As fears mount about the potential for a nuclear showdown between the U.S. and North Korea, the Chicago Tribune reached out to East Asia politics expert T.Y. Wang.
T.Y. Wang interviewed by Chicago Tribune

As fears mount about the potential for a nuclear showdown between the U.S. and North Korea, the Chicago Tribune reached out to East Asia politics expert T.Y. Wang.
Ali Riaz notes that the Supreme Court of Bangladesh recently scrapped the 16th Amendment of the constitution passed by the parliament in 2014.
Nine ISU students participated in the 2017 Civic Engagement Trip to Washington D.C. this summer.
What do Taiwan’s citizens think of China? It’s complicated, according to T.Y. Wang, professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government.
T.Y. Wang, professor of Politics and Government, published a co-authored paper entitled “Taiwan Citizens’ Views of China: What are the Effects of Cross-Strait Contacts?”
The following story was written by student Lindsey Earl about her experience with the Peru Democracy and Human Rights summer trip.
Lori Riverstone-Newell was interviewed by the New York Times on the topic of how Republican-dominated states are countering more liberally minded cities.
Illinois State Politics and Government Professor Ali Riaz recently wrote commentary in the largest circulated English daily in Bangladesh, the Daily Star, on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack at a cafe in the capital of Dhaka.
Department of Politics and Government alumna Nikita Richards ’06, M.S. ’15, is running for local public office.
Professor Lori Riverstone-Newell, Department of Politics and Government, recently published “The Rise of State Preemption Laws in Response to Local Policy Innovation.”