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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

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The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs draws on cutting-edge international research across Northwestern University's 12 schools to generate new knowledge about pressing global challenges and promising solutions for addressing them.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs@buffett.northwestern.edu · 6d ago

What does Georgia's political trajectory mean for democracy and regional security? Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor Ambassador (ret.) Ian C. Kelly co-authors a new @justsecurity.org analysis examining recent developments and what's at stake. www.justsecurity.org/149941/u-s-e...

The U.S. and the EU Must Wake Up to Threats in Georgia

Georgian Dream is crushing civil society, courts, and opposition to entrench one-party rule and Russian influence; only fast U.S.-EU sanctions can stop it.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs@buffett.northwestern.edu · 7d ago

Congrats to Professor VS Subrahmanian on his Northwestern Security & AI Lab's (NSAIL) $1.2M grant from @carnegie.org to build an AI-powered platform to map safe corridors for those fleeing armed groups. NSAIL = Roberta Buffett Institute + McCormick School of Engineering. carnegie.org/article/more...

More than $19 Million in Grants from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation Will Fund New Approaches to Advance International Peace

Twelve organizations selected to understand how large-scale migration and non-state actors are affecting world stability.

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Andrew Carnegie Foundation@carnegie.org · 3w ago

Announcing $19.4 million in Carnegie grants to 12 institutions to examine how large-scale migration and non-state actors are affecting world stability. Learn about our new grantmaking areas and the selected grantees: carnegie.org/article/more...

Orange graphic with the Andrew Carnegie Foundation logo announcing $19.4 million in grants to 12 institutions studying and responding to the movements of people and the expanding power of non-state actors. Labeled as a press release, with Carnegie.org displayed in the corner.
Matej Jungwirth@matejjung.bsky.social · 3w ago

Very happy to see this chapter out, troubled to think that peace for Ukraine still seems elusive and western support for the country slowly crumbling. EU countries are investing shockingly little into thought into the mid to long-term futures of displaced Ukrainians.

Political Science Department at Northwestern University@polisciatnu.bsky.social · 3w ago

Matej Jungwirth @matejjung.bsky.social & Neonila Glukhodid have co-authored "Returning to the Past? Typology of Decision-Making of Ukrainian Forced Migrants in the Czech Republic and Germany" out now in a new edited volume Fragmented Lives in Times of War via @columbiaup.bsky.social #OpenAccess

First page of Jungwirth, Matej/Glukhodid, Neonila (2026). Returning to the Past?. In: (Eds.), Fragmented Lives in Times of War (191-216). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839477427-191 Meaning-making and motivations for refugee return are understudied in general and they are particularly puzzling in the case of Ukrainians displaced after the fullscale Russian invasion in February 2022. First, returns to Ukraine are occurring in the middle of an ongoing conflict characterised, inter alia, by widespread airstrikes on civilian infrastructure;this contradicts the most basic international understandings of refugee repatriation as a process principally undertaken when conditions at home are both safe and sustainable. Second, EU member states hosting Ukrainian forced migrants after 2022 have been exceptionally receptive, both relative to other crises of forced displacement and overall ‒ invoking for the first time the European Union’s temporary protection directive that grants Ukrainian refugees unprecedented access to education, housing, health, and work in EU member states.
Political Science Department at Northwestern University@polisciatnu.bsky.social · last mo.

And so, that’s how we get a system which is both democratic and oligarchic at the same time, something which never existed before in human history. Northwestern Professor and EDGS Program Dir. @buffett.northwestern.edu Jeffrey Winters joins @democracynow.org www.democracynow.org/2026/5/27/th...

“How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies”: Northwestern Prof. Jeffrey Winters on Book “The Blind Spot”

We speak with political scientist Jeffrey Winters about his new book, The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies. Winters argues that democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by...

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs@buffett.northwestern.edu · 3w ago

New research on hostage diplomacy negotiations co-authored by Buffett Faculty Fellow Danielle Gilbert ( @danigilbert.bsky.social ) ⬇️

Political Science Department at Northwestern University@polisciatnu.bsky.social · last mo.

🔥Hot off the press via @ispp-pops.bsky.social A very particular set of skills: The role of perspective-taking in hostage diplomacy negotiations Profs. Dani Gilbert ( @danigilbert.bsky.social / @buffett.northwestern.edu ) & Cynthia Wang ( @cynthiascwang.bsky.social / @drrc-kellogg.bsky.social )

Gilbert, D., & Wang, C. S. (2026). A very particular set of skills: The role of perspective-taking in hostage diplomacy negotiations. Political Psychology, 47, e70173. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70173 Abstract Hostage diplomacy—detaining foreign nationals for leverage under the pretext of national law—is a growing international security problem. Beyond constituting a violation of international law, hostage diplomacy is challenging to resolve. Target states must deal with aggressive, sovereign perpetrators; handle a fraudulent but plausible legal process; account for numerous stakeholders; and protect their citizens from future harm. How do target-state negotiators navigate these challenges? This theory-building article explores perspective-taking—imagining the world from another's vantage point—as a tool to shape target-state negotiators' effectiveness in navigating hostage diplomacy. We introduce a model that conceptualizes perspective-taking on two dimensions. First, negotiators can use multiple-perspective taking, considering various stakeholders, including interests within their own government, the perpetrator's government, and the hostage's family. Second, across stakeholders, negotiators can take strategic, cultural, emotional, and moral perspectives. We posit that engaging in different forms of perspective-taking improves target-state negotiators' ability to identify a domestic win-set, reach international agreement, and anticipate future crises. Drawing on insights from members of the U.S. hostage-recovery enterprise, we offer a plausibility probe suggesting that perspective-taking affects the process and outcomes of negotiations. Perspective-taking may thus help negotiators better manage power dynamics, navigate informal rules of engagement, alleviate uncertainty, and bolster global security.
Can Candan@cncndn.bsky.social · last mo.

Honored and excited to be a 2026–27 Buffett Distinguished Artist in Residence @buffett.northwestern.edu at Northwestern University.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs@buffett.northwestern.edu · last mo.

"Can Candan is an outspoken critic of the restrictions on academic freedom, democratic rights, and human rights violations in Turkey, both as an academic and through his documentary films," a recent article in Khrono, a Norwegian newspaper for higher education and research, states.

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Raed Mansour@raedmansour.com · 4w ago

Nation’s first-of-its-kind community-driven, public health-based HVI was built for this: turning community knowledge & public health data into cooling investments where they’re needed most. This is what implementation looks like. 👉 @buffett.northwestern.edu buffett.northwestern.edu/research/glo...

Defusing Disasters: Buffett Institute for Global Affairs - Northwestern University

The Defusing Disasters Working Group aims to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme weather events in Chicago and beyond by leveraging diverse expertise, research and community engagement. Through st...

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Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4w ago

At least 40 park fieldhouses in Chicago communities particularly vulnerable to extreme heat will see upgrades to their air conditioning systems after the city announced a $1 million investment on Thursday.

Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs@buffett.northwestern.edu · last mo.

Do refugees see AI as a threat or an opportunity? Michelle Lee, a Northwestern University Sociology PhD candidate whose research is supported by an International Dissertation Research Award from @buffett.northwestern.edu, shares insights. Read: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

For refugee digital workers, is AI a threat or an opportunity?

Concerns about AI-driven job displacement tend to focus on workers in the Global North. What about the perceptions of refugee digital workers in East Africa?

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