Professor Steve Fish was quoted in a recent Mercury News article regarding the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia's criticism of President Trump. The full article can be read here.
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The Economist quoted Professor TJ Pempel in a recent article "How Donald Trump weakens Amercia's influence in Asia" full article here. Professor Pempel's origional piece regarding this topic can be read here.
PhD students Laura Jakli and Melissa Carlson worked with Professor Katerina Linos to co-author an article published by the Washington Posts' Monkey Cage: "Hungary and Slovakia challenged Europe’s refugee scheme. They just lost badly."
'The key to Kenya’s close election: the power of partisanship' by Associate Professor Leo Arriola featured on the Monkey Cage of The Washington Post, read article here .
Rochelle Terman, a recent UC Berkeley Political Science Ph.D. alumna, wins The Merze Tate Award (before 2017, known as the Helen Dwight Reid Award) from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation successfully defended during the previous two years in the field of international relations, law, and politics. Congratulations Rochelle!
' Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power' by Douglas L. Krinwe & Eric Schickler was awarded the Richard F. Fenno Prize, which is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of...
Matthew Nguyen earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at UC Berkeley in 2015. While attending Berkeley he rallied global support for Syrian refugees and Ebola victims, and fought for minority voting rights in North Carolina. The native of Huntington Beach, California, graduated summa cum laude as a salutatorian and was a runner-up for the coveted University Medal. Complete article here.
Deaprtment Chair Eric Schickler was interviewed by ABC 7 local news regarding the Republicans employing the 'nuclear option' to change the rules and eliminate the filibuster as a tool to block Supreme Court nominations. Full story here.
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Professor Emeritus of Political Science Paul Thomas, who taught at the University of California, Berkeley until his retirement. Thomas passed on Tuesday evening, Oct. 11. Professor Thomas graduated from the University of Manchester, U.K., with First Class Honours in Modern History with Economics and Politics, and was one of the first John F. Kennedy...