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• China’s Deep-Sea Motivation for Claiming Sovereignty Over the South China Sea

  At the bottom of the contested waters lies a supply of the rare earth minerals crucial to China’s tech ambitions. https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/chinas-deep-sea-motivation-for-claiming-sovereignty-over-the-south-china-sea/ GUEST AUTHORS: Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent are professors of political science at the … Continued

• Happy LDOC – 5/5/2021

  Happy LDOC! Be proud of all your successes this semester, this year — and your whole time at Carolina if you’re graduating! #UNCChapelHill #UNCCollege #UNCgrad #LDOC #targram #OldWell 

• The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans

  The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans on March 16 in Atlanta, as well as the numerous other attacks against Asian Americans over the past year. These planned attacks are tragic, terrifying, painful, … Continued

• Virginia may abolish the death penalty. There’s a racist history behind why a few jurisdictions use it most.

  By Frank R. Baumgartner and Christian Caron Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST Virginia may be about to eliminate the death penalty, which would remove the state with the greatest historical use of the punishment from the execution business. Simultaneously, President Biden is … Continued

• Putin’s new war on the opposition suggests he sees it as a real threat – Both sides seem to think the future of Russia is at stake

  By: Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson Washington Post, 1.27.201 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/27/putin-opposition-protests-navalny-russia-repression/

• Trump Tweets Erode Trust in Elections Among Supporters, Study Finds

  President Trump’s tweets questioning the U.S. election’s legitimacy are effective in shaping his supporters’ beliefs on that topic, while his tweets boosted his detractors’ confidence in elections, according to research conducted by UNC Political Science Professor Timothy Ryan (continued via … Continued