Jan. 18 – 31, 2020

GPS faculty are deeply committed to policy engagement. Discover featured news and media mentions related to our research and policy topical areas listed below.
Data shows how Twitter may have helped Russia to seize Crimea
New research by Jesse Driscoll shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially other governments . UC San Diego News Center

China’s leaders scramble to avert a Chernobyl moment
Victor Shih discusses how officials may fear a political catastrophe if the coronavirus were to continue spreading to major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai and how popular faith in Chinese leader Xi Jinping could evaporate if the situation worsened dramatically. The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2020, Rafael Fernández de Castro authored opinion in El Financiero (Spanish)

Jan 15, 2020, Rafael Fernández de Castro interviewed on XFMNoticias (Spanish) 

Jan. 22, 2020, Zoltan Hajnal quoted in The Hour

Jan. 24, 2020, Rafael Fernández de Castro authored opinion in El Financiero (Spanish)

Jan. 31, 2020, Rafael Fernández de Castro authored opinion in El Financiero (Spanish)
Jan. 20, 2020, Jennifer Burney quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune

Jan. 22, 2020, Jennifer Burney cited in Colorado Springs Independent

Jan. 22, 2020, David Victor cited in PV Magazine

Jan. 23, 2020, David Victor quoted in The Orange County Register
Jan. 23, 2020, Barry Naughton quoted in Aljazeera.com

Jan. 29, 2020, Victor Shih interviewed in MacroBusiness (blog)
Jan. 28, 2020, Cecilia Farfan at the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies quoted in Vice