrants short-term access to host country labor markets. Read More UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, International and Global Affairs Kirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and Organizations Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Humanitarian Policy, Research and Commentary, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, International and Global Affairs Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority Read More Humanitarian Policy, Research and Commentary, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, International and Global Affairs Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala David Leblang, Director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center, along with co-authors, assesses the root causes of migration from Guatemala. Read More Global Politics & International Relations, Research and Commentary, International Development, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, International and Global Affairs Alum in Action: Curbing the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Through Data Aaron Chafetz (MPP ’13) is a senior economist in the Office of HIV/AIDS at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where he has risen in the ranks over the past decade. Read More International and Global Affairs, Economics Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse Todd S. Sechser, professor of politics and public policy at the Batten School, writes in The Washington Post that small countries can inflict serious damage on invading superpowers. Read More Research and Commentary, International and Global Affairs Why democracies win more wars than autocracies Batten School Professor Allan Stam writes in The Washington Post that dictators tend to start risky wars, but democracies win more wars than autocracies. Read More Research and Commentary, International and Global Affairs The naval war for Ukraine 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. Read More Research and Commentary, International and Global Affairs Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Subscribe to International and Global Affairs Categories Batten Ambassadors(28) Study Abroad (1)Alumni(6) New Student(13) Events(11) Career Outcomes(8) BA(60) Policy Minor(37) Application(31) Accelerated MPP(56) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)MPP(39) Faculty(2) Curriculum(32) Recommendations(11) Admissions(44) Personal Statement(3) Student Life(36) Essays(8) SE Minor(19)