Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Schmeller discusses how the poinsettia came to the US in Washington Post
See related: International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Khalil comments on death of Iran Gen. Soleimani in USA Today, LA Times
The killings of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Deputy Chairman of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, "were a dangerous and ill-advised escalation by the United States," Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history and Middle East expert, told USA Today. " Khalil also talked to other outlets about this development, stating that "Their deaths will make it more difficult to resolve the ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran and will only destabilize Iraq further."
See related: Conflict, Government, Middle East & North Africa
Unfaithful: Love, Adultery, and Marriage Reform in Nineteenth-Century America
See related: Civil Rights, Gender and Sex
United States Relations with China and Iran: Towards the Asian Century
See related: East Asia, Middle East & North Africa
Zogby honored as French institute’s keynote speaker
John Zogby ’74 M.A. (Hist) is a senior partner at John Zogby Strategies, and widely recognized as one of the most accurate pollsters in the world today.
See related: Awards & Honors
McCormick discusses Mexico, drug cartels in Bloomberg, Reuters
According to Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard are anticipated to resist and challenge the designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist groups by the United States.
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Bennett discusses Trump's impeachable offenses in Daily Beast
See related: Congress, Federal, United States
Schwab joins United States of Care
Andrew Schwab ‘03 B.A. (Hist/PSt) was named the senior manager of policy and federal affairs at the United States of Care. In his new role, Schwab will focus on expanding the organization's footprint among federal policy makers in both the legislative and executive branches.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
McCormick discusses the violence in Mexico with CNN, Washington Post
A whole series of sort of mid-tier and lower level and smaller kind of up-and-coming, wannabe cartels are trying to set up shop in this terrain," says Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations. "They're striking deals with each other, with the big players."
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean
McCormick speaks with Boston Herald, Bloomberg about cartel violence in Mexico
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean