NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
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.
Allport Article on Persistent Myths about France’s Maginot Line Published in Foreign Policy
“Contrary to a lot of modern assumptions, it [the Maginot Line] was never expected to defeat a German attack by itself. The point of the Maginot Line was not to stop the boche in their tracks, but to channel any future westward offensive away from the French industrial heartland and toward the Low Countries, particularly Belgium,” writes Alan Allport, professor of history.
Contesting the Munich Beer Halls: Violence and Spatial Practices in the Early Nazi Movement
The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of History Robert Terrell and William Henry Johnson ’25 B.A. (Hist), was published in Central European History.
See related: Europe
Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945
Alan Allport, professor of history, has written Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945 (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2026). The book is a sequel to Allport’s 2020 work Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2020).
Analyzing the Stability of Gun Violence Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syracuse, New York
The article, co-written by Maxwell professors Peng Gao, David Larsen, Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane, was published in the International Journal of Health Geographics.
See related: COVID-19, Crime & Violence, New York State, Urban Issues
Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of Climate Coloniality
The study, written by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in GEO: Geography and Environment.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Climate Change, Colonialism, Latin America & the Caribbean
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.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Federal, International Agreements, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
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.
See related: East Asia, Economic Policy, Government, International Affairs
McCormick Weighs In on Who Could Replace Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in The Telegraph
“She [Vice President Delcy Rodriguez] strikes me as somebody who has known how to accommodate to Maduro, which is part of the reason why she’s there, but she doesn’t sort of strike me as somebody who would sort of step into that political vacuum and take control,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Government, Latin America & the Caribbean
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.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, SCOTUS, Tariffs, Trade, United States
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.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Jiahuan Lu Weighs In on Challenges facing US-Based Charities in WalletHub Article
“As government—especially federal—support recedes, competition for philanthropic dollars and other revenue sources is likely to intensify significantly,” says Jiahuan Lu, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Economic Policy, Government, United States
Estevez-Abe Speaks to Agence France Presse About Japan’s $135-Billion Stimulus Package
“We are already seeing the negative reactions from the market... Further depreciation of the yen will hit ordinary Japanese households with higher prices,” says Margarita Estevez-Abe, associate professor of political science.
See related: East Asia, Economic Policy, Government
Koch’s Insights Featured in Channel News Asia Story on Mongolia’s Plan to Move its Capital City
Mongolia’s leaders plan to move the nation’s capital from increasingly congested Ulaanbaatar to the culturally-significant yet undeveloped area called Kharkhorum. But Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment, says, “Buildings on a blank slate, it's a lovely image, but it doesn't solve any of those bigger structural issues in a state."
See related: Central Asia, Sustainability
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.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, U.S. Education, United States
Mitra Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article on Trump’s Trade War, Consumer Spending Habits
“Whether or not people will keep buying as much stuff is very hard to predict,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics. “Chinese goods might still be relatively cheaper than the alternatives.”
See related: Federal, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Monarch Quoted in Newsweek Article on Trump’s Tariff Checks
Any funding not covered by what tariffs have raised would likely have to come through Congressional authorization, says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics. “It’s not something the president can just wave a magic wand and disperse the money as they see fit,” he says.
Allport’s Book ‘Advance Britannia’ Reviewed in the London Sunday Times
“There is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments. The author writes of ‘that particular German approach to war-making in the first half of the 20th century—tactical ingenuity in the service of strategic vacuity,’ writes Max Hastings, book critic for The Sunday Times.
Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, the study was published in the British Journal of Political Science.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States