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Pralle Quoted in Seattle Times Article on Outdated Skagit County Flood Maps
The maps are a tool to communicate more realistic flood risks to vulnerable groups, says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science. You can plug your address into a FEMA webpage and it will tell you your property’s flood risk. “But,” Pralle says, “if you don’t know where the risky areas are, none of that works.”
See related: Flood Insurance, Natural Disasters, State & Local, United States
Murrett Discusses Trump's Order to Blockade Sanctioned Venezuela Oil Tankers With AP News, CBS News
While the strikes on alleged drug boats have raised questions about the use of military force, Trump’s seizure of the tanker and other actions against sanctioned entities are consistent with past American policy, says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
Brockway Speaks With Agence France Presse About Trump’s Hard-Line Rhetoric Against Immigrants
For Trump, it doesn't matter whether an immigrant obeys the law, or owns a business, or has been here for decades, says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “They are caught in the middle of Trump's fight against an invented evil enemy,” Brockway says.
See related: Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Holistic Planning System Toolkit Designs
Co-authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.
See related: Government, Sustainability, United States
O’Keefe and Lambright Weigh In on Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA in The Observer and Scientific American
“The job is a leadership role, where your task is to motivate people from wide-ranging, different disciplines to come together to define the problem as the same and then go about trying to solve it through multiple avenues. Everything I’ve heard about him certainly suggests that he’s got a lot of talent and capability to make him the ideal person,” says University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe.
See related: Federal, Space Exploration, United States
Taylor Quoted in LA Times Article on Europe’s Alarm Over Trump’s Approach to Ukraine
“If the U.S. stops even doing that—and it would be quite a radical policy change if the U.S. is unwilling even to sell weapons to European countries—then Europe will have to continue on the path it is already on, which is to bolster its own defense production capacity,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Federal, International Agreements, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Palmer Article on Reforming and Protecting Social Security Published in The Hill
“It is time to wake up, break the gridlock, and take steps to address a range of large and growing challenges that threaten our collective future—including the need to make the Social Security system both solvent and sustainable,” says University Professor and Dean Emeritus John Palmer and his co-authors.
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, United States
Estévez-Abe Discusses Japan’s Economic Issues and PM Sanae Takaichi With Agence France Presse, DW
“I don't think Takaichi's budget, or anything she has stated so far, addresses any of the core underlying factors,” says Margarita Estévez-Abe, associate professor of political science.
See related: East Asia, Economic Policy, Government, International Affairs
McCormick Weighs In on Who Could Replace Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in The Telegraph
“She [Vice President Delcy Rodriguez] strikes me as somebody who has known how to accommodate to Maduro, which is part of the reason why she’s there, but she doesn’t sort of strike me as somebody who would sort of step into that political vacuum and take control,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Government, Latin America & the Caribbean
Murrett Speaks With CBS News About Russia's Position on the Peace Proposal With Ukraine
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine
Mitra Quoted in LA Times Article on Costco Suing the Trump Administration to Reclaim Tariff Payments
“Whether Costco is successful through its lawsuit in getting compensated for the tariffs that it has already paid on its imports really depends on the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the president has the legal authority to impose tariffs,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, SCOTUS, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Gadarian Weighs In on Trump’s Declining Approval Rating Among Parents in Newsweek Article
See related: Federal, Food Security, Income, Parenting & Family, United States
Taylor Discusses the Talks Between Top US Officials and Ukrainian Delegation on LiveNOW from FOX
“I think the fundamental problem remains, that Vladimir Putin wants to subjugate and control Ukraine and Ukraine wants to stay independent and sovereign and make its own political choices. So it's really hard to see a meaningful deal coming out of this,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Insititute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Monnat Featured in Newsweek Article on Rural America’s Optimism About the Country’s Future
Rural communities have “leaned increasingly conservative” for several decades, and support for Trump is “especially strong” among these communities, which could mean they feel the country's leadership reflects their priorities, particularly on cultural and social issues, says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health.
See related: Federal, Rural Issues, United States
Jiahuan Lu Weighs In on Challenges facing US-Based Charities in WalletHub Article
“As government—especially federal—support recedes, competition for philanthropic dollars and other revenue sources is likely to intensify significantly,” says Jiahuan Lu, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Economic Policy, Government, United States
Estevez-Abe Speaks to Agence France Presse About Japan’s $135-Billion Stimulus Package
“We are already seeing the negative reactions from the market... Further depreciation of the yen will hit ordinary Japanese households with higher prices,” says Margarita Estevez-Abe, associate professor of political science.
See related: East Asia, Economic Policy, Government
Reeher Shares Thoughts on Trump and Mamdani Meeting with AFP, LiveNOW from FOX
Ahead of the meeting between incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump, Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells Agence France Presse: “Look for the outcome of that meeting to be something to the effect of, ‘I think I can work with (him)—but we will see how it goes and I’m hopeful—we both want the city to succeed’.”
See related: New York City, U.S. Elections, United States
Monarch Talks to Marketplace About Import Prices and Inflation
Import prices directly affect consumers, said Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics. “Ten percent of all their expenditures are on imported products. And so sometimes import prices will be something that is moving overall inflation numbers around,” he told Marketplace.
See related: Federal, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Yingyi Ma Speaks with South China Morning Post on Drop in Number of Chinese Students in the US
Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology, said several factors could be behind the trend showing a drop in the number of Chinese students studying in the U.S., beyond the anxiety over changes in U.S. policies, including the rise of “intra-Asia migration” with more students studying in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, U.S. Education, United States
Mitra Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article on Trump’s Trade War, Consumer Spending Habits
“Whether or not people will keep buying as much stuff is very hard to predict,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics. “Chinese goods might still be relatively cheaper than the alternatives.”
See related: Federal, Tariffs, Trade, United States