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Popp discusses green investments, post-COVID recovery in SPI blog post
In his recent blog post for the Smart Prosperity Institute, David Popp, Caroline Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy, looks at how government investments can help workers affected by environmental regulation and provides guidance on the role green investments can play in post-COVID recovery. "Our research shows that green investments can help smooth the transition to a green economy, but must be used carefully," says Popp.
6/26/2020

Banks quoted in Vox article on military deployment at US-Mexico border
The Pentagon will officially keep as many as 4,000 troops at the US-Mexico border in October — ensuring President Donald Trump’s military deployment continues throughout the election season despite no signs of an actual crisis. William Banks says that such a deployment, like the previous ones, is clearly legal. But, he adds, "I continue to question whether the wall construction itself is lawful," noting that multiple lawsuits proceed. Read more in the Vox article "The US military will stay on the US-Mexico border, even with migration falling."
6/26/2020

Mitra discusses what India needs to do to attract GSCs in ET
"View: India has to catch up in infrastructure and skill-building to play role in global supply chains," written by Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, was published in the Economic Times. Mitra says attracting global supply chains (GCS) to India is actually very hard work. "There is no strategy other than considerable additional investment and effort into infrastructure and skill-building, tackling power bottlenecks, reforms in labour and land regulations and keeping protectionist forces at bay," he says.

6/25/2020

Ma comments on order to stop visas for skilled immigrants in Politico
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the entry of foreign workers seeking H-1B, J and L visas through year’s end. The order says such visa holders are a "significant threat to employment opportunities for Americans" affected by Covid-19. Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, tells Politico the move "seriously undermines American leadership in fields such as technology and medicine where skilled immigrants serve as the backbone."
6/25/2020

Kyle co-edits history of early political communication in England
Chris R. Kyle, associate professor of history, is the co-editor of Connecting Centre and Locality: Political Communication in Early Modern England, published recently by Manchester University Press. The collection, co-edited by Jason Peacey, a professor of early modern British history at University College London, explores the dynamics of local and national political culture in 17th-century Britain, with an emphasis on political communication.
6/24/2020

McCormick is the School’s new diversity, equity and inclusion officer
Gladys McCormick has been named the Maxwell School’s director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. McCormick will lead and advise on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the Maxwell School, and will represent the School to the University community and external stakeholders. In addition to advising, she will develop a DEI strategic plan and organize events to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the School; and will assist departments, administrators, and students in their efforts to promote DEI.
6/24/2020

Gueorguiev, McDowell study on capital controls in China published
"Inside looking out: how international policy trends shape the politics of capital controls in China," co-authored by Dimitar Gueorguiev and Daniel McDowell, was published in The Pacific Review. Gueorguiev, McDowell, and co-author David Steinberg present evidence showing that the international policy context features heavily in domestic political debates about capital controls in China. They also show that information about other countries’ policy choices influences mass public attitudes about capital controls in China.
6/23/2020

Gadarian quoted in Scientific American on impact of COVID-19 on voting
"If Democrats are taking more precautions because of the coronavirus, we may see them not turn out as much as they would have without the pandemic," says Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "That is pretty disturbing." Gadarian was interviewed for the Scientific American article "Trump vs. Biden: How COVID-19 Will Affect Voting for President."
6/23/2020

Lovely discusses Trump's Hong Kong policy in CNN article
"Revoking the city's special status will subject its exports to the high tariffs the president levied against China during his ongoing trade war," says Professor Mary Lovely. "But this change will barely budge the status quo," she says, "because Hong Kong's economy consists mostly of financial, logistical and other services, not manufactured goods." Her article, "Trump's removal of Hong Kong's special status hurts the US more than China," was published on CNN.com.
6/23/2020

Maxwell School picks Mark Jacobson to head D.C. programs
Mark R. Jacobson, a scholar of foreign policy and national security who also has extensive work experience in federal government and international organizations, has been named to lead Washington, D.C., operations for the Maxwell School. As assistant dean for Washington programs, Jacobson will oversee year-round academic programs for Maxwell’s D.C. headquarters at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the #1-ranked think tank in the United States (University of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index), where Maxwell serves approximately 200 undergraduate, graduate, and midcareer executive students each year.
6/23/2020

Three members of Maxwell School faculty earn promotion
At their year-end meeting in early May, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees approved promotions for three Maxwell School members. One, sociologist Scott Landes, was granted tenure while being promoted to associate professor. Both Shannon Novak and A. Peter Castro were promoted to the rank of professor.
6/18/2020

Faulkner discusses the simplification of past protest movements in NYT
According to many historians, much of what the public knows or learns about prior protest movements is sanitized for the purpose of discrediting successive movements. In reality, social movements are often much messier. Carol Faulkner says nineteenth-century women’s suffragists “went out of their way to present themselves as very middle-class, very respectable, and used the tools of respectable politics." Read more in the New York Times article "Why Protest Movements Are ‘Civil’ Only in Retrospect."
6/18/2020

Ma quoted in SCMP article on BLM movement, Asian-American community
Those of an older generation, whether in China or the US, generally prefer to circumvent discussion of politics and socioeconomic issues, says Yingyi Ma. "They have memories of the Cultural Revolution and they understand how divisive and how difficult it was and how much destruction it caused," she says. Ma was interviewed for the South China Morning Post article "Black Lives Matter movement reveals divides among Asian-American community."
6/17/2020

Reeher comments on Trump's campaign rally venue in The Hill
"At this point, it is just completely baffling to me,” says Grant Reeher of President Trump's decision to hold his campaign rally in Tulsa, the site of one of the worst racial massacres in modern U.S. history back in 1921. "He is going all-in on ‘Law and Order’ and rejecting the very premise of the protests and sticking it in your eye." Reeher was interviewed for The Hill article "The Memo: Trump's Tulsa decision sparks new race controversy."
6/16/2020

Jackson speaks to Vox about the meaning of abolish the police
"By 'abolish the police,' I mean building a world where we do not rely on anti-Black, white supremacist institutions of order to regulate society," says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. "This means that alternative forms of order might be embraced, like community care networks and justice structures rooted in restoration rather than punishment." Jackson was interviewed for the Vox article "The 'abolish the police' movement, explained by 7 scholars and activists."
6/16/2020

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