Public Administration and International Affairs Department News, Media Commentary and Research
Maxwell faculty co-edit new book on intractable conflicts
Constitutional Law: Structure and Rights in Our Federal System, 7th Edition
United States Relations with China and Iran: Towards the Asian Century
See related: East Asia, Middle East & North Africa
Banks comments on FISA reform in USA Today
Professor Emeritus William C. Banks said congressional action regarding FISA could further insert politics into a process that should be free of it. "All the politics that surrounded the headlines of this story would rear their ugly head again," he says. "It could end up with more amendments to FISA that do more harm than good."
See related: U.S. National Security, United States
Maxwell, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore explore expanding collaboration
Maxwell’s partnership with the government of India and IIMB continues the efforts of civil servants and academics from both countries to learn from each other. “This is an active partnership that works for all parties,” Dan Nelson, international program manager, says.
See related: Education, Government, India, United States
Heflin weighs in on cuts to food stamp program in CBS News article
"Given that we are having a real sort of rescaling of mortality in this country as a whole, to think about cutting anything that supports health and an associated reduction of mortality is a real mistake," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Food Security, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Banks discusses the latest in Trump's impeachment with China Daily
"For those who believe in the rule of law and the importance of constitutional norms, his impeachment is nonetheless important because it upholds and reinforces the importance of those norms," says Professor Emeritus William Banks.
See related: Federal, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Dwight Waldo Started It All
See related: Centennial, School History
Maxwell alumnae co-host podcast, interview Maxwell’s Leonard Lopoo
Rebecca Casciano ’03 M.P.A. founded Glass Frog in 2012 with the goal of making her research insights from her time as a Ph.D. student at Princeton actionable. Jennifer Puma ’03 M.P.A. is currently Glass Frog's senior manager for operations and client delivery. They spoke with Leonard Lopoo, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Public Policy and director of Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research, about new trends and academic developments in program evaluation.
See related: Non-governmental Organizations, United States
Inaugural VPPCE program off to a successful start
See related: State & Local, United States, Veterans
Maxwell School remembers Advisory Board member Paul Volcker
See related: Economic Policy, In Memoriam
Yinger cited in Newsday article on real estate steering
See related: Federal, Housing, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local, United States
Steinberg discusses regional multilateralism in Nikkei Asian Review
"In the face of China's growing economic and military power, the region's countries are eager to find strategies to counter its influence," writes University Professor James Steinberg.
See related: China, International Agreements, United States
Burman weighs in on plan for funding Medicare for all in Washington Examiner
Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, identifies that the major problem entailed by Senator Elizabeth Warren's "Medicare for all" proposal is that it would not be just a marginal tax on the 50th employee, but instead would apply to all previously hired employees.
See related: Taxation, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Michelmore examines EITC impact on housing affordability crisis in Work In Progress blog
Simulation exercise offers a seat at negotiating table
“The goal of simulations is to keep the negotiations going and make small incremental wins,” says Joshua Kennedy, associate director for public administration and international affairs. “There aren’t always huge transformational moments. Sometimes the best solution might be that we agree to another conference.”
See related: Student Experience
INSCT renamed SU Institute for Security Policy and Law
See related: Centennial, School History
Dickey quoted in Newsweek article on outing the whistleblower
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Political Parties, United States