Devin Naar Q&A on what it means to be a post-Sephardic Jew // Jewish Currents
October 22, 2020
In an article titled “Are We Post-Sepharadim?” Jackson School Faculty Devin Naar debates what Sephardic Jewish identity could mean in the 21st century.
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Scott Montgomery on why autocrats fear scientific knowledge and expertise // Global Policy
October 21, 2020
In “Dimming the Lights” Jackson School faculty Scott L. Montgomery, an energy expert, asserts “A hidden but heated theme in this election and Supreme Court hearing season, the most important in
Daniel Bessner discusses age limits for elected leaders // CNN
October 19, 2020
Daniel Bessner, who holds the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, is the featured commentator in a CNN story about whether the U.S. should impose age limits on elected
Podcast: Daniel Chirot interviewed by BBC on revolutions, radical idealism and more
October 19, 2020
In an episode titled “Revolution” on the BBC podcast “Thinking Allowed” journalist Laurie Taylor interviews Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies Daniel Chirot about his book You Say You Want
Jackson School Faculty Vanessa Freije pens new book on political scandals in Mexico
October 15, 2020
In her new book entitled “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico” published by Duke University Press, on Oct. 16, 2020, Jackson School Assistant Professor
Glennys Young to appear in documentary on Cold War CIA interrogation program in Spain
October 15, 2020
Glennys Young, Jackson School professor and chair of the history department, will appear in a documentary “Project Ninos: Cold War in Sunny Spain,” airing on Oct. 19 at 10:30 p.m.
Doctoral student Yasir Zaidan pens opinion piece on US role in the Nile // War on the Rocks
October 9, 2020
Yasir Zaidan, a first-year doctoral student in international studies at the Jackson School, writes an opinion piece about how recent imposed punitive measures against Ethiopia over a dam could plunge
David Bachman quoted in article on the push for US-Taiwan relations // Politico
October 9, 2020
David Bachman, professor and expert on China, tells Politico that another strategic approach for U.S.-China relations is to restore full diplomatic relations with Taipei, in the same way President Obama
Grad student Reem Sabha gives her take on the U.S. Supreme Court battle // BBC News
October 7, 2020
Reem Sabha, a second-year international studies master’s candidate at the Jackson School with a focus on the Middle East, is featured in “Ruth Bader Ginsburg death: Voters’ verdict on the
Affiliate Faculty Tabitha Grace Mallory gives TV interview on South China Sea shrinking fish stock tensions // Al Jazeera
October 7, 2020
Tabitha Grace Mallory, Jackson School affiliate faculty, is interviewed on Al Jazeera’s “Counting the Cost” show about increasing tensions in the South China Sea over shrinking fish stocks. Watch the