The assembled scholars listened intently, readying their critiques as a stream of researchers from universities large and small took the podium. Over two days, findings from a landmark shared survey effort focusing on the 2016 U.S. elections were presented, and then colleagues from across the nation congratulated and cajoled, concurred and challenged — sometimes forcefully. […]
U.S. relations with Russia were at an all-time low during the last few months of President Obama’s administration. The Trump administration signaled that it hoped for better relations with the Kremlin. But tensions have only gotten worse. Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill last week to impose new sanctions against Russia, which the White House has said the president […]
Harold Williams, former dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and former UC regent, died July 30 at his home in Santa Ynez, California. He was 89. When Williams was appointed dean of what was then the UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration in 1970, he was one of the first business school deans […]
Controversy has recently arisen around James M. Buchanan, the economist and Nobel laureate who died in 2013, because of the book “Democracy in Chains” by Nancy MacLean. MacLean calls Buchanan “the missing piece of the puzzle” to understanding the rise of the “radical right.” Responding to MacLean’s claim that Buchanan’s ideas helped justify a “return to oligarchy,” Georg Vanberg writes that Buchanan […]
“What one does when faced with the truth is more difficult than you would think.” — Wonder Woman, in the movie released last month. This goes for all of us, not just superheroes. The nuances of how people react when faced with the truth have come into focus in today’s increasingly polarized political climate.
UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck took a turn in Zócalo Public Square’s green room to answer some frothy questions before taking part in a Zócalo/UCLA panel discussion, “Does the expansion of presidential power threaten the Constitution?” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.
“Trump has focused on winning the short-term news cycle” every day, said UCLA political science professor Lynn Vavreck. “That’s an unusual strategy for someone governing.” “Most people who want to be president of the United States have some long-term vision and want to lead to achieve that vision,” she said. Trump, so far, has not […]
Tucker has a bachelor’s in political science from UCLA and founded her company American Lives in 2000 with the desire “to bring history to life for students and museum visitors [and] to help them understand our culture, rights and responsibilities as Americans by exploring the lives of our predecessors.”
Daniel Treisman, an expert of Russo-American relations and political science professor at UCLA, said in an email he agrees with Putin on the criminal nature of the missile strike.
Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at UCLA, discusses the relationship between Russia and Syrian President Bashar Assad.
