SELF & SOCIETY

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Understanding Fear to Rob it of its Strength

by Alex Russell

Psychology Ph.D. student and military veteran Zachary Oakland is developing a new understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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The Ways Nations Negotiate: The Risks of Non-cooperation When Coming to Agreement on Trade and Everything Else

The U.S. government’s recent shift to a non-cooperative negotiating strategy has used the tactic of threatening to increase the costs of not agreeing to U.S. terms, according to a UC Davis expert in international negotiations. While non-cooperation is far from unprecedented in international negotiations, it could make U.S. negotiations in the future much more challenging.

Fighting for a Fulfilling Life

As historian Traci Parker writes a new biography, she is learning just how much Coretta Scott King contributed to her husband’s ideas and actions, and how his story is also very much her own.