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Pralle discusses flood mapping on Marketplace
"One problem is the [flood] maps are based on historical data, they're static maps," says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science. "They don't take into account future development scenarios and future weather-related scenarios having to do with climate change."
Reeher comments on Trump's Asia trip in Washington Examiner
"On the one hand, it takes him to a region, and to individual countries, that he's criticized, and with which he's already had tensions. So, a lot of things could go wrong," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. "On the other hand, a diplomatic trip like this almost forces him to behave in a more conventional way, and that could help his image at home."
Boroujerdi quoted in The Guardian on Iran's revolutionary guard
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science, was interviewed for The Guardian article, "'It's become a monster': is Iran's revolutionary guard a terror group?"