Lightning Rounds: Undergraduate Research

(Paper) A Socioeconomic Vicious Circle: RRP Success and Italy’s “Political Alienation” - Matteo Bollini, King’s College London

(Paper) Beyond Debt Trap: Analysis of Chinese Investment and Elite Incentives in Kenya - Nayonikaa Singhaal, Alma College

(Paper) Beyond Decentralization: Federal Robustness and Democracy under Stress - Megan Colleen Rehbehn, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

(Paper) The Evolution of the Taliban's Organization and Governance from 2001 to 2024 - Regan Irene Slattery, University of Connecticut

(Paper) The Path to Ruin? Impact of Polarization on Democratic Die - Ray Igbinedion, Meiji University

(Paper) When Legal Resistance Constrains Backsliding: Mobilization in Hungary and Poland - Madeleine K. Dearie, Georgetown University

Colleen Wood Century College