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McFate Quoted in Federal Times Article on Defense Contractors Donating to Election Deniers

"This is business as usual," Sean McFate, adjunct professor in the Maxwell-in-Washington program, tells Federal Times. "It’s a form of corruption, essentially. It’s a well-known problem without a solution."

November 4, 2022

Assistant Chief of DC Metro Police Gains Deeper Perspective on Global Affairs in EMIR in DC Program

”It was the partnership with Maxwell and CSIS that took me over top as far as picking a graduate program. It is in person, working in conjunction with a well-respected think tank, and it’s nonpartisan,” says Ashan Benedict, executive assistant chief of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.

November 3, 2022

McFate Discusses Putin’s Partial Mobilization of Russia in Newsweek Article

"I think it's an act of desperation," says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in the Maxwell-in-Washington program, of Putin's announcement.

September 23, 2022

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One Year Later: Jacobson Discusses US Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lack of Lessons Learned with VOA

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, was quoted in the Voice of America article, "A Year After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Some Frustrated at Lack of Lessons Learned."

August 15, 2022

Jacobson Discusses the US Drone Strike That Killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with CBS News

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, analyzed the U.S. drone strike that killed top al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on CBS News Mornings.

August 2, 2022

Jacobson Weighs in on Putin’s Military Playbook in Newsweek

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, was quoted in the Newsweek article, "How Putin's Bid to Copy Bush's Iraq War Playbook Ends in 'Shock and Awful'."

March 21, 2022

McFate Comments on Putin’s Military Tactics in Ukraine on NPR

Sean McFate, adjunct professor in the Maxwell-in-Washington program, discussed Putin's military tactics in Ukraine on NPR's "All Things Considered."

March 17, 2022

Maxwell’s Washington Programs Welcome Scholars and Senior-Level Practitioners

Former Secretary of the U.S. Army Ryan D. McCarthy has joined the Maxwell School’s Washington, D.C., office as a Dean’s Scholar in Residence. He is joined this academic year by eight scholars and senior-level practitioners who are sharing their expertise with students as adjunct professors in Maxwell’s Washington undergraduate and graduate programs.

February 9, 2022

Anger, Despair and Seeds of Hope

Maxwell alumni wonder whether the changes they worked for in Afghanistan will endure after the ‘heartbreaking’ U.S. withdrawal.

December 17, 2021

Economist Mary Lovely to Join the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

The nine-month appointment begins Jan. 3, 2022, and includes full access to the Library’s collections, which are the largest in the world.
December 9, 2021

Student Spotlight: Rachelly Buzzi Named as a 2022 Pickering Fellow

Rachelly Buzzi ’22, an international relations major, has been named a 2022 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow.
December 8, 2021

Jacobson Speaks to CBS News, DW, WAER about the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Top Pentagon leaders testified publicly before lawmakers for the first time since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with CBS News, Deutsche Welle and WAER about their testimony and the aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
September 29, 2021

Jacobson reflects on 9/11 on Profiles in Public Service podcast, ABC

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with ABC Radio about how the attacks changed the course of the 21st century. Jacobson also discussed how public servants stepped up in the aftermath on the Profiles in Public Service podcast.
September 10, 2021

Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.
September 3, 2021

Jay Golden Named Inaugural Pontarelli Professor

The professorship is funded with a gift from Kenneth A. Pontarelli ’92 B.S. (Econ) and his wife, Tracey.
August 24, 2021

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