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Gueorguiev Discusses the US-China Deal on TikTok With the Associated Press, NBC News and NY Times
“Chinese officials have let the issue fester for years, holding it in reserve as a problem they could one day solve to defuse pressure from Washington,” says Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science. “A deal now costs Beijing less than when negotiations started, while still yielding the maximum optics of compromise.”
See related: China, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Media & Journalism, United States
Khalil Quoted in HuffPost Article on World Leaders Recognizing a Palestinian State
“Unless the decision is followed by a renewed and robust peace negotiations that bring an end to Israel’s war in Gaza as well as the settlement and annexation policies in the occupied West Bank, recognition will be too little and far too late,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.
Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel” Reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
“This is a transcendent, boundary-breaking work about ‘the need to recognize, decode, and resist demonological messages,’” says Peter B. Kaufman, associate director of development at MIT Open Learning.
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Gadarian Speaks With NBC News About the Policy Divide Between Blue and Red States
“States are supposed to be a laboratory for experimentation. What’s interesting about this moment is that [some] states are now a laboratory for what they perceive to be a hostile federal government,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
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Heflin Weighs In on Trump Admin’s Cancellation of Annual Hunger Survey in Wall Street Journal Piece
“Not having this measure for 2025 is particularly troubling given the current rise in inflation and deterioration of labor market conditions, two conditions known to increase food insecurity,” ” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Federal, Food Security, United States
Gadarian Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Gov. Newsom’s Challenges to President Trump
“They have their own constituencies that they are there to represent, but also they have the ability to capture media attention and be very clear and forceful, because they don’t have to deal with Trump in the Washington policymaking arena,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
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Griffiths Speaks With HuffPost About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Call for a National Divorce
The “idea that irreconcilable differences justify secession ignores the violent history of such efforts, including the Civil War, and overlooks the reality that Americans are deeply intermixed—politically, geographically and ideologically,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
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Pralle Weighs In on the Trump Admin’s Pattern of Getting Rid of Statistics in New York Times Article
“When we don’t measure things, it makes it much harder to claim that there is a problem and that the government has some kind of responsibility to help alleviate it,” says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science.
See related: Climate Change, Crime & Violence, Energy, Environment, Federal, Natural Disasters, United States
Bhan Speaks With rabble.ca About Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab Bridge
In the rush to develop Kashmir, Professor of Anthropology Mona Bhan explains, the government and developers lost sight of the region’s geological stability. In an active seismic zone with increasing investment into what she calls “an infrastructure dump”, the colonization of Kashmir is actually adding geological pressure onto an already volatile region.
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Saving the “Lungs of the City”: Emerging Civic Action in Urban Environmental Policy
Co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, the article was published in Local Environment.
See related: Environment, Europe, Government, Infrastructure, United States, Urban Issues
Reeher Discusses the Rise in Political Violence With Spectrum News
“I do think it's the case that this kind of political violence has been rising. ...There's just been a number of shootings and attacks, attempted assassinations in recent years, and it really, to be honest, it reminds me in a way of the 1960s. And I think in each instance there's probably similar forces behind it,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Taylor Speaks With CBS News About Poland Shooting Down Russian Drones in Its Airspace
“Poland is a NATO member state. The United States is a member of this alliance and Poland is asking for consultations among the alliance. Several other countries sent aircraft to help down some of the drones. So this is at least a potential escalation here in the war beyond the Russia-Ukraine war,” says Brian Taylor, professor of politcal science.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Government, International Affairs, NATO, Russia, Ukraine
The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on Political Party Positioning in Europe
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Do Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences Influence Americans’ Support for Immigration?
The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, was published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science.
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Goodman Speaks to Newsweek About the Challenges Facing France’s Government
“Those positioning themselves to run for president will likely not want to premiership, lest their reputations be tarnished in the lead-up to the vote. Any prime minister is unlikely to gain a majority in parliament,” says John Goodman, assistant professor of political science by courtesy appointment and director of Syracuse University Strasbourg.
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Mitra Quoted in New York Times Article on the US’s Relationship With India
“Right now, India feels that the U.S. is not a very reliable partner,” says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs. “They thought the U.S. was an ally. If India is moving towards China, it’s a friendship of convenience.”
See related: China, Federal, India, International Affairs, Russia, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Cleary Weighs In on Trump’s Deployment of Troops Domestically in HuffPost Article
“It is something that is done in other democracies when it really, really has to be done. It’s never ideal, and it should only be done in the U.S. or in any other democracy when it’s a true emergency, when there’s no other solution, and it should always be temporary,” says Matt Cleary, associate professor of political science.
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Mitra Speaks With NPR and Reuters About Trump's High Tariffs on Indian Goods
“In the situation and climate President Trump has created, it won’t be surprising if both India and China find this a mutually beneficial transaction,” says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.
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Schmeller Examines the Impact of Extravagant White House Renovations in The Hill Article
“Americans today may not regard luxury as inimical to republican virtue in the way that they did in 1840. But prolonged inflation or a recession could reawaken those attitudes. In that context, Trump’s tacky and risible affection for gilded moldings and glitzy ballrooms could become a serious political liability,” writes Mark Schmeller, associate professor of history.
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Patel Quoted in ClearanceJobs Article on Office of the Director of National Intelligence Staff Cuts
“There have also been arguments that DNI (Director of National Intelligence) has grown beyond its original intent. There is always a process of streamlining and covering the priorities effectively, but this doesn’t seem to be an effective way to do it,” says Kristen Patel, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs.
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