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An article about the top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ positions on foreign policy quotes Paul Musgrave. He says former Vice President Joe Biden is running as the “Obama candidate,” with the belief that the United States and its institutions may need some fixing but are basically sound. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders take the stance that the U.S. and its institutions need to be reformed in order to reduce the concentration of wealth globally. (Al Jazeera, 7/30/19)

Professor Musgrave was recently featured on Connecting Point. Following eight weeks of unrest, tensions in Hong Kong boiled over this weekend. Hong Kong protesters clashed with authorities leading to more than 60 arrests. The protests have been condemned by China’s central government, which assumed control of the former British colony in 1997. What’s behind the unrest in Hong Kong, and what does the future hold? (Connecting Point, 7/29/19.

Tenzin Dawa Thargay, a 2018 UMass Amherst graduate from the Department of Political Science, has been awarded a fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Thargay is one of 58 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.

The study of politics often requires an intense focus on the contentious mechanics of deal-making and diplomacy between parties in competition for scarce resources. However, in the quiet of summer here on the UMass campus, the Department of Political Science was delighted to get a reminder of the softer side of international relations. The latest issue of the UMass alumni magazine featured the touching story of Anil (’73PhD) and Bannu (‘73G) Shrikhande.

Paul Musgrave, political science, is interviewed on the local public affairs program Connecting Point about the similarities and difference between the U.S. approach to nuclear-armed North Korea and non-nuclear Iran. He says the fact that the Trump administration is talking to the North Koreans is remarkable, although he also notes the discussions have not produced any breakthroughs. (WGBY-TV 57, 7/9/19)

John Bolton is warning of a “Clash of Civilizations” with China. Here are the five things you need to know by Professor Musgrave. (The Washington Post, 7/18

Political Science Professor Tatishe Nteta, whose work with Brian Schaffner and Matt McWilliams on the respective roles of racism and hostile sexism in public support for Trump was recently featured in the Economist.

 

Paul Musgrave, political science, says Chinese students at American colleges and universities could become pawns in the trade war between China and the U.S. He says Chinese students pay full tuition to schools and if they left, colleges and universities would face significant financial difficulties.

Political science graduate student Kevin Henderson discusses the history of the Pride movement in a television interview on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The riots sparked the start of the LGBTQ civil rights movement in the U.S. (WGBY Connecting Point, 6/26/19)

Congratulations to Kaylee Johnson, who recently accepted a position as a Strategic Insights Specialist at American Student Assistance. In this position, Kaylee will be designing, fielding, and analyzing surveys about trends in secondary and higher education, as well as doing program evaluation research.

New research claims that the U.S. public doesn’t care about protecting enemy civilians. It is wrong—and dangerous.

Charli Carpenter, recently wrote for Foreign Policy to describe her recent research whose work challenges a recent study which purported to show widespread American support for strikes against civilian targets in North Korea and Iran, by demonstrating that Americans want leaders to follow international prohibitions against targeting civilians. (Foreign Policy, 6/27)

Commenting on differences in foreign policy positions among Democratic candidates for president, Paul Musgrave, political science, says Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg want to restore and reform Obama-era policies while Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want to reshape U.S. foreign policy. (Vox, 6/26/19)

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