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Moynihan Institute’s Event on Russia-Ukraine War Featured in CNY Central, Syracuse.com Articles
Three Ukrainian experts, Maria Avdeeva, Eurasia fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute; Tetiana Hranchak, visiting assistant teaching professor in the Moynihan Institute; and Mariana Semenyshyn, visiting Fulbright scholar in the Moynihan Institute, shared their views on the course of the war.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Monarch Discusses Trump’s Proposed Changes to American Trade Policy in Directorship Magazine Article
“We know that President Trump is not afraid to have an actual trade war,” he continued. “We saw it in 2018 and 2019, where almost all goods coming from China were hit with the highest tariffs we've seen in almost 100 years. And those were very disruptive,” says Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics.
See related: Canada, China, Federal, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
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.
See related: Defense & Security, Federal, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Lovely Quoted in China Daily Article on the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on US Small Businesses
For the U.S., tariffs “can cause job loss in sectors that use imported intermediate and capital goods,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
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.
See related: International Affairs, Russia
Monarch Speaks With Newsweek About US tariffs and the Housing Market
Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics, says that it is “clear” tariffs on products like steel and aluminum will increase the cost of building housing and developments and, therefore, drive up the prices of housing in the U.S.
See related: Canada, Federal, Infrastructure, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia
“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.
See related: Europe, International Affairs, Non-governmental Organizations, Social Justice
Lovely Discusses Trump’s Arbitrary Trade Policy in New York Times Article
“What Mr. Trump is doing with tariffs is a result of a lost consensus about how the United States should interact with other countries in the global economy. He is stepping into that vacuum, filling it with the unrestrained and autocratic use of import taxes, moves that appear to be based on personal whim rather than on U.S. trade law,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
See related: Congress, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Cohen Discusses How the US Has Used Tariffs Throughout History in CNBC Article
Before 1934, Congress—not presidents—had power over tariff rates and negotiations, says Andrew Wender Cohen, professor of history. But Democrats had an enormous majority around the New Deal era and passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, granting the president the right to negotiate tariffs in certain cases, Cohen says.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Banks Quoted in Newsweek, Stateline Articles on Deportations and Use of the Alien Enemies Act
“Although the Alien Enemies Act does not authorize military participation in law enforcement, if other laws permit their use, Trump could enable the military to implement summary detention and deportation of immigrants lawfully in the United States,” says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.