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Dutkowsky, Flores-Lagunes on growing job market for economic PhDs
Don Dutkowsky, professor of economics, notes that doctorates in economics have thrived due to the expansive job market available in economics both inside and outside of academia. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, adds that an increase in economic majors has yielded a higher demand for economics instructors, opening up doors for economics doctorates where they are closing in other fields of study.
Andersen, Burdick on Trump threat to Obama legacy
Zoli weighs in on Trump, counterterrorism in Newsday
Corri Zoli, research director for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, thinks there will be a significant return to the default mode of deterrence under Trump.
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Elizabeth Cohen discusses sanctuary cities on CNY Central
Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science, says it won't be easy for Trump to withhold money from sanctuary cities as there are numerous conditions, privacy laws and civil rights protections he will need to navigate.
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Kriesberg op-ed on MLK Jr., Trump in Huffington Post
"To some degree... both [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Donald Trump] sought to mobilize their potential followers and defeat their adversaries as one waged a struggle for civil rights for African Americans and the other for winning a national presidential election," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.
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Bybee book on civility featured in The New York Times
Given how nasty and intractable the conflicts in our society can be, Keith Bybee, professor of political science, argues that it is naïve to imagine we can somehow transcend our clashing sets of values and miraculously agree on what counts as acceptable behavior and tolerable opinion.
O'Keefe discusses the transfer of presidential power on CNY Central
University Professor Sean O'Keefe notes that there will always be tensions that accompany presidential transitions.
Mitra op-ed on India's jobless growth in Bloomberg Quint
According to Devashish Mitra, professor of economics & Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, "to fully employ the growing labour force gainfully and productively, India will probably have to create tens of millions of modern-sector jobs over the next few years."
Kriesberg op-ed on Israeli-Palestinian conflict published in Foreign Policy in Focus
"There are many Israelis who are highly dismayed by the extreme rightist developments in Israel and Obama’s and Kerry’s actions lend them support. Trump’s electoral vote victory threatens to make Israeli-Palestinian relations much worse," Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.
Reeher comments on Trump's transition in The Hill
According to Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher, "watching the transition so far, it is a continuation of what we saw during the campaign: the normal rules are not being followed, and he is rewriting the expectations and the rule book as he goes.”