Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Government
Inaugural VPPCE program off to a successful start
See related: State & Local, United States, Veterans
Gueorguiev article on China, dictatorship published in Washington Post
"Democracy is not the same thing as providing for the population’s needs...the CCP will never commit to trusting the public over its own political interests. It will resort to force when necessary, as it has in the past, and this use of force is the very essence of dictatorship," writes Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.
See related: China, Government
Reeher comments on the political impact of impeachment in The Hill
"On paper, you would say it has to hurt him [Trump] and there are public opinion data that back that up," says Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher. "But there are different ways this might be spun that we can’t predict right now. It could be that this mobilizes a set of voters in a way that helps Trump."
See related: Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
McDowell discusses history of the Washington Consensus on World Politics Review podcast
McCormick discusses Mexico, drug cartels in Bloomberg, Reuters
According to Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard are anticipated to resist and challenge the designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist groups by the United States.
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
O'Keefe op-ed on Trump and the military published in NY Times
"Contamination from the president’s approach is amplified when his judgment is largely shaped by television commentators and his decision announced by tweet," write University Professor Sean O'Keefe and his co-author. "No one is as well positioned to balance the exigencies of combat and the demands of law and ethics as a panel of fellow sailors, Marines, airmen or soldiers," they add.
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Yinger cited in Newsday article on real estate steering
See related: Federal, Housing, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local, United States
Thorson quoted in CT Mirror article on Connecticut's tax myth
“Misconceptions about a particular policy, these are pretty common,” says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, about falsehoods about policies for an article for the CT Mirror.
See related: Media & Journalism, Political Parties, State & Local, Taxation, United States
Hamza Mighri explores Tunisian military court reform in Brookings blog
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Law, Middle East & North Africa
Monnat takes part in White House roundtable aimed at reducing opioid overdoses
“Many people who misuse opioids are also misusing other substances, and a common driver of this is self-medicating,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, whose research examines the connections between social disadvantage, place, public policy and health.
See related: Addiction, Federal, Opioids, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States