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Released: 14-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Professors Available on U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Opening, Iran-Israel Military Strikes
Northwestern University

Northwestern University professors are available to comment on the U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem on Monday, as well as Israel and Iran exchanging military strikes earlier this week.

Released: 14-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Middle East Expert Can Discuss U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem, Clashes in Israel
University of Delaware

Dr. Muqtedar Khan, who specializes in the politics of the Middle East and American foreign policy in the Arab world, can talk about the current impact and potential ramifications of the official move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Released: 10-May-2018 12:20 PM EDT
CEIBS Wealth Forum: US-China Trade War Fears Spark Thirst for Safe Investment Choices
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

During the UVA Darden hosted CEIBS Private Investment Wealth Forum, economists and experts discuss the US-China Trade War and its impact on private investment.

Released: 8-May-2018 3:25 PM EDT
Leaving Iran Deal Will Undermine American National Security: International Trade Law Expert
University of Kansas

Raj Bhala, an expert in international trade law who has lectured and worked in more than 25 countries, claims Trump's decision to pull the United States from the Iran agreement shows "America First really means American Folly." He can discuss the move and its political and economic ramifications.

Released: 2-May-2018 8:00 AM EDT
Stephen Cohen & Michael McFaul Debate: “The New U.S.-Russian Cold War: Who is to Blame?”—May 9
New York University

Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian Studies at NYU and Princeton University, and Stanford Professor Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, will debate “who is to blame” for the state of U.S.-Russia relations today on Wed., May 9.

Released: 26-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
The Aftermath of Conflict: Sociology Professor Studies Post-Conflict Iraq Reconstruction
West Virginia University

Jesse Wozniak, assistant professor of sociology in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, is exploring whether a post-conflict Iraq, specifically the police force, can transition to a democracy.

Released: 19-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
The End of the Castros Era?
University of Michigan

Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan professor of sociology and American culture, has spent decades researching the exodus of Cubans over the half century since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.

Released: 18-Apr-2018 2:25 PM EDT
SLU Expert Discusses Future of Testing and Treating Chlorine Gas Attacks
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Future answers to quickly testing and treating those who may have been exposed to chlorine gas may lie in chlorinated lipids, says a Saint Louis University professor.

Released: 17-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT
'Democracy in Exile' by University of Washington's Daniel Bessner, Explores Brain Drain From Germany in 1930s, Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy
University of Washington

As America's long military experience in Iraq has shown, it is good to have an exit policy — and prudent also to find ways to hold government policymakers accountable for their mistakes. Such themes arise in "Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual," by Daniel Bessner, an assistant professor in the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies. The book was published this spring by Cornell University Press.

Released: 13-Apr-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Supreme Court Patent Case Has Major Implications for International Relations
University of Notre Dame

Stephen Yelderman, associate professor at the Notre Dame Law School says the case pits the U.S. interest in rewarding patent owners for their inventions against the sovereignty of other nations.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Missile Strikes Against Syria ‘as Serious as Triggering Events,’ Expert Says
University of Notre Dame

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and research professor of international dispute resolution at the University of Notre Dame says reprisal attacks are a serious breach of the United Nations charter.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 4:55 PM EDT
Expert Available on the U.S. Role in the Holocaust
Wake Forest University

Barry Trachtenberg, Wake Forest Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History and author of “The United States and the Nazi Holocaust” is available to comment on the Holocaust, its lasting effects, and how it is taught and talked about in America.

Released: 5-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
70 Years Later: FSU Professor Reflects on Legacy of the Marshall Plan
Florida State University

The Marshall Plan is still celebrated for its instrumental role in catalyzing the resurgence of Western Europe and containing the spread of Soviet-style communism throughout the continent, said FSU Professor Robert Gellately.

Released: 4-Apr-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Sophisticated Iranian Hack of University Accounts Offers Lessons
University of Notre Dame

Mike Chapple, associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, says the hacking was sophisticated, clever and carefully designed to appeal to specific professors.

   
Released: 27-Mar-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, Other Ambassadors Highlight Indiana University’s “America’s Role in the World” Conference
Indiana University

On March 28 and 29, former U.S. ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and other foreign policy experts will be available for interviews on topics such as U.S. engagement abroad, democracy across the world, the rise of Asia, global food security, and refugees during Indian University's "America's Role in the World" conference.

Released: 16-Mar-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Northwestern Author Illustrates Complex Politics of the International Rule of Law
Northwestern University

Curious about the idea that international law is good medicine for bad policies, Ian Hurd examines how and why governments use and manipulate international law in foreign policy.

Released: 14-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EDT
UWM Scholar Explores the Mysteries of Russia and Putin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

On March 18, Russian voters will head to the polls for their seventh presidential election since 1990. Reuter, who holds a senior research appointment with the Moscow-based International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, shared his political predictions and his long view on the way forward for improved U.S.-Russian relations. He also talks about the special counsel indictments that have roiled Washington, D.C., in recent weeks.



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