Maxwell School News and Commentary
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O'Keefe op-ed on Trump and the military published in NY Times
"Contamination from the president’s approach is amplified when his judgment is largely shaped by television commentators and his decision announced by tweet," write University Professor Sean O'Keefe and his co-author. "No one is as well positioned to balance the exigencies of combat and the demands of law and ethics as a panel of fellow sailors, Marines, airmen or soldiers," they add.
See related: Federal, U.S. National Security, United States
Reeher weighs in on Trump's removal of US troops in Syria in the Hill
"Even among his customary allies and supporters, there has been pretty blunt criticism, not only of the policy choice but of the way it was done and the way it is continuing to be done," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science, of the troop withdrawal in Syria.
See related: Middle East & North Africa, U.S. National Security, United States
Khalil discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in USA Today
"The most the Israelis are willing to offer does not meet the minimum demands of the Palestinians. This includes a viable, independent state with sovereignty over its borders and resources," says Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.
See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa
Zoli op-ed on Taliban peace talks published in Newsday
See related: Afghanistan, Conflict, Terrorism & Extremism
Taylor comments on the Moscow pro-democracy protests in Vox article
See related: Conflict, Government, Russia, Social Justice
Bhan discusses the conflict in Kashmir with Al Jazeera, BBC News
Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, says that the resistance to India's revocation of Articles 370 and 35A "depends of course on this massive military influx of the Indian forces into Kashmir territory and how that's going to pen out, how people are going to be able to navigate this new terrain of intense militarization."
See related: Conflict, Government, India, National Security
McCormick quoted in Washington Post article on El Chapo sentencing
"Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón declared the start of the Drug War in 2006, both the U.S. and Mexico’s security forces have aggressively pursued what is referred to as the kingpin strategy: they go after the 'head’ with the intent of weakening the ‘body,’" says Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean, National Security, United States
Zoli discusses economic warfare with Iran in WAER article
"In a war, you can hurt certain areas of a country, but you usually don't grenade the entire economy. Whereas with economic warfare, you truly can," says Corri Zoli, director of research in the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
See related: Economic Policy, Middle East & North Africa, National Security
Reeher comments on Jordan's proposed gun legislation in Jerusalem Post
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Gun Laws, Middle East & North Africa, National Security
Boroujerdi op-ed on US-Iran tensions published in US News
"If the White House game plan was based on the premise that imposing more robust sanctions would cause a popular uprising by the Iranian people to bring down the regime, it badly miscalculated," writes Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi. "Instead, the nuclear withdrawal convinced Tehran that ill will should beget ill will."
See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, United States