Research Roundup: February 2024

Recent Highlights in Elliott Research: 

• Professor of Practice Robert Sutter publishes: "Congress Ensures Continuity in USPolicy Toward China and Taiwan" as part of the East-West Center's Occasional Paper Series.
• The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists features Research Professor Sharon Squassoni's article: "COP28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket."
• Professor and Institute for Security and Conflict Studies Director Alex Downes authored, "The cruelty and futility of Israel’s starvation blockade on Gaza," for The Hill. 
• Professor and Security Policy Studies MA Program Director Paul Williams published, “Two Decades of Civilian Protection Mandates for United Nations Peacekeepers” in J. Welsh, D. Akande, D. Rodin (eds.), The Individualization of War (Oxford University Press, 2024).
• Dr. Samuel Ledermann, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Global Capstone Program co-authored, with International Development Studies MA program alumni Rachael Franchini, Paige Kolhoff, Victoria Seekman, and Lydia Grossman, "Gendered barriers and opportunities for scaling integrated pest management practices along the mango value chain in Kenya," in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management. This article is a product of the students’ International Development Studies Capstone project, which Dr. Ledermann supervised.