PIs: Keith A. Preble, Independent Scholar; Charmaine N. Willis, PhD Candidate, SUNY Albany Grant Amount: $2,500 Project Abstract: The United Nations 1718 Sanctions Committee has published biannual reports on the compliance of UN sanctions against North Korea (DPRK). These detailed reports underscore the difficulty faced by the UN member states in promoting and supporting compliance […]

PI: Maro Youssef, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California Grant Amount and Grant Fund: $2,500, William A. Steiger Fund for Legislative Studies Project Abstract: The research project investigates the role of women in politics and civil society, and feminist coalitions in particular, during Tunisia’s democratic transition (2011-2021). Existing research on women’s political participation during democratic […]

PI: Eddy S. F. Yeung, Ph.D. Candidate Emory University Grant Amount and Grant Fund: $2,500, Second Century Fund Project Abstract: Citizens in Western societies often take democracy for granted, but over half of the world population is still living in autocracies. Why are autocracies so persistent? What is the role of propaganda in sustaining authoritarian […]