Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Reeher Talks to CBS New York and WCNY About President Trump’s First 100 Days
“Donald Trump has come in and has had just a blizzard of executive orders and other kinds of actions that have had serious impact in the federal government, the relations between the major branches of government and have had effects that have trickled down into Syracuse,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Economic Policy, Federal, Tariffs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Immigration, United States
Can Studying in the US Survive Geopolitics? Yingyi Ma Discusses in Brookings Institution Article
“What’s at risk is not just enrollment numbers or university budgets—it’s the future of American innovation and the country’s standing in the world,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology.
See related: China, Education, International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Immigration, United States
Bringing Home The Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade
“Bringing Home The Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Minju Kim, was published in World Politics.
See related: Government, International Affairs, Trade, United States
Monarch Talks With the Associated Press, Splinter and Tax Chats Podcast About Trump’s Tariffs
“We don’t know what the U.S. is doing. We don’t know why they’re doing it, and they seem to revel in the fact that they’re causing trouble, economic pain and consternation all across Europe and the world,” says Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Taylor Discusses President Trump, Causes of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine With Forbes, USA Today
“Trump’s contention that Ukraine’s hope of joining NATO ‘caused the war to start’ is a claim that is often made, but one that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. “Given that there was no serious prospect of Ukraine joining NATO between 2008 and 2022, it’s hard to see how Ukraine’s hope of joining NATO at some point in the future caused the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.”
See related: Conflict, Federal, Global Governance, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Khalil Speaks With CBS News About US Strikes on Yemen, Nuclear Talks Between the US and Iran
“Now the Trump administration is claiming this is an attempt to pressure Iran but it's unclear to me, quite frankly, by bombing a port, killing paramedics and port workers, is somehow going to pressure Iran in negotiations,” says Osamah Khalil, professor of history. “If the United States wants to neotiate with Iran, it should negotiate with Iran. There's no reason to be bombing Yemen to do that.”
Gueorguiev and McFate Quoted in Radio Free Europe Article on China’s Control of Rare Earth Minerals
“What oil was to the 20th century, rare earth minerals are to the 21st,” says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs. “Microchips, green technology, and quantum computing all require rare earths, and China has the bulk of them. It's a national security imperative that goes beyond the stock market.”
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Trade, United States
McDowell Discusses the Mar-a-Lago Accord and the US Dollar in Deutsche Welle Interview
Part of the Mar-a-Lago Accord is essentially the goal to reduce U.S. debt service costs by forcing other countries to exchange existing U.S. bonds for 100-year, low- or no-interest bonds. “This is such an unprecedented idea. This is, in my opinion, the most kind of fantastical part of this,” says Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs.
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, International Affairs, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Banks Weighs In on Trump’s Get-Tough Approach to Student Protests in USA Today Article
Williams Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, says chilling student protests risks quieting the country's conscience. Protests might be sometimes-inconvenient or messy, but young people have long provided a valuable values check about what the United States stands for, he says.
See related: Civil Rights, Federal, International Affairs, Law, Social Justice, U.S. Education, United States
Arctic Training with Canadian Troops Complements International Studies
Graduate student Connor McNeil took part in the three-week exercise as a member of the Vermont Army National Guard.
See related: Arctic, Canada, International Affairs, National Security, Student Experience