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McFate Speaks With Newsweek About the Exodus of Wagner Group Soldiers

March 24, 2023

"Most of the old guard have sought to remain in places like Mali, or in Africa, away from the Ukraine fight, because the guys I talked to before the invasion were not supportive of the invasion," says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs.

David Van Slyke Reappointed to 5-Year Term as Maxwell School Dean

March 23, 2023
“The Maxwell School has thrived under David’s leadership,” says Provost Gretchen Ritter. “He has strengthened an already strong school in numerous areas ranging from undergraduate enrollment to external funding. I am grateful for his continued service to the school and the University.”

Murrett Discusses the Putin-Xi Moscow Summit with the Associated Press, Daily Mail

March 22, 2023

The Moscow summit has the effect of underscoring and reinforcing the status of “Russia as a junior partner with China—economically, militarily and diplomatically,” Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, tells the Associated Press.

Moynihan Institute’s Longtime Leader Says She Was ‘Honored to be Part of the Mission’

March 22, 2023

Recent retiree Margaret ‘Peg’ Hermann greatly expanded the institute’s global reach and served as a mentor to countless students.

Huber Talks to Real Change News About Carbon Pricing Programs

March 20, 2023

The fact that the costs of compliance are typically borne by workers and consumers is a fundamental flaw of carbon pricing programs, says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment. It’s one that, he suggests, has led to the Biden administration’s relatively skeptical stance on cap-and-trade programs.

Abdelaaty Receives ISA Ethnicity, Nationalism & Migration Studies Section’s Distinguished Book Award

March 17, 2023

"Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (Oxford University Press, 2021), written by Associate Professor of Political Science Lamis Abdelaaty, received the Distinguished Book Award from the International Studies Association's Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies section.

Thomas Perreault Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

March 17, 2023

The professor of geography and the environment will spend part of the summer researching peatlands and helping develop a doctoral program in Chile. 

Koch Weighs in on Western States Banning Foreign Groundwater Use in Stateline Article

March 16, 2023

“The U.S. has always been promoting and setting up this entire thing,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment. “It’s not like the Americans are passive in this. We have absolutely helped sow the seeds for that Saudi agricultural industry that has come back to us now.”

Monarch Quoted in VOA Article on China’s Shift Towards High-End Manufacturing

March 16, 2023

Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics, says it would be more difficult for China's manufacturing industry to transition to the high-end amid deteriorating U.S.-China relations and the decoupling of business between the two countries.

See related: China, Economic Policy

Taylor Hamilton ’18 MPA/MA (IR) to Spend a Year in Asia as a Luce Scholar

March 15, 2023

The Maxwell School alum aspires to work as an urbanist and spatial equity advocate.

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