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Jacobson Piece on Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Published in TIME

September 14, 2021
"The U.S. Turned Away Jewish Refugees in 1939. We Must Not Repeat History With Afghans Fleeing the Taliban," co-authored by Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson, was published in TIME. 

See related: Afghanistan , Refugees , Government , Human Rights , International Affairs , Diplomacy , Security and Conflict

Jacobson reflects on 9/11 on Profiles in Public Service podcast, ABC

September 10, 2021
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with ABC Radio about how the attacks changed the course of the 21st century. Jacobson also discussed how public servants stepped up in the aftermath on the Profiles in Public Service podcast.

See related: Security and Conflict , Terrorism , National Security

Maxwell professor reflects on US policy in Middle East post-9/11

September 10, 2021
As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, SU News reached out to professor and Middle East expert Osamah Khalil to answer this fundamental question: How effective was America’s post-9/11 strategy in the Middle East? Read Khalil's full response via the SU News website.

See related: Peace, Security & Conflict , National & International Security Policy , Security and Conflict , Terrorism , Middle East & North Africa , International Affairs

Gueorguiev quoted in Financial Times article on China's techno-authoritarian state

September 7, 2021
Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, says the digital technologies deployed by Beijing have helped it keep tabs on popular sentiment and needs. He's quoted in the Financial Times article, "China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship."

See related: International Political Economy: Finance, Trade & Migration , China , Cyberwarfare

Williams discusses impact of Afghanistan withdrawal on NATO in Atlantic Council blog

September 3, 2021
"Why the US failure in Afghanistan won’t break NATO," authored by Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Michael John Williams, was published in the Atlantic Council's New Atlanticist blog.

See related: National & International Security Policy , NATO , Afghanistan

Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

September 3, 2021
Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.

See related: Peace, Security & Conflict , National & International Security Policy , Government , International Affairs , Afghanistan , Immigration & Citizenship

Jacobson discusses crisis at Kabul airport with MSNBC, CBS News, Bloomberg

August 26, 2021

See related: Peace, Security & Conflict , National & International Security Policy , Government , International Affairs , Afghanistan

Jacobson talks to CBS News, Washington Post about Afghanistan withdrawal

August 11, 2021

See related: Peace, Security & Conflict , National & International Security Policy , Government , International Affairs , Afghanistan

McCormick quoted in Al Jazeera article on use of spyware in Mexico

July 30, 2021
Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, is included in the Al Jazeera article, "Rights group calls for moratorium on the use of spyware in Mexico." 

See related: Human Rights , Security and Conflict , Latin America & the Caribbean , National Security

Campbell Quoted in Guardian on the Death of Haiti's President

July 22, 2021
Horace Campbell, professor of political science, was quoted in The Guardian article, "What do we know about investigation into the assassination of Haiti’s president?" 

See related: Security and Conflict , International Affairs , Latin America & the Caribbean , Crime and Violence

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