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Campbell Quoted in Guardian on the Death of Haiti's President

Horace Campbell, professor of political science, was quoted in The Guardian article, "What do we know about investigation into the assassination of Haiti’s president?"

July 22, 2021

Jackson quoted in the Guardian article on the use of tasers by police

"The reforms haven’t changed the way that especially black and brown folks experience policing,” says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. "We are still seeing the same violence…Whatever tools that police officers have at their disposal will be used to physically harm those people, whether it’s a billy club, hose, a dog, a Taser or a gun."

April 21, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Law, United States

Popp weighs in on Biden's green stimulus spending in NY Times, Guardian

"Unless they can pair it with a policy that forces people to reduce emissions, a big spending bill doesn’t have a big impact," says David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs. But, he adds, "spending money is politically easier than passing policies to cut emissions."

March 31, 2021

Lovely comments on US-China trade pact in The Guardian

"There is very little in the agreement that could not be achieved by partnering with allies that were also concerned about the same issues," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.

January 13, 2020

See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States

Monmonier quoted in Guardian article on the tradition of cartography

"To present a useful and truthful picture, an accurate map must tell white lies," says Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography.

October 25, 2019

See related: Cartography, United States

Gueorguiev discusses China's National Supervisory Commission in the Guardian

"Meng’s arrest seems like a powerful demonstration of China’s commitment to rooting out corruption, even when it can cost them the directorship of an important international vehicle," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.

October 9, 2018

Lovely speaks with BBC, NPR, NYT, Guardian about US-China trade war

Mary Lovely speaks with multiple news outlets about the U.S tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports. She looks at the long run impact, to forecast the economic effect of such an action.

July 6, 2018

Perreault quoted in Guardian article on vanishing lake in Bolivia

Tom Perreault, professor of geography, says water withdrawals for irrigation from upstream rivers reduce the lake’s size, along with the huge amount of water used by nearby mines, and the contamination they produce.

January 4, 2018

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?"

October 12, 2017

Steinberg comments on Bannon, national security in The Guardian

According to University Professor James Steinberg, Steve Bannon's formal inclusion in the U.S. national security policymaking process "is such an explicit rejection of the well-entrenched principle that when it comes to matters of national security that politics doesn’t have any place in the room.”

January 31, 2017

See related: U.S. Elections

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