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Book cover detail for "When Rebels Win" by Kai Thaler (Cornell University Press, 2025).

Why some rebel victories build states — and others break them

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Matt Perko
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, December 2024

A feat of multilingual research, Hamed-Troyansky’s “Empire of Refugees” wins eight book prizes
Sandinistos getting off a helicopter
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Helicopter-borne units of an FSLN counterinsurgency battalion landing in the middle of the tropical forest.

Study of Nicaragua’s Sandinistas argues for multilevel analysis of civil war violence
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New book reveals Ottoman origins of refugee resettlement in Middle East
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UC Santa Barbara selects inaugural Public Voices Fellows
Professor Raymond Clemencon on a bluff overlooking the ocean
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Matt Perko

COP28: ‘Historic failure’ by richest countries as the poorest are hit hardest by global warming
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Ellie Leonardsmith

Global studies scholar-activist Charmaine Chua receives Harold J. Plous Memorial Award
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Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships
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Elena Zhukova
UC Santa Barbara students attend a lecture in the Interactive Learning Pavilion

‘Sharing knowledge across communities to improve lives around the world’
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Charmaine Chua is a 2023 Freedom Scholar

Charmaine Chua is named a 2023 Freedom Scholar
Professor Bishnupriya Ghosh
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Matt Perko
Professor Bishnupriya Ghosh, September 2023

From HIV-AIDS to COVID-19, scholar Bishnupriya Ghosh unpacks decades of research to better understand the complexities of living with viruses
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East Asia Center lecture will feature expert on US-China relations
Fullbright Award recipients

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