Alison Brysk

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Alison Brysk is Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance at UC Santa Barbara.

Time is Running Out: Embracing Reason at the Eleventh Hour

CONTRIBUTIONS

Women protest holding 'Gabriela' placards demanding defense of women's rights in the Philippines

Women’s Rights in the Philippines in an Era of Authoritarianism

Filipino students join protest in Baguio denouncing the suppression of press freedom, February 2018.

Global Dynamics of Authoritarian Populism

voters at polling station in Mexico, 2018. Photo credit: Alison Brysk

This is What Democracy Looks Like: 21st Century Elections in Mexico and Beyond

CONAIE march with flag in Quito, Ecuador

The Future of Human Rights

people giving thounds down

Election 2016: Think Globally, Act Nationally

RECENT ARTICLES

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali, 1931

Time is Running Out: Embracing Reason at the Eleventh Hour

Louis René Beres

January 26, 2026

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The International Politics of Womanology

Terrell Carver, Matt Bassett

January 8, 2026

SERIES

(In)tolerance

... as Archive. Memory, Mediation, and Agency.

COVID-19 and Populism

Diversifying Global Education

Global Dynamics of Authoritarianism

Global Studies & Cultural Literacy

Global Studies in East Asia

Gramsci Today

Hong Kong and Liberty

Introducing Biodata Capitalism: From Flush to Forecast

ISIS Media

Mnemonic Solidarity

Pandemic: Border-Crossing Caveats

Populism and Democracy

Populist Backlash

Re-Globalization

Reforming Global Governance

Rethinking Queer Migration Studies

Rohingya Crisis

Tourism & Development in Africa

Undergraduate Scholars Series