Sasha Breger Bush, PhD

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Associate Professor

Email Address: [email protected] Office Hours: By appointment Personal Website: https://www.ipewithsbb.org (All opinions expressed are my own.) Substack: https://ipewithsbb.substack.com (All opinions expressed are my own.)

Bio

Sasha Breger Bush is an international political economist, writer, analyst, and associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. Sasha's research deals with distributions of wealth, power, and risk in the global economy, with special attention to commodities markets, geopolitical risk, international development, trade and finance, global drug markets, and higher education institutions.

Sasha is the author of numerous books and articles, including Derivatives and Development (2012), Global Politics: A Toolkit for Learners (2021, with Roni Kay O'Dell), and How the Ukraine War Broke the West (2026). Her newest book, about commodities and finance after globalization, is due out next year from DeGruyter Brill.

Sasha is also a public intellectual. She speaks regularly on current events and the global economy to audiences across the Denver area and her popular articles on political economy, globalization, and finance have been reprinted dozens of times, including in Dollars & Sense classroom texts. Sasha publishes the IPEwithSBB newsletter on Substack, a free resource that offers clearheaded, nonpartisan coverage of global current events.

Sasha is also an expert in teaching and learning, including student-centered learning, metacognition, experimental course design, and community-oriented pedagogy, and is the recipient of the 2022 CU Denver Excellence in Teaching Award.

Areas of Expertise

international political economy, international trade and finance, international development policy, commodity/supply chains, food and agricultural systems, drug markets and policy, higher education politics, teaching and learning

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Doctor of Philosophy in International Studies
University of Denver, Korbel School of International Studies

Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs
The George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs

Curriculum Vitae