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Faculty on the News
Our professors research a wide range of contemporary issues and provide reasoned, informed views on developing events, from US elections to international affairs.
Faculty Perspectives
An Unlikely President: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬Íøվ’s Rudalevige on Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
Government professor Andrew Rudalevige looks back at the career of US President Jimmy Carter, as a guest on Maine Public Radio’s call-in program
Maine Calling
.
Remembering the Last Leader of the Soviet Union
Government professor and Russia expert Laura Henry shares her initial thoughts on the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev—the last leader of the Soviet Union, who died this week.
Reassessing Russia’s Climate Policy
Government professor Laura Henry discusses the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Moscow’s climate policy. Slow but steady progress was being made prior to the conflict, she says, but the war has derailed that momentum.
Overturning Landmark Supreme Court Decision “Creates National Divideâ€
Constitutional law scholar Maron Sorenson shares her insights and opinions on the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn
Roe v. Wade
, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed a woman’s right to have an abortion.
Laura Henry and Laura Howells '20 on “Controlling Russia’s Information Spaceâ€
A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ professor and a former student explore the Russian government’s recent clampdown on digital freedom within its borders and ask how this compares to digital authoritarianism in China.
Faculty Media Hits
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬Íøվ’s Heurlin on Worsening US-China Relations
As China’s foreign minister issues a severe diplomatic warning to Washington, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ government scholar and China expert Christopher Heurlin is interviewed on Fox’s LiveNOW streaming channel.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬Íøվ’s Henry Laurence on “The Complicated History of Queen Elizabeth II.â€
Queen Elizabeth II “was adored and respected by most people in Britain,” writes professor Henry Laurence in
the
Portland Press Herald
. However, he goes on to say, the late monarch’s “long-term legacy is more complicated.”
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬Íøվ’s Success in Democracy Challenge Highlighted on WCSH
Television report spreads the word about the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College's winning performance in a national contest aimed at reducing polarity and animosity among American voters.
Andrew Rudalevige: Presidents Can’t Declassify Documents with Green Lantern Superpowers
Andrew Rudalevige, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾’s Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, shares his insights on the controversy swirling around documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home in the
Washington Post
blog
Monkey Cage.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬Íøվ’s Henry Discusses New Wave of Russian Exiles
Russians flee their country in record numbers following a crackdown on free speech in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. Putin calls them “traitors,” but who are they? asks ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾’s Laura Henry, writing in
The Washington Post
.