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Political Networks and Conflict

Professor Arthur Stein, Professor Robert Trager, and their research team have received a UC Multicampus-National Lab Collaborative Research and Training Award exceeding $3 million for their research project, “Political Conflict and Stability in Dynamic Networks.”  Professor Stein and Professor Trager are Co-PIs.  The other four Site Leaders/Co-PIs are Dr. Sara Del Valle (Los Alamos, Scientist), […]

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UCLA faculty who were first-generation college grads aim to encourage, inspire

At UCLA, first-generation students make up nearly one-third of the undergraduate population. But in addition, more than 150 UCLA professors (and counting) proudly identify as former first-generation college students. These faculty members are sharing their stories to offer support and encouragement to this next generation of first-generation students.

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Terrorizing if Not Clearly Terrorist: What to Call the Las Vegas Attack?

WASHINGTON — In the absence of any hint of a motive in the Las Vegas massacre, President Trump late Monday morning called it “pure evil.”Notably, he avoided the word “terrorism.” The gunman, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old with no significant criminal history and no obvious ideological motive, remained a blank space, offering little for Americans who crave an explanation for […]

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Tackling the ‘resource curse’

For three UCLA scholars, it just didn’t add up. Why do so many people who live in developing countries with an abundance of natural resources struggle in poverty every day? “You would think that it’s a simple thing to take wealth that’s underneath the ground and turn it into wealth on top of the ground […]

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Trump wants to restrict trade and immigration. Here’s why he can’t do both.

Recently, trade negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico concluded the first round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Trump has made clear that he wants a deal that cuts the U.S. trade deficit — and brings manufacturing jobs back to the United States. Trump also threatened to withdraw from the South Korea-U.S. […]

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Conference at UCLA Luskin Slices Into Post-Election Data

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. […]

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Scholars dig into nationwide survey of post-election data at conference

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. […]

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The Russia sanctions bill, explained: ‘Putin is kind of giving up hope’

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 […]