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Banks Quoted in BBC News Article on Accuracy of US Strike on al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Professor Emeritus William Banks was interviewed for the BBC News article, "Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family."

August 3, 2022

See related: Afghanistan, International Affairs

Jacobson Discusses the US Drone Strike That Killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with CBS News

Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, analyzed the U.S. drone strike that killed top al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on CBS News Mornings.

August 2, 2022

See related: Afghanistan, International Affairs

Mitra Speaks with Bloomberg on Unemployment, Protests in India

Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, discussed the recent violent protests in India for the Bloomberg article "Burning Trains Reveal Wrath of Millions Without Jobs in India."

July 11, 2022

See related: India, Labor

Murrett in the IBT: Chinese Imports of Discounted Russian Oil 'No Surprise'

Robert B. Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs and deputy director of the Institute for Security Law and Policy at Syracuse University spoke with the International Business Times for the article "Oil Market: China And India Help Russia Beat US And EU Sanctions."

July 11, 2022

See related: China, Energy, India, Russia, Trade, Ukraine

Bhan Discusses the Himalayan Community of Brogpa in VICE Article

Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, was quoted in the VICE article, "This ‘Aryan’ Community’s ‘Exotic’ Clothes and Polyamorous Marriages Mask Other Truths."

May 5, 2022

Radha Kumar Examines the Intertwined Nature of Police and Caste in Tamil Countryside

Radha Kumar

Kumar argues that the colonial police deployed rigid notions of caste in their everyday tasks, refashioning rural identities in a process that has cast long postcolonial shadows.

April 28, 2022

See related: India

For Doctoral Student, Afghanistan Is an Elusive Home

Sohrob Aslamy grew up in a tight-knit Afghan community in Phoenix, Arizona, longing for a home he’d never visited. As an undergraduate at the University of Washington, he studied Near Eastern languages and civilization and interned with Sahar Education International, a nonprofi t that supports girls’ and women’s education in northern Afghanistan.

December 20, 2021

Anger, Despair and Seeds of Hope

Maxwell alumni wonder whether the changes they worked for in Afghanistan will endure after the ‘heartbreaking’ U.S. withdrawal.

December 17, 2021

Mitra Discusses Impact of US-China Trade Conflict on India in Economic Times

"US-China trade conflict: Geopolitics alone may not help Indian manufacturers," written by Professor Devashish Mitra was published in the Economic Times.

December 16, 2021

See related: China, India, Trade

For Humphrey Alumnus Nicolas Pichay, All the World’s a Stage

Nicolas Pichay's Humphrey year research informs “Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan,” a musical he wrote about a 16th-century Filipino hero. The show, presented Oct. 24 at Manila Metropolitan Theater, was part of the Philippines' commemoration of the 1521 Battle of Mactan and the arrival of Christianity in the country. The indigenous leader Lapulapu, a symbol of Filipino resistance, is remembered for defeating the forces of Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.

November 24, 2021

See related: East Asia, South Asia, Student Experience

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