Maxwell School News and Commentary
Banks comments on Trump's travel ban, ISIS recruitment in PolitiFact
According to Professor Emeritus William C. Banks, terrorist groups like ISIS use Trump’s "anti-Islam rhetoric to say that the U.S. is waging war on Islam," but he is not aware of specific incitements or attacks based on the executive order.
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Baldagi article on imperfect competitive loans in Africa published in Oxford BES
QDR receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The award signals the importance of promoting and advancing the concept of open annotation to enhance the credibility of qualitative research, and thus its capacity to empower social change.
Erik French '12 MA (PSc) op-ed on US, Japan, and Trade in The Diplomat
Rosenthal report on housing stock transitions published by Research Institute for Housing America
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Robertson Foundation extends partnership with Maxwell
The recently announced two-year funding extension will support a total of four additional Robertson fellows. All Robertson fellows receive funding for two years of study, allowing them to pursue one of the joint degrees offered through the Public Administration and International Affairs Department.
Keck weighs in on Trump's Supreme Court nominee in DO
Tom Keck was featured in The Daily Orange article, "SU political science professor evaluates President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee." "(Gorsuch) has also publicly praised Justice Scalia and indicated his hope to follow in his footsteps," he says, and notes that many Democrats and independents are unhappy with the nomination.
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Barkun discusses conspiracy theories, Trump administration in Envoy
"One of the most significant things that's happened since the presidential campaign began is the spread of conspiracy theories, largely through Donald Trump and his representatives. In a sense, that's both a product of trends that were out there before the campaign began, but it was also a significant innovation," says Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science.
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Zoli discusses Trump's immigration EO on Syracuse.com
"Trump has an uncanny ability, in part through his 'brute force' use of language, to force difficult conversations and get us to break through on the sensitivities and political correctness barriers that had held the public back from dealing with some basic obligations of governance,'' says Corri Zoli, director of research at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
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Thompson weighs in on Trump administration leaks in Talking Points Memo
Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, compares the volume of leaks coming out of the Trump administration to the Nixon administration and its handling of the Watergate scandal.
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