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McCormick discusses El Chapo, Sinaloa cartel on BYUradio
"Because of the fact that it has a horizontal leadership structure, the decentralized network of bosses, a lot of local gangs with specialized duties that are affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel, what we're witnessing is sort of a moment of transition," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean
Thompson speaks with ABC radio about presidential racial rhetoric
In the wake of President Trump's recent tweets about four Democratic congresswomen of color, Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, assesses that coded racial language began to be used as a political strategy under President Richard Nixon.
See related: Federal, Media & Journalism, Race & Ethnicity, United States
O'Keefe op-ed on Apollo II published in The Hill
See related: Federal, Space Exploration, United States
Maxwell alums featured in WSYR-TV series Victory Over Violence
“I was grateful for the services, for the amount of resources available for individuals like me to help me establish a system, a path, an opportunity to achieve dreams and goals,” Abdul Saboor '18 B.A. (PSc)/’19 E.M.P.A./CAS Conflict Resolution said, about the importance of InterFaith Works' presence in Syracuse.
See related: Crime & Violence, Refugees, State & Local, United States
Lovely weighs in on slowdown of China's economic growth in Associated Press
Slowing demand in China could depress their revenue, earnings and stock market value, says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "President Trump is probably happy that he’s starting to tank the Chinese economy," Lovely says. "But it’s a case of ‘be careful what you wish for.’"
See related: China, Economic Policy, United States
Coplin talks about his new book with Inside Higher Ed
See related: U.S. Education, United States
O'Keefe discusses the space race with Yahoo Finance
"We're seeing some really, really inventive entrepreneurs with grand visions that are basically just getting started to move towards that same pattern that we saw for commercial aviation that made traveling around the globe a relatively easy proposition," says Sean O'Keefe, University Professor and former NASA administrator.
See related: Space Exploration, United States
McCormick quoted in Washington Post article on El Chapo sentencing
"Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón declared the start of the Drug War in 2006, both the U.S. and Mexico’s security forces have aggressively pursued what is referred to as the kingpin strategy: they go after the 'head’ with the intent of weakening the ‘body,’" says Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean, National Security, United States
Zoli discusses economic warfare with Iran in WAER article
"In a war, you can hurt certain areas of a country, but you usually don't grenade the entire economy. Whereas with economic warfare, you truly can," says Corri Zoli, director of research in the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
See related: Economic Policy, Middle East & North Africa, National Security
Lovely comments on widening US-China trade gap on NPR
"I think whatever jobs are created by President Trump's war on global supply chains are going to be dwarfed by losses in the U.S. export sectors," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States