Global Affairs and Foreign Policy

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Modeling Processes of Land Change and Their Impacts with Agents Oct 24, 2012

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In this Environmental Policy Frontiers Lecture with Dan Brown, professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, Brown explores the interactions between individual, household, and institutional decision making and the effects of these interactions on landscape outcomes. Brown uses examples from projects on carbon dynamics in exurban landscapes in the US, forest resource use in India and rural agricultural change in China.

Cooperative Networks: Altruism, Group Solidarity, and Reciprocity in Ugandan Producer Organizations Oct 15, 2012

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In this Environmental Policy Frontiers Lecture with Delia Baldassarri, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at New York University, Baldassarri discusses her research regarding dispositional mechanisms that are at the basis of cooperative behavior.

Canadian Politics and Historical Memory Nov 09, 2011

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Alan Taylor, professor of history at UC Davis, discusses the upcoming 200-year anniversary of the War of 1812. How will this anniversary be acknowledged and what effect will it have on Canada and the United States? Taylor recently wrote a book on this subject, "The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies."

Middle East Turmoil: The People's Turn? Feb 08, 2011

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A panel of UC Davis experts discuss the regional and international implications of the uprising in Tunisia, Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East. The panel consists of David Biale, Scott S. Gartner, Zeev Maoz, Miroslav Nincic, and Keith David Watenpaugh.

The North Korean Challenge Apr 08, 2009

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This talk by Miroslav Nincic of the UC Davis Department of Political Science provides an overview of the foreign policy challenges presented by North Korea.