{"id":1713,"date":"2023-03-29T20:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/?page_id=1713"},"modified":"2023-03-29T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:43:18","slug":"message-from-department-chair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/message-from-department-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Department Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/why-poir\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Why POIR?\"  \n>\n    Why POIR? 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but Why? and How?\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Welcome to the Department of Political Science and International Relations!\u00a0 Our faculty and students investigate power and politics as part of the human experience in a wide array of settings.\u00a0 These include the interaction of political institutions with ordinary people; democracy, autocracy, and democratization;\u00a0 the politics of gender and race; law and human rights; political economy and philosophy; foreign policy, and international security.\u00a0 All this takes place in the context of geopolitical realities in regions including the United States and North America more broadly, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.\u00a0 The scholarly endeavors of POIR faculty and students come together in a vibrant mosaic.<\/p>\n<p>What we share \u2013 our coherence as a department, comes from three key questions that form the basis of our work:\u00a0 What? Why? and How?\u00a0 To supply just two of many possible examples:\u00a0 What happened in the United States elections in 2016 and 2020, why did the polls predict the outcomes they did, and how does that affect our\u00a0 path forward?\u00a0 Likewise, what happened in Ukraine in 2022, why did Russian leaders believe they had a historical imperative to mold Ukraine in the Russian image, and how do we move forward to create a more peaceful world?\u00a0 The department\u2019s combined perspective emerges from deep knowledge of the facts, rigorous inquiry into causes, and moral and practical considerations of the way forward.\u00a0 It is through this systematic approach to politics in the US and across the globe that our faculty and students aim to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you will join us in our quest by joining our programs, courses, talks, and seminars.<\/p>\n<p>With many good wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Sally Pratt<\/p>\n<p>Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n                        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--photo-wall \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--photo-wall\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"photos-container\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"grid-sizer\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"gutter-sizer\"><\/div>\n\n      \n                                                \n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/01\/USC_DCLAS_Building_Details_Center_for_International_and_Public_Affairs_20221020_04-1-e1677620321437-540x0-c-default.png\"\n                    \n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"photo instagram\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Fall-Picnic-540x0-c-default.jpg\"\n                    \n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/02\/dc-semester-e1675469638329-540x0-c-default.jpeg\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"The White House\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n      \n      <\/div>\n\n                    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1713","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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