Terri Bimes and Eric Schickler are quoted in Daily Cal

Published by Apolonia Preciado | Nov 10, 2026

Terri Bimes and Eric Schickler are quoted in this Daily Cal story on the elections.

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Surviving Exile: Why Activists Persist and Why it Matters Back Home

Professor Elizabeth R. Nugent will present part of a book she is finalizing on activism in exile. Dr. Nugent studies the politics and political psychology of authoritarianism and religion in the Middle East and is the author of After Repression: How Polarization Derails Democratic Transition, published by Princeton University Press (2020).

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California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Midterm Election

Join us at the Institute of Governmental Studies Library on Thursday, November 12th at 4:00pm for "California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Election." Nine days after Election Day, two moderated panels will examine the results through this year's theme: maps, money, and the movements reshaping the parties.

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Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals | Lecture by Rory Truex

How do social norms and professional incentives affect policy discourse within the Washington foreign policy community? We conducted over 50 semi-structured interviews and a survey of nearly five-hundred American foreign policy and national security professionals about their views towards the People's Republic of China. Over one fifth of survey respondents noted instances of professional pressure to voice a more hawkish point of view towards China, and many feared being perceived as naive or compromised by their views on, ties to, and experiences in China. These pressures were particularly acute for foreign policy professionals that are traditionally marginalized from power–those who..

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Terri Bimes and Eric Schickler are quoted in Daily Cal

Surviving Exile: Why Activists Persist and Why it Matters Back Home

California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Midterm Election

Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals | Lecture by Rory Truex

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