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Bonnie Weir to teach updated course on "The Troubles" “Professor Bonnie Weir last offered her seminar on The Troubles — a violent struggle for Irish independence from the United Kingdom in the late 20th century — two years ago....	Elizabeth Nugent in the American Journal of Political Science Poverty and Divine Rewards: The Electoral Advantage of Islamist Political Parties Political life in many Muslim‐majority countries has been marked by the electoral dominance...	Graeme Wood in The Atlantic: Baghdadi’s Final Humiliation Graeme Wood’s is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and a staff writer for The Atlantic. He discusses the former leader of ISIS, his death by self-...
Professor John Roemer Interview: Exploitation, Cooperation and Distributive Justice Professor John Roemer is interviewed on the Jain Family Institute Phenomenal World online magazine about his beginnings, his work and the future of socialism.	Professor Paul Bracken on Defense.Info website: Communication Disruption Attacks in a Nuclear Context Professor Paul Bracken discusses the importance of communications in the context of the spread of nuclear weapons to second tier countries and internaitonal relations overall...	Professor John Roemer's 'How We Cooperate' is now available. Professor John Roemer’s newest book, How We Cooperate, is now out at Yale Publishing. A new theory of how and why we cooperate, drawing from economics, political theory...
Ian Shapiro's Devane Lectures A Big Hit Professor Ian Shapiro’s Devane Lectures are a big hit among both Yalies and New Haveners. “Shapiro’s class, “Power and Politics in Today’s World,” is the latest class...