Geopolitical and International Economic Implications

Zoom Webinar

While international affairs are not usually on the forefront of voter's minds when choosing a President, US Presidential elections have major implications for US foreign policy.  This election is no exception, as it could significantly influence the general direction of US foreign and international economic policy.  The world is waiting to find out if the US will continue to support Ukraine, escalate a tariff war with China, push for a ceasefire in Gaza, take a stronger stance in supporting Taiwan, or close the border to immigration? The American election will also reverberate through the global economy, as the candidates promise drastic changes in US immigration, trade and industrial policies. Those are just a few of the issues at stake. Professors Poast and Gulotty will speak to these issues and their role in the upcoming election.

Speakers

Robert Gulotty
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago

Paul Poast
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Committee on International Relations
The University of Chicago

Webinar Program (Hong Kong Time)

8:30 pm – 8:50 pm    Talk by Professor Robert Gulotty
8:50 pm – 9:10 pm     Talk by Professor Paul Poast
9:10 pm – 9:30 pm     Discussion

9:30 pm        Japan | South Korea 
8:30 pm        Hong Kong | Beijing | Singapore 
6:00 pm        Delhi 
2:30 pm        Paris 
1:30 pm        London
7:30 am       Chicago 

Reference Materials

Publications – Robert Gulotty

• The Political Benefits of the Monoculture: Estimating the Electoral Effect of the Market Facilitation Program (Robert Gulotty and Anton Strezhnev | June 2024)
• Goading the Watchdog: How Politicians Evade Accountability (Robert Gulotty and Zhaotian Luo | May 2022)
• Electoral Responses to Endogenous Compensation (Minju Kim and Robert Gulotty | World Politics | April 2024)
• The Arbitrage Lobby: Theory and Evidence on the Political Economy of Dual Exchange Rates (Robert Gulotty and Dorothy Kronick | International Organization | August 2021)
• Narrowing the Channel: The Politics of Regulatory Protection in International Trade (The University of Chicago Press | 2020)

Publications – Paul Poast

• Prediction in International Relations is Hard, Sometimes: Commentary on Tetlock et al. (Futures & Foresight Science | March 2024)
• Transatlantic Shakedown: Presidential Shaming and NATO Burden Sharing (Jordan Becker, Sarah E Kreps, Paul Poast, and Rochelle Terman | Journal of Conflict Resolution | February-March 2024)
• Arguing about Alliances: The Art of Agreement in Military-Pact Negotiations (Co-winner of the 2020 Lepgold Prize) (Cornell University Press | 2019)
• Organizing Democracy: How International Organizations Assist New Democracies (Paul Poast and Johannes Urpelainen | The University of Chicago Press | 2018)
• The Economics of War (McGraw Hill-Irwin | 2006)

About U.S. Presidential Election 2024

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is guaranteed to be the election that defines the United States for generations to come. UChicago’s leading political science faculty will discuss populism in America, the geopolitical and international economic implications of the election, disinformation and political implications, and the resilience of American democracy. Read More.