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Zoli weighs in on Trump, counterterrorism in Newsday

Corri Zoli, research director for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, thinks there will be a significant return to the default mode of deterrence under Trump.

January 17, 2017

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Elizabeth Cohen discusses sanctuary cities on CNY Central

Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science, says it won't be easy for Trump to withhold money from sanctuary cities as there are numerous conditions, privacy laws and civil rights protections he will need to navigate.

January 17, 2017

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Kriesberg op-ed on MLK Jr., Trump in Huffington Post

"To some degree... both [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Donald Trump] sought to mobilize their potential followers and defeat their adversaries as one waged a struggle for civil rights for African Americans and the other for winning a national presidential election," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.

 

January 17, 2017

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Reeher weighs in on challenges facing Trump in Washington Examiner

Grant Reeher is featured in the Washington Examiner article, where he analyzes the effect of Trump's political maneuvering " According to Reeher, "He [Trump] needs to both challenge the status quo and be able to work within it in order to succeed.

January 9, 2017

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Sharp op-ed on Electoral College published on Syracuse.com

"The survival of our democracy requires public confidence in the country's institutions—a confidence that has been shaken by this election. Cynicism promotes resignation and non-participation and a dangerous and thoughtless acceptance of facile, misleading and false promises," writes James Roger Sharp, professor emeritus of history.

December 19, 2016

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Reeher discusses White House hopeful Gillibrand in Lockport Journal

Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says that presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's drive and focus could make her a "legitimate contender" in 2020.

December 9, 2016

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Dutkowsky weighs in on Trump's education agenda in DO

Donald Dutkowsky, professor of economics, said that Syracuse University has been mostly self-sustaining for many years with funding primarily from tuition and donations, and that President Trump's education policies will not necessarily be a big player in SU’s operations.

December 9, 2016

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Reeher discusses Trump's transition style in Washington Examiner

"There's no reason to think that once elected, he [President Trump] would turn on a dime and act like all previous president-elects, when he did not act like previous candidates," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

December 8, 2016

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