Politics
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The Economy, Midterm Elections & Personal Finance: What’s in Store for Your Wallet?
Politics chair Dan Wirls and College Eight Provost Ronnie Lipschutz were recently featured in separate "Ask the Experts" pieces, parts of a series published by the website WalletHub. Wirls spoke about the 2014 midterm elections; Lipschutz about the domestic energy revolution.
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Books: The Great Forgetting
The Wall Street Journal published a book review by politics associate professor Ben Read on two books concerning the aftermath of China's successful crushing of the pro-democracy movement 25 years ago.
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Mark Fathi Massoud: How grass-roots peace can take hold in South Sudan
Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies, says a cease-fire in South Sudan is a positive first step but grassroots efforts are needed to forge a lasting peace.
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Preventing Civil War in South Sudan: Christian Leaders Should Resume Activism
Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies, was invited to contribute to the New York Times online feature "Room for Debate" on crisis in South Sudan.
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Crafting Peace in South Sudan
Writing in Foreign Policy, Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics, outlines several steps that aid groups and allies of South Sudan can do to help curtail violence and craft a lasting peace for the world's newest country.
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Sudan's struggle for peace
An analysis of the context of recent protests in Sudan by Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics, was published on the Middle East Channel of Foreign Policy. Masoud's recent book, Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan (Cambridge University Press, 2013) is based on 15 months of research in Sudan.
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The Force: How much military is enough
The New Yorker quoted from politics professor Dan Wirls' book Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama in an article about the U.S. defense establishment and defense industry.