Schar School Faculty Media Mentions

Voice of America explains how the GOP is hamstrung on a single wedge issue: abortion. The Schar School’s Jeremy Mayer confirms it for the global audience.

Schar School’s Mark N. Katz describes what Russia stands to gain from the rising tensions in the Middle East.

Collecting our thoughts: What were Schar School scholars thinking in October? Clearly, we had a lot on our minds.

New York Times: Schar School Distinguished Visiting Professor Michael J. Morell is quoted about two wars.

Abortion has surged as a key issue for women and Democrats for the November 7 legislative elections in Virginia, the last state in the South to hold out against restrictions on the procedure in the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.

Nature magazine reviews Schar School professor of public policy Kenneth A. Reinert’s new book, The Lure of Economic Nationalism: Beyond Zero Sum (Anthem Press), as one of its “five of the best science picks.”

While members of the GOP remark about the dangers of an “open border” using the Israel-Gaza conflict as an example, Schar School border policy expert Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera explains in the New York Times the historic trope behind the rhetoric.

Putin seems to be expanding his ground forces with more “volunteers” from private companies, a la Wagner. But Schar School professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia’s military, says the Kremlin is fighting to hold the Ukrainian territory it occupies now.

Smugglers use misinformation on social media to make crossing into the U.S. from Mexico sound like “a vacation package,” said a Homeland Security agent. This practice, which drives up prices for smuggling, is “nefarious,” said Schar School border security expert Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.

Schar School Professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia and the Middle East, writes that the Kremlin seems to be confounded by the conflict in Israel. “Moscow’s warnings about conflict in the Middle East spreading are an indication that it fears its own interests would be harmed if this occurs.”