Filtered by: Government
Bybee Examines the Importance of Civility in Public Discourse on WBUR's ‘Here & Now’
“There is some sense that if they go low and you don't go high, then you end up being reduced to the level of the person you're disagreeing with. I would suggest something different, which is to focus on the real stakes,” says Keith Bybee, professor of political science.
See related: Government, Media & Journalism, United States
O’Keefe Talks With MS NOW About Senator Mark Kelly's Lawsuit Against Secretary Pete Hegseth
“It is a very fine line, but it's a special obligation that public servants carry, particularly those in uniform, to follow through in this manner and to do so in a way that they understand precisely why what they're being asked to do is lawful in prosecuting the national interest of the United States,” says University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe.
See related: Government, Law, United States
Heflin Discusses SNAP Work Requirements, Food Insecurity Data in Mother Jones Article
Around half of early retirements between the ages of 55 and 65 are the result of health issues or difficulties maintaining employment, often compounded by challenging state processes to seek exemption from it, says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs. “It’s really important for states to be thinking about the administrative burden.”
See related: Federal, Food Security, Labor, Nutrition, State & Local, United States
Murrett Speaks With CBS News About US-Iran Relations
“This was a level of killings and suppression which is different in scale from anything we've seen in the last few years of protest movements...and it hasn't really solved any of the underlying problems that exist in Iran, nor the anger that so many of their people have against the regime,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Middle East & North Africa, United States
From Pretextual Planning to Prezoning: The Case of Vancouver, British Columbia
The article, authored by Associate Teaching Professor of Policy Studies Austin Zwick, was published in Urban Governance.
See related: Canada, Government, Housing, Urban Issues
Griffiths Comments on the US’s Ability to Acquire Greenland in La Presse Article
“The executive power is less hampered than we normally see, but that doesn't mean that there are no constraints,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Europe, Federal, International Affairs, National Security, Tariffs, United States
Yingyi Ma Quoted in NY Times Article on Challenges Faced by International Students Under Trump
“The reality is that China’s best and the brightest are not coming but leaving,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, U.S. Education, United States
Walking the Land With Property Owners
The article, written by Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh, was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
See related: Government, New York State, Research Methods
Williams Talks to Christian Science Monitor About Greenland’s Strategic Importance, Security
“At one point, we had over a dozen ..military bases across the country, and that was because Greenland was pretty important in terms of defense against subs and any sort of attack from the north,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Europe, Federal, International Affairs, National Security, NATO, United States
Monarch Speaks to Newsweek About the DOJ's Criminal Investigation Into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, United States
Taylor Quoted in La Presse Article on Reaction of China and Russia on US Operation in Venezuela
“This is the fourth time in a few years that Russia has seen an ally undermined and has to swallow the snake,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: China, Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Russia, United States
Brockway Weighs In on Response to Renee Good’s Death in HuffPost Article
“This is not ideological conservatives versus ideological liberals. This is not even Democrats versus Republicans,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “What it is is something much, much more unwieldy and difficult to understand.”
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Media & Journalism, Political Parties, United States
Williams Speaks With Newsweek About Trump’s Intention to Acquire Greenland
“Denmark cannot legally sell Greenland to the United States. The Greenlanders would need a vote on what they wanted to do, and they have expressed no desire to join the US in any form of state or territory,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Europe, Federal, International Affairs, NATO, United States
Heflin Discusses Food Insecurity on WCNY’S ‘CONNECT NY’
“I think it's important to note that while poverty is a really significant risk factor for food insecurity, there are more people that live above the poverty line, actually, who are food insecure. It is the working poor. It's people that actually earn too much to potentially qualify for SNAP,” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Food Security, New York State, Nutrition, State & Local
Maxwell School Commemorates US’ 250th Anniversary With Course Offered Free to the Public
Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics from democracy and women’s voices to immigration in a series of weekly lectures offered in the Spring 2026 semester.
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Mitra Article on Trump’s 2025 Trade Policy Published on Moneycontrol.com
“Completely ignored was the basic economics of trade deficits and surpluses, which says that trade balances are governed not really by trade policies but by macroeconomic conditions and policies,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Khalil Discusses Phase Two of the Gaza Peace Plan With CBS News
“We're still not very close to phase two coming into place. Hamas is unlikely to disarm willingly and Israel is not going to be able to disarm them,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.
Himmelreich Talks to Central Current About Flock Safety Keeping Syracuse Drivers’ ‘Anonymized’ Data
“The images that these cameras capture have a lot of information. Even when you anonymize them by throwing away metadata, you can figure out where the image was taken,” says Johannes Himmelreich, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. “After all, you still see the street and everything around the car. So, I doubt that the anonymization is robust.”
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, New York State, State & Local
Brockway Speaks With HuffPost About the Plaques in Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, notes that the plaques may seem ridiculous and are certainly a ham-fisted approach to pushing a message. “But they really are a way to reaffirm the narrative that everything that’s wrong in the world is because of somebody else,” he says.
See related: Federal, Washington, D.C.