RE: Reflections and Explorations

IPG Director Max Stephenson and Non-Resident Research Associate Lyusyena Kirakosyan launched the online essay series “RE: Reflections and Explorations” for Virginia Tech graduate students to share articles concerning their evolving research, interests, and experiences on topics relevant to the VTIPG mission. These essays analyze the critical issue of democratic agency and its challenges, the difficulties of self-governance in inter-governmental cooperation and in racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, and challenges resulting from rapid widespread economic, social, and technological shifts.

Volume 1 of the RE: collected essays was published in 2015, Volume 2 in 2017, and Volume 3 in 2023.