Join IIS and Ethan Chorin, Founder and Director Red Sea Futures, for a lunchtime talk to discuss the intense competition between regional and global powers in the Red Sea. Over one fifth of the world’s trade passes through this critically important waterway.
Mary Saunders in conversation with Debra Miller Glass, PhD
As artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum technologies, and other innovations rapidly advance, global standards - rather than binding regulations - are increasingly shaping how these tools are developed, governed, and deployed.
China's Rare Earth Monopoly: Hong Kong Finance and Threats to Taiwan & the Pacific
Organizer: Hong Kong Affairs Association of Berkeley
Learn how Beijing’s dominance in rare earth mineral mining is enabled by Hong Kong’s USD-pegged markets, banking networks, dollar clearing, and sanctions evasion. Join us for an assessment of risks to Taiwanese security, and potential countermeasures via the US led Rare Earth Alliance.
April 9, 2026 | 3:30 - 5 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall IIS Spring 2026 Speaker Series - Rupture: The U.S. and the Fate of World Order Register
Rupture #3: Trade
Is the Trump administration’s winner-take-all, “America First” embrace of economic nationalism and protectionism sustainable economically, politically and environmentally?...
February 24, 2026 | 6:30 - 8 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall
On Tuesday, February 24th, at 6:30 PM in Philosophy Hall, Room 223, the Alexander Hamilton Society, a student-led organization, will host Frank Lavin, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and senior U.S. trade official, now affiliated with the Hoover Institution.
Ambassador Lavin will speak on “U.S.–China Competition,” examining its evolution and future implications. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Vinod Aggarwal, a UC Berkeley political scientist specializing in international...
Associate Professor of History and Political Economy
History and Political Economy
Trevor Jackson is assistant professor of History and Political Economy. He studies capitalism, inequality, and financial crisis, mostly but not exclusively in early modern Europe.
Ryan Brutger is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies international political economy, international law, international security, and political psychology, examining the domestic politics of international negotiations and cooperation.
