Maxwell School News and Commentary
Alumni Spotlight: MPA Alumna Works to Improve Health of America’s Families
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Lovely speaks to South China Morning Post about the future of trade, CPTPP
"The Trumpers have this idea that we‘re going to bring supply chains back home, and that is not going to happen, so where are we going?" Many Americans "don’t want to deal with a communist country that they don’t understand, with human rights positions they don’t approve of, to put it mildly," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, U.S. Elections, United States
Gadarian cited in Atlantic, New York Times articles on perceptions of Trump
"In a threatening environment, Americans reward candidates and parties perceived to hold hawkish positions" and "punish candidates perceived to be dovish," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
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Peace Corps, Fulbright evacuees find community, opportunity at Maxwell
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Ma quoted in South China Morning Post on Trump's efforts to use China as a campaign issue
"Most Americans do not necessarily view their problems with China as having much to do with their problems domestically," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, for the South China Morning Post.
See related: China, U.S. Elections
Taylor weighs in on US-Russia relations under Biden in RFE/RL article
Clearer messaging could mean that "on certain issues, U.S. policy might be tougher than it has been under Trump," says Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor. "But it also might mean that in certain areas, it's easier to see possible so-called 'win-win' solutions that just aren't on the table now because of how dysfunctional the process has become."
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McCormick discusses post-election US-Mexico relations with Associated Press, CNN
If Biden wins the presidential election, "it's a return back to normalcy, the status quo, the way in which we knew politics to work across the border," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Latin America & the Caribbean, U.S. Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Barkun quoted in Washington Post article on the dark mood of the election
"I didn’t take it seriously for a long time, but in the last six weeks, it’s become very concerning," says Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science. "This idea that the other side winning the election will produce a precipitous decline and the disintegration of institutions is completely at variance with American history."
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Purser looks at teaching thrift in job readiness programs in new study
Hamersma uses a statistical lens to explore uncertainty in Comment
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