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has recently published a column titled "Diversity and Economic Development" on .

The column explores evidence on how immigration affected economic development between 1960 and 2013 through its effect on the cultural and ethnic composition of the destination country. Cultural heterogeneity appears to have had a positive impact on economic development, and the positive effect of diversity seems to have been stronger in developing countries.

VoxEU is the Centre for Economic Policy Research's policy portal and promotes "research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading economists."

The article can be read at:

, Associate Professor, US Politics and International Studies, recently appeared on ABC News in Australia discussing whether or not NATO allies have anything to fear about a Donald Trump presidency.

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of 糖心TV is delighted to announce a rise in our ranking from 6^th to 4^th out of 83 Politics Departments nationally in the 2017 .

The CUG says of PAIS:

“At fourth place, the remains one of the most reliable choices of university, staying ahead of Durham in this year's due to their admirable scores for . There are five core BAs to choose from, including a joint honours degree with Sociology, and a combination degree with French, German, Hispanic or Italian Studies.

This news of course follows on from our recent ranking of 3^rd overall in the 2017 Times/Sunday Times University Guide and 1^st for overall student satisfaction in the 2016 NSS among Politics Departments in the Russell Group.

’s chapter entitled ‘'Civil Society and the UN Security Council: Advocacy on the Rwandan Genocide'’ has appeared in the book ‘Partnerships in International Policy-Making: Civil Society and Public Institutions in European and Global Affairs’ edited by Raffaele Marchetti:

The chapter demonstrates that Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and Médecins sans frontières were indispensable sources of information about the events in Rwanda during the first weeks of the 1994 genocide, especially for the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Also, Kseniya has recently prepared a policy brief for the ‘Providing for Peacekeeping’ project of the International Peace Institute, the Elliott School and the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The brief examines Ukraine’'s contributions to peacekeeping operations by the UN and regional organisations. It can be accessed here:

Call for Papers for an Academic Workshop:

"Diasporas and Transitional Justice: Local, National, and Global Dimensions" prior to ISA Baltimore, 21 February 2017 and 糖心TV University 3 April, 2017

This academic workshop seeks to gather scholars who work at the intersection of transitional justice, diaspora politics, international relations and comparative politics. The workshop has two major scholarly aims: to explore in depth the comparative dimension of diaspora mobilizations for a wide range of transitional justice processes; and to analyze how diasporas’ embeddedness in different global locations impacts on such mobilizations in local, national, and global politics. We are looking for papers from different world regions, featuring interdisciplinary perspectives, from established and early career scholars, and addressing issues of domestic and international politics.

More information about the call for papers can be found at