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Message from director Deborah Avant
New institute to explore how world's poor use technology to spend, store money
Etel Solingen's Nuclear Logics receives top book award in political science
Illegal migration worldwide poses security risks
"Bangladeshis and Bengali Indians share many similarities in terms of ethnicity, language, religion and even food habits," Sadiq said. "It becomes very easy then for Bangladeshi immigrants to blend in with the locals in India." Sadiq's research focuses on "documentary citizenship" - immigrants' use of forged documents or illegally obtained authentic passports to prove residency or citizenship. Weak and erratic bureaucracies in developing countries allow fake documents to flourish. The result is a thriving underground process for attaining citizenship. Read On... UCI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE NEWS Obama forms advisory group focused on LatinosCybernetic birth control Many officials reluctant to help arrest immigrants Church shelters Liliana one year Obama and the youth vote Research finds fear of illegal immigrant crime unfounded Promoting civic engagement in the MySpace age Virtual similarities Crimes less likely from immigrants Storm-hit Cubans need all our help The stone-age diet that works Congressional Republicans arm forum with bold anti-immigrant Bill Gates gives UCI $1.7 to study the poor Virtual worlds provide real interaction A depressing historical parallel Latino heritage month raises awareness, hopes to spark change Rescue no cure-all for underlying flaws No panic at WaMu branches House divided on fed. bailout Rivals agree on reform The big three Illegal immigrant inflow to the U.S. lags that of legal immigrants New institute to assess mobile banking in developing world Fed chief guided by lessons from Depression Nonfiction review: "The Latino Threat" Children of immigrants reshaping America The Great Depression: How close are we? Channeling conflict Obama speaks Spanish for first time in ad Myth of the Latino vote Audit: US fails in tracking cost of Iraq contractors UCI students tell of their visit to the Holy Land Haters come out of the woodwork Bridging the Muslim-Jewish divide ICE failure to detect, deport criminal aliens shows distorted priorities Where's the money, honey? Campus currents Refile China now - China grapples with new social safety net Tijuana's bloodiest year Experts: Latino advocacy group in LI probe not "wacko" |
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RIGS and the International Studies Program at UCI had an eventful year in 2008. We instituted the 
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UC Irvine a $1.7 million grant to create a new research institute focused on the growing use of mobile technology in providing banking and financial services to people in developing countries.
Why do some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them? How have the nuclear trajectories of East Asia and the Middle East differed? What do answers to these and other questions say about North Korea and Iran's nuclear plans?
An era of mass migrations, porous borders and easily obtained fraudulent documents is blurring the definition of citizenship and putting national security at risk around the globe, says UC Irvine political science professor Kamal Sadiq in his new book, Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries. |
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