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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.

January 12, 2026

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.

January 7, 2026

NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War

James Goldgeier, Brian D. Taylor

Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.

January 6, 2026

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.

January 5, 2026

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.

December 22, 2025

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.

December 15, 2025

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.

December 10, 2025

Murrett Speaks With CBS News About Russia's Position on the Peace Proposal With Ukraine

“I think the big resistance that will probably come out of the Kremlin will have to do with some of what they always describe as the underlying conditions, which is security guarantees for Ukraine, but some way precluding them from joining the NATO alliance, and also some ambiguous language regarding their joing the European Union,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
December 8, 2025

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.

December 3, 2025

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. 

December 1, 2025

Public Health Alumnus Says Syracuse Provided ‘A Road Map to Continue to Learn’

Alejandro Parra took advantage of many experiential learning opportunities, the most recent of which was an internship with the Council of Europe’s Biomedical Division in the spring of 2025.

November 24, 2025

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.

November 20, 2025

International Bureaucrats Under Transparency: The Case of the WTO TRIPS Council

Sojun Park & Minju Kim

Co-authored by Minju Kim, assistant professor of political science, the article was published in the Review of International Organizations.

November 18, 2025

McCormick Piece on US-Mexico Relations, Tariffs and Drug Trafficking Published in The Hill

“The presence of U.S. troops in Mexico will severely and irreparably undermine [President of Mexico] Sheinbaum’s counter-narcotics policies, which are netting results. Crippling the Sheinbaum administration will give rise to an even bigger and stronger enemy south of the border,” writes Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

November 7, 2025

Murrett Talks to CBS News About Trump’s Order to Resume US Nuclear Weapons Testing

“There's no question there would be some value to having to have some testing of our weapons, especially some of the new developments we've had recently. But it's how you do that and how extensive the testing is something that's open to question,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

November 3, 2025

Monarch Speaks With the National News Desk About US-China 'Framework' Trade Agreement

“We're on an upward tide in relations for right now, but in general in the long term, I would expect this kind of ratcheting up and down to continue,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics.

October 29, 2025

Mitra Talks to Business Insider About Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Hike

“Let's say a company offshores programming work to India, they would probably be paying a quarter of what they pay here, or even less,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics. “So even if the U.S. government taxes them 100% for what they're paying foreigners abroad, it's still going to work out well for the Big Tech companies.”

October 20, 2025

Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’

The former U.S. Secretary of Transportation joined Professor Jay Golden for a capacity event that covered environmental issues, leadership, democracy and more. 

October 14, 2025

Khalil Quoted in PolitiFact Article on President Trump’s Speech in Israel

Osamah Khalil, professor of history and expert on the modern Middle East, says it’s untrue that Obama or Biden “held a personal animus toward Israel, especially Biden. Indeed, both administrations oversaw expansions in U.S. military assistance and coordination with Israel.”

October 13, 2025

Taylor Weighs In on the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Russian Demographics

“Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is greatly damaging Russia’s future, with the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the front and the emigration of some of Russia’s best and brightest young people,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. 

October 10, 2025

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