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Steinberg op-ed on US-Japan relations published in Nikkei Asian Review
"Trump, sumo and the limits of strategic flattery," written by University Professor James Steinberg, was published in Nikkei Asian Review. Steinberg examines the long-term implications for U.S.-Japan relations of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy.
6/13/2019

Boroujerdi discusses Japanese PM's visit to Iran in ThinkProgress
Mehrzad Boroujerdi was interviewed for the ThinkProgress article "Japanese PM’s visit to Iran might cool tensions between Tehran and Washington." According to Boroujerdi, the meeting between the Japanese prime minister and Iran essentially constitutes indirect talks between Iran and the United States. "That is the main reason for the trip regardless of what each side says," Borourjerdi said.
6/13/2019

Bifulco quoted in Chalkbeat article on concerns about charter schools
"Typically, at least in the short and even the medium term, public schools can’t cut costs commensurate with the amount of revenue that they’re losing" as students exit for charters, says Associate Dean Bob Bifulco, whose research focuses on charter schools. He was interviewed for the Chalkbeat article "Critics of charter schools say they’re hurting school districts. Are they right?."
6/13/2019

Maxwell School expands connection with Kazakhstan
The Maxwell School Class of 2019 includes eight students from Kazakhstan who earned either dual degrees from the Academy of Public Administration (APA) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the School’s Executive Master of Public Administration program (EMPA) or Certificates of Advanced Study in Public Administration.
6/13/2019

Reeher weighs in on possible 4th term for Governor Cuomo in Daily Star
Grant Reeher was interviewed for the Daily Star article "Poll shows opposition to 4th term for Cuomo." Governor Cuomo could be facing "the fatigue factor," with more voters now looking to "change the dialogue and change the players" at the statehouse, says Reeher. "Voters develop sets of norms and expectations about the length of term in office and those can be very powerful."
6/12/2019

Lopoo discusses govt policies to increase US fertility rate in Medium
Len Lopoo was interviewed for the Medium article "Don’t Freak Out About American Fertility." According to Lopoo, the big limitation of many interventions is simply that the effects they produce — and, in the United States, the financial and in-kind benefits involved — are generally small. Such programs may have particularly limited effects on women who are delaying childbearing for professional reasons.
6/11/2019

Steinberg quoted in Foreign Policy article on legacy of World War II
"Lacking historical memories of the consequences of these quasi-isolationist/offshore balancing policies, we are heading down the track of repeating those tragic mistakes," says University Professor James Steinberg. He was interviewed for the Foreign Policy article "D-Day’s Dying Legacy."
6/11/2019

Batalgi publishes study on successful exporting, foreign ownership
"Contagious exporting and foreign ownership: Evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model," co-authored by Badi Baltagi, was published in Regional Science and Urban Economics. The authors illustrate at the micro level that exporting and foreign ownership decisions are affected by the decisions of other firms in a certain geographical neighborhood.
6/11/2019

Thorson discusses belief echoes on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom
In the era of fake news, why do people hold onto beliefs that have been proven false? New research by Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, shines a light on these “belief echoes” and how they can be broken. She recently discussed the topic on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom.
6/11/2019

Reeher comments on upcoming Democratic debates in The Hill
"It sets up an incentive for candidates to get some attention by throwing out something that will get the media’s attention,” Grant Reeher says about the crowded Democratic field. "Definitely, they are all going to have arrows in their quiver." Reeher was interviewed for The Hill article "The Memo: 2020 Democrats jockey for position as reckoning looms."
6/10/2019

Lovely discusses impact of Trump's tariff threats in TIME
Mary Lovely was featured in the TIME article "As Trump Suspends New Tariffs on Mexico, Experts Warn That His Threats Could Damage the U.S. Economy." "The sad part is we’ve had this incredible expansion," says Lovely. "We had the chance to bring some people back into the workforce who had really been hurt under the recession."
6/10/2019

Popp quoted in Washington Post article on taxing carbon
David Popp was interviewed for the Washington Post article "Everyone’s got a climate plan. So where’s the carbon tax?" Elizabeth Warren analogizes her own plan to the industrial policy America previously undertook for the space race and our mobilization against Nazi aggression. But in both of those historical comparisons, "The goal wasn’t to create a commercial product," says Popp. "The government was the consumer."
6/10/2019

Mitra article on India's job data published in Bloomberg Quint
"The Dark Clouds Of India’s Jobs Data, With One Silver Lining," written by Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, was published in Bloomberg | Quint. Mitra examines the results and implications of India's recent Periodic Labour Force Survey.
6/10/2019

SU named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. The Hon. James E. Baker and Vice Admiral Robert Murrett (ret.), both faculty members in public administration and international affairs, will serve as co-principal investigators.
6/6/2019

SU Trustee Christine Larsen funds local immigrant/refugee study
Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from Syracuse University trustee Christine Larsen, her husband Vincent Dopulos, and their daughters Katherine and Phoebe.
6/6/2019

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