Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with 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, Global Policy Center, 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 Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways As experts on international humanitarian policy and relief efforts, Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and co-author Jacob Kurtzer write that while humanitarian corridors could create safe exit routes out of besieged cities – and allow aid to reach people within Ukraine – they are only part of the solution to protecting civilians during war. Read More Humanitarian Policy, Research and Commentary, Global Policy Center, International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Read More National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs, National Security Russia Invades Ukraine. What Does it Mean? Following the largest attack in Europe since World War II, a trio of experts including Batten's Todd Sechser weigh in on an invasion 31 years in the making. Read More International and Global Affairs Ukraine Crisis: Implications for International Policy and Diplomacy The Batten School and National Security Policy Center bring together a panel of experts to discuss the global ripple effects of Russia's attack on Ukraine with a focus on policy, diplomacy and humanitarian implications. Read More Batten, National Security Policy Center, International and Global Affairs War in Ukraine: A Teach-in with UVA Faculty Batten professors Philip Potter and Todd Sechser join a lineup of UVA faculty experts for a teach-in to discuss the context and background of the crisis in Ukraine. Read More International and Global Affairs Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Subscribe to International and Global Affairs Categories Curriculum(19) Minor(24) Alumni (1)BA(38) Events(8) Career Outcomes(5) Student Life(21) Accelerated MPP(40) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)New Student(2) Batten Ambassadors(18) Recommendations(6) Admissions(28) Personal Statement(2) Essays(4) Application(22) MPP(27)