Maxwell School News and Commentary

There is nothing new here when it comes to putting military officers in charge of a police force. This is the same thing that has been trotted out by other administrations," says Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

Michael Ebner, associate professor of history and expert on the history of modern Europe, Italy and fascism, provides a comparison point for the Republicans' treatment of the Proud Boys.

"People who shop at Walmart or Target are going to be hit harder than people who buy their toaster ovens from Williams Sonoma or can afford to get products from a higher-income country," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.

"Today’s technology gives us the means to minimize human risk of space ventures by having a much better idea of what we’re likely to encounter and the ability to have a much better plan of what we can do when people do arrive," says Sean O'Keefe, University Professor and Howard and Louise Phanstiel endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership. 

"Posse comitatus isn't the only legal problem. Everything that the United States does has to be based on some legal authority," says William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.

Putin’s overall vision is, first, to "create strategic depth for himself to make sure there’s nobody on his borders that can threaten him," says University Professor James Steinberg. "Second, it is to weaken and demoralize the West and keep folks preoccupied having to put out fires."

"Trade policy does have an impact because it raised costs significantly for steel and aluminum, and the industry told Trump it would do that," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "They already weren’t able to sell enough vehicles to keep these lines productive and raising costs by a billion dollars? It doesn’t help."