Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: The Washington Post
O'Keefe discusses USS Theodore Roosevelt COVID incident in NY Times, Washington Post
"At its core, this is about an aircraft carrier skipper who sees an imminent threat and is forced to make a decision that risks his career in the act of what he believes to be the safety of the near 5,000 members of his crew," says University Professor Sean O’Keefe.
See related: COVID-19, U.S. National Security, United States
McDowell explains the Fed's emergency measures in the Washington Post
By once again deploying its crisis tool kit, Fed officials indicated that the pandemic could drive the global economy into a more severe shock than anything seen in more than a decade, says Associate Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell and his co-authors.
See related: COVID-19, Federal, United States
Lovely comments on future of US-China trade deal in Washington Post
See related: China, COVID-19, Economic Policy, New York State, Trade, U.S. Elections
Wilcoxen comments on Trump's (SAFE) Vehicles rule in Washington Post
See related: Federal, Infrastructure, United States
Taylor quoted in Washington Post article on Putin's post-presidency plans
"Since Putin cannot remain as president after 2024 under the current rules, he needs to change the rules. This will potentially allow him to remain the dominant political actor even if he leaves the presidency," says Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor.
See related: Government, Russia
Lovely speaks to Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post about US-China trade deal
The new system "is a gigantic finger in the eye of WTO," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "The decider will be the trade representative in consultation with the president."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Lovely comments on Phase One China trade deal in Associated Press, Washington Post
"It’s a very toxic brew and I don’t know that we’re really going to see much progress on it," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics, about the first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Schmeller discusses how the poinsettia came to the US in Washington Post
See related: International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Wilcoxen weighs in on EPA regulatory rollbacks in Washington Post
See related: Energy, Environment, United States
Ma explains why Chinese students study abroad in Washington Post piece
Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology, suggests that Chinese students are motivated to study abroad because of disappointment with the Chinese education system, which they assert “stifles creativity” and “entails hellish hours of studying.”
See related: China, U.S. Education