In the News: Ryan Griffiths

Griffiths Weighs in on Texas Seceding from the US in Newsweek Article

Ryan Griffiths, associate professor of political science, was featured in the Newsweek article, "Could Texas Really Secede? Experts Weigh in."

June 22, 2022

See related: Government, United States

Griffiths Comments on Secession Movements in the US in CSM Article

Rarely has there been a time in American history without some kind of active secession movement, but calls for separation today are often more fragmented. Ryan Griffiths, associate professor of political science, says many of these groups are too small even for his database.
February 3, 2022

See related: Government, United States

In the Washington Post, Griffiths Discusses Secessionist Movements

In the Washington Post article, “Secession might seem like the lesser of two evils. It’s also the less likely,” Ryan Griffiths, associate professor of political science, says, “In the long run, there will be another secessionist movement in the United States. It will just happen. No country is permanent. It will change. It will break apart in some way.”
January 3, 2022

See related: Government, Political Parties, United States

Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations

Ryan Griffiths
June 21, 2021

Griffiths evaluates grievances of secessionist movements in new paper

Ryan D. Griffiths & Angely Martinez
February 3, 2021

Strategies of Secession and Counter-Secession

Edited by Ryan Griffiths, Diego Muro
December 31, 2020

Griffiths paper on secessionist strategy and tactics published in Journal of Global Security Studies

Ryan D. Griffiths
March 10, 2020

Tenth Decade Fund supports new scholarly projects

The Maxwell School’s Tenth Decade Project provides seed funding for worthy scholarly projects that have the potential to produce significant external research funding and high-impact publications. Since it was created, the Tenth Decade Project has attracted nearly $850,000 in gifts from 267 individual donors, including a lead gift from long-time Maxwell supporters Gerry and Daphna Cramer.

October 2, 2019

See related: Giving, Grant Awards

Griffiths quoted in Bloomberg article on separatism, Quebec

According to Ryan Griffiths, associate professor of political science, separatist aspirations are "alive and kicking" elsewhere in the world. That includes Catalonia and Scotland in Europe, and also French territory New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville.

September 21, 2018

Maxwell announces new faculty members, program chair

The academic year begins at the Maxwell School with the arrival of several new faculty members. In addition, Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs (PAIA), is the new chair of the Social Science Doctoral Program.
September 10, 2018

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Age of Secession: The International and Domestic Determinants of State Birth

Ryan Griffiths
December 31, 2016

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