March 2020
Each month, Elliott School faculty members are quoted, interviewed, and published in top media outlets from around the world on breaking news and pressing global affairs.
WORLD
RAMIN ASGARY – HuffPost
quoted in
Sex And Coronavirus: What To Know About Intimacy During The Pandemic
AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest
authored
The Sociology of Surviving the Coronavirus
HENRY FARRELL – Foreign Affairs
authored
Will the coronavirus end globalization as we know it?
IVAN OELRICH – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
authored
Ventilators for coronavirus patients: Why automakers aren’t the right source
TARA SONENSHINE – Newsday
authored
A groundbreaking year for women
J.D. WORK – Newsday
authored
Paging a Joint Task Force: Cyber Defense of Pandemic Medical Infrastructure
GOVERNMENT
AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest
authored
How to Jump-Start a Post-Coronavirus Economy
AMITAI ETZIONI – The Hill
authored
Congress needs to prod the IRS to capture carbon
HENRY FARRELL – Harvard Business Review
co-authored
Will Governments Restrict Foreign Access to Pandemic Supplies?
HARVEY FEIGENBAUM – Social Europe
authored
The party of discontent
HARVEY FEIGENBAUM – RTS "Forum"
interviewed in
Michael Bloomberg throws in the towel and joins Joe Biden in the Democratic primaries
HUGH GUSTERSON – Inside Higher Ed
quoted in
Pentagon Proposes Cuts to Social Science Research
MICHAEL MOORE – NBC News
quoted in
Trump's trade war exacerbated shortage of medical equipment
JAY SHAMBAUGH – KERA-FM's "Think" Dallas
interviewed in
To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs
JAY SHAMBAUGH – The Hill
authored
Coronavirus response must include bold fiscal policy
JAY SHAMBAUGH – WBUR-FM "On Point"
interviewed on
Living Paycheck To Paycheck During The Coronavirus Crisis
JAY SHAMBAUGH – MarketWatch
authored
Opinion: Five things fiscal policy could do to fight a COVID-19 outbreak
AFRICA
NEMATA BLYDEN – The Conversation
mentioned in
Africa’s wish list of what might change under a Biden presidency
DAVID SHINN – Orbis
co-authored
Evolving Principles and Guiding Concepts: How China Gains African Support for its Core National Interests
DAVID SHINN – Canada's Globe and Mail
quoted in
Trump’s diplomacy fails to resolve Nile River deadlock
DAVID SHINN – VOA News
quoted in
Trump Calls Egyptian Leader to Discuss Nile Dam
PAUL WILLIAMS – Military Times
quoted in
AFRICOM predicts mission training Somalia’s ‘Lightning Brigade’ will last until 2027
ASIA
AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest
authored
Why Winning the War in Afghanistan mean losing to the Taliban
AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest
authored
Why a Rising China Isn't as Dangerous As Experts Make It Out to Be
ALEXA JOUBIN – Barron's Penta
quoted in
China’s Love Affair with Shakespeare
DAVID SHAMBAUGH – Canada's CBC News
quoted in
Former ambassador John McCallum a no-show at China committee
EURASIA
DAVID SZAKONYI – Vox
quoted in
Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life
EUROPE
HENRY FARRELL – The Washington Post
authored
Ireland and Britain aren’t part of Trump’s coronavirus travel ban. This is why.
NORTH AMERICA
HOSSEIN ASKARI – PRI "The World"
interviewed in
Iran's govt buildings in DC are vacant. But they are full of stories
REUBEN BRIGETY – Jacksonville Free Press
featured in
Hometown Hero: Brigety Selected as President of University of the South
REUBEN BRIGETY – The Chronicle of Higher Education
mentioned in
Transitions: Sewanee Names New President; Provost Selected at Seattle Pacific U.
BENJAMIN FARLEY – RadioLab "The Other Latif"
discusses
his work on closing the detention facility at Guantanamo
TARA SINCLAIR – USA Today
quoted in
This is weird': Kristen Bell hosts star-studded Nickelodeon coronavirus special for kids
SOUTH AMERICA
JEFFREY BLOMSTER – PRI's "The World"
interviewed in
Ancient ball court discovered in mountains of Mexico
JEFFREY BLOMSTER – Science Magazine
discovery mentioned in
3400-year-old ballgame court unearthed in mountains of Mexico
MICHAEL MCCARTHY – The Hill
quoted in
DOJ charges Venezuela's Maduro with drug trafficking
SPACE
HENRY HERTZFELD – CNN
quoted in
Adidas launches footwear research into space so it can make better sneakers