Maxwell School News and Commentary
Murrett talks to Government Executive about presidential transition activities
Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, says he "would be more concerned" if the president-elect was someone other than Biden since he "is so familiar with the national security arena" from his tenure as vice president and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
See related: Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
Los Angeles Review of Books reviews Lasch-Quinn's new book Ars Vitae
"She writes in a way that makes her readers better thinkers, more reflective and self-aware, and she does so by showing the development of her own thinking—who her influences are, the sources from which she draws her wisdom, and how philosophy informs her understanding of herself, the culture, and the world in which she lives," reads a review of Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn's book, "Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living."
See related: Europe
Lovely quoted in New York Times article on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
"RCEP [Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership] gives foreign companies enhanced flexibility in navigating between the two giants," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely. "Lower tariffs within the region increases the value of operating within the Asian region, while the uniform rules of origin make it easier to pull production away from the Chinese mainland while retaining that access."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade
Lamis Abdelaaty examines asylum admissions in International Interactions
Ajello Fellows create open data repository of electric grid in Vietnam
See related: Academic Scholarships, East Asia, Energy, Student Experience
EMPA student continues his education journey with freedom, flexibility
"The flexibility is definitely there with the E.M.P.A. program," says Brian Green, current E.M.P.A. student. "It gives me the freedom to do what I have to do before class."
See related: Student Experience
Executive Education event outlines lessons of COVID-19 disruption
“There’s no doubt that we are not going back to the way it was. There will be a—quote unquote—new normal," says Catherine Gerard, associate director of Executive Education, about the short- and long-term effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic. “This has been an incredible disruption,” University Professor Sean O’Keefe said. “This disruptive change is having a global consequence.”
See related: COVID-19, Student Experience
O'Keefe talks to SpaceNews about civil space traffic management
University Professor Sean O'Keefe recently participated in a study by the National Academy of Public Administration on which agency was best to handle civil space traffic management. O’Keefe believes the Office of Space Commerce is best suited for the task.
See related: Space Exploration, United States
Banks comments on election results in China Daily
William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, says it is highly unlikely that Trump can do anything to change the outcome of the election. "It remains to be seen how his supporters react," Banks says. "It is too soon to tell."
See related: U.S. Elections, United States
Gadarian provides post-election commentary on TRT World, WAER
"These baseless accusations of electoral fraud do a lot of damage to the public’s belief in the electoral system and in democracy itself," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "And that is extremely damaging to our democracy."
See related: U.S. Elections, United States