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Thompson Quoted in Newsweek, New York Times Articles on Pope Francis

“We see that with Pope Francis when he talked about the environment and taking care of the planet. That's had a pretty profound influence, although he didn't tell people who to vote for or particular agenda items that nations ought to adopt,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.

April 28, 2025

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Taylor Discusses President Trump, Causes of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine With Forbes, USA Today

“Trump’s contention that Ukraine’s hope of joining NATO ‘caused the war to start’ is a claim that is often made, but one that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. “Given that there was no serious prospect of Ukraine joining NATO between 2008 and 2022, it’s hard to see how Ukraine’s hope of joining NATO at some point in the future caused the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.”

April 28, 2025

Resettled Refugee Parent/ Young Adult Perspectives on Mental Health After the Onset of the Pandemic

Rachel Fabi, Christina D. Campagna, Nidaa Aljabarrin, Eloho Olojakpoke, Noora Alghazeer, Sana Alamarie, Warood Alamarie, Robert A. Rubinstein, Ron Saletsky, Andrea V. Shaw

“Resettled Refugee Parent and Young Adult Perspectives on Mental Health After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein, was published in Discover Mental Health.

April 23, 2025

Addressing the Triple Trauma of Factors Leading to Perinatal Health and Mental Health Consequences

Robert H. Keefe, Robert A. Rubinstein, Kiara Van Brackle, Sanid Music, Zikora Nnam, Sandra D. Lane

“Addressing the Triple Trauma of Factors Leading to Perinatal Health and Mental Health Consequences in Two Upstate New York Communities,” co-authored by Maxwell anthropologists Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane, along with Ph.D. student Kiara Van Brackle, was published in Behavioral Sciences.

April 23, 2025

Maxwell Faculty, Staff and Students to be Recognized at 2025 One University Awards Ceremony

The One University Awards Ceremony, an annual event to honor members of the Syracuse University community who are making a difference through academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service, will be held Friday, April 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

April 10, 2025

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Jok Discusses South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Agreement and Its President in Geeska, Reuters Articles

“Africa’s newest state has remained trapped in a cycle of civil unrest and perpetual peace agreements that have not translated into real peace for its citizens. As it stands, all indications are that the fragile peace is in danger, as President Salva Kiir has ordered the house arrest of his rival, Vice President Riek Machar,” says Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology.

April 2, 2025

de Nevers Comments on Greenland-US Relations, Usha Vance’s Visit in Nexstar Article

“I think there are plenty of people in Greenland who would like to have good and close ties with the United States. But that doesn’t mean they want to be part of the United States. They want independence,” says Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. 

March 31, 2025

Taylor Talks to CBS News, CNN About the Presidential Phone Calls and the Russia-Ukraine War

“If you look at what the Kremlin put out, based upon the phone call between presidents Trump and Putin, their characterization of it was much more sober and it was clear that Putin reiterated his constant talking points about the need to get to what he calls the ‘root causes’ of the conflict,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.

March 20, 2025

Huber Weighs In on the Trump Administration’s Claim of a US Energy Crisis in ABC News Article

The development of the U.S. as a fossil fuel superpower is a “brazen disregard” for climate action, says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment.

March 17, 2025

Taylor Speaks with LiveNOW from FOX and UNITED24 About the Latest With Ukraine

“The way the U.S. is going about it is not inclined to make a ceasefire take place and last. All the pressure at the moment seems to be on the Ukrainians to show that they're willing to settle and that they want peace. But the country that started the war is Russia and its Russia that's on the attack,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

March 11, 2025

McCormick Discusses the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico in Business Insider, NBC News Articles

“The consequences of pushing the Mexican economy into a forced and deep recession is that, if anything, it will actually make people have to resort to informal economic activity, which oftentimes is illicit,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

March 6, 2025

Taylor Speaks With NPR LA’s ‘AirTalk’ About the Rising Tensions Between Ukraine and Trump

“One thing I would call attention to is that President Trump and Russian President Putin had an hour and a half long conversation last week. And since that conversation Trump has repeated multiple Putin talking points about the war,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

February 26, 2025

The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics

Whitney Phillips, Mark Brockway

Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, has co-authored “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics” (The MIT Press, 2025). The book explores the American right, evangelical rhetoric and attacks on liberalism over the last eight decades.

February 26, 2025

Taylor’s ‘Russian Politics’ One of Forbes’ Must-Read Books to Understand Russia, the War in Ukraine

“Syracuse University professor Brian Taylor, author of ‘Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction,’ packs a wealth of analysis and interesting facts into a compact book,” writes Stuart Anderson, senior contributor at Forbes.

February 18, 2025

Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland

Azra Hromadžić

“Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland,” authored by Associate Professor of Anthropology Azra Hromadžić, was published in Society.

February 17, 2025

Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia

Catherine E. Herrold

“Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia,” authored by Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Public Administration and Development.

February 17, 2025

Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jenny Breen, Gretchen Purser

“Fighting to Survive: Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser, was published in Labor Studies.

February 17, 2025

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McCormick Talks to InSight Crime About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico

“Tariffs will hurt the Mexican economy, which will further weaken the Mexican system and the rule of law, and that’s going to make Mexico much more vulnerable to further incursions from organized crime,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

February 6, 2025

Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans

Prema A. Kurien

Prema Kurien, professor of sociology, examines the political mobilization strategies of people of South Asian and Indian descent in the United States. She also traces how immigrants reshape the host society, both conforming to aspects of that society while also transforming it to meet their unique needs. (Oxford University Press, 2025)

January 31, 2025

Plural Climate Storylines to Foster Just Urban Futures

Maria Rusca, Alice Sverdlik, Farhana Sultana, et al.

Co-authored by Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, this study's framework generates storylines with the potential to advance transformative policies and new pathways towards climate-just futures. Published in Nature Cities.

January 27, 2025

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Conversations in Conflict Studies with Professor Sabina Schnell

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Vision, Voice, and Technology: Is There a Global "Open Government" Trend?

Sabina Schnell, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs.

“Open government” is being hailed as a new governance paradigm. But while everybody pays lip-service to it, are governments around the world becoming more open? I look at changes in both the meaning and the practice of government openness around the world in the last decades. A few main trends are identified. First, the technological meaning of openness is increasingly supplanting the rights-based understanding of it. Second, even though more and more countries are joining global transparency and openness initiatives, global averages on budget transparency or open data have barely budged. Third, while autocracies are catching up to democracies in terms of using online tools to inform and consult citizens, we see an incipient democratic rollback around the world, including a shrinking space for civil society. Yet, the most significant changes in government transparency (“vision”) and citizen participation (“voice”) have gone hand-in-hand with processes of democratization. I conclude that, if we narrow down government openness to a set of tools and technologies used at will, as opposed to a set of legally embedded rights that guarantee access to information and participation independent of who is in power, we risk ending up with governments that are more closed rather than more open to genuine societal inputs.
 

Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students, faculty, and the community. The series, sponsored by PARCC, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty, national and international scholars and activists, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell, tweet #ConvoInConflict.

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