Maxwell School News and Faculty Media, Opinion and Analysis

Jacobson reflects on 9/11 on Profiles in Public Service podcast, ABC

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with ABC Radio about how the attacks changed the course of the 21st century. Jacobson also discussed how public servants stepped up in the aftermath on the Profiles in Public Service podcast.

September 10, 2021

Maxwell professor reflects on US policy in Middle East post-9/11

As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, SU News reached out to professor and Middle East expert Osamah Khalil to answer this fundamental question: How effective was America’s post-9/11 strategy in the Middle East? Read Khalil's full response via the SU News website.

September 10, 2021

AP Article: Popp Weighs in on Biden's Proposed Civilian Climate Corps

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Associated Press article, "Biden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal."

September 9, 2021

O'Keefe featured in CNN article on how 9/11 changed travel

University Professor O'Keefe, who was deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget during the George W. Bush administration, says that September morning in 2001 "flipped the switch right away from almost non-existent security to unbelievable, in-your-face, all the time."

September 8, 2021

Gueorguiev quoted in Financial Times article on China's techno-authoritarian state

Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, says the digital technologies deployed by Beijing have helped it keep tabs on popular sentiment and needs. He's quoted in the Financial Times article, "China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship."

September 7, 2021

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Jacobson speaks with HuffPost, VOA, Washington Post about evacuations in Afghanistan

Maxwell's Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson discusses the failures of the evacuations from Afghanistan with HuffPost, Voice of America and the Washington Post.

September 3, 2021

Williams discusses impact of Afghanistan withdrawal on NATO in Atlantic Council blog

"Why the US failure in Afghanistan won’t break NATO," authored by Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Michael John Williams, was published in the Atlantic Council's New Atlanticist blog.

September 3, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, NATO

Thompson quoted in Spectrum piece on Kathy Hochul, Biden attending SU

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, was quoted in the Spectrum News article, "Sitting U.S. president, NY governor both earned degrees at Syracuse University."

September 2, 2021

Reeher talks with The Hill about vaccine refusal in spite of FDA approval

August 26, 2021

See related: COVID-19, United States

Jacobson discusses crisis at Kabul airport with MSNBC, CBS News, Bloomberg