Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Leonard Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says the federal government could help families achieve their family planning goals by expanding pregnancy prevention and infertility treatments at all income levels.

“When you’re trying to take away the funding for someone who doesn’t want to have a child, that’s not the same as providing funding to support someone who does,” Lopoo says.

Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing • Stateline A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with lit...

Maxwell’s National Security Management Course brings together high-ranking officers, NCOs and civilian officials in the U.S. defense establishment for a seven-week course, culminating in an intensive week on the Syracuse University campus.

This spring, participants tackled issues ranging from homeland security to international law, including deep dives into regional challenges in Asia, South America and elsewhere, guided by expert faculty and distinguished guests including The Hon. James E. Baker, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.

"Law is not an impediment," Baker told participants. "It is a feature and virtue of the U.S. national security system, if you use it wisely and well."

Now in its 30th year, the NSM course is a cornerstone of Maxwell's national security education portfolio and a hallmark of Syracuse University's enduring commitment to those who serve the nation.

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Trump’s age is a “peripheral issue” when it comes to evaluating his presidency, says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “Concerns about the administration are not about cognitive decline but rather WHAT he IS doing, in terms of policy, funding and rhetoric,” he says.

How Trump's age is shaping his presidency Donald Trump has turned 80, making him only the second president to reach the milestone while in office.

Kennedy King grew up in Rep. Judy Chu's California congressional district. This spring, the rising Maxwell senior came full circle as an intern in Chu's Capitol Hill office — and turned her grandmother's struggles with language barriers in health care into a real policy proposal.

"I like working for my community," King said. "It makes me really happy."

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Today, we reflect on the history and significance of Juneteenth, and recommit to our shared endeavor of building a community grounded in equity, freedom, and belonging for all.

Separatism is “in the zeitgeist,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science and author of “The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work.”

“Whether they’re libertarian or conservative or liberal,” Griffiths says, the people he interviews complain that government is “in their face, it’s dysfunctional and it’s distant.”

Independent Cascadia? Greater Idaho? Disunited States Look Toward Divorce At a moment when even the prospects of dialogue seem far-fetched, movements to redraw state lines to link like-minded regions, or even to secede from the union, are gaining strength.

“The United States does and should continue to legislate to support family planning, but its policies should be reconsidered and designed to increase wantedness,” Len Lopoo, professor, chair and associate dean of public administration and international affairs. Read an excerpt from his new book “Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of America’s Population.” ⬇️

Fertility Treatments Should Not Be a Luxury Good | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera Recently, while I was having dinner with friends, one asked me about the topic of the book I was writing at the time. I explained that I was focusing on the inequities in our current family-planning program—that government is supportive when low-income families need assistance controlling their fe...

Is the transatlantic relationship as we've known it over? Maxwell 's Glyn Morgan thinks so. Writing in CapX, Morgan argues that last summer's Trump-EU trade deal—struck at Trump's Scottish golf course in Turnberry—marks a pivotal shift from what he calls "American Europe," in which the U.S. underwrote European security and prosperity, to a new order he terms "Civilisational America," one that leverages security guarantees for economic and political gain. It's a timely and provocative read for anyone following U.S. foreign policy and the future of the transatlantic alliance.
Read the full column on CapX: https://bit.ly/3Q2ipiV

Say goodbye to 'American Europe' European regulatory imperialism has given birth to American predatory mercantilism

“I think this idea that the Iranians are going to turn uranium over is really posturing. They're not going to turn the uranium over. What they may be willing to do is actually downgrade the uranium to a certain level under UN or international auspices and the United States is going to have to agree to that,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.

Foreign relations & Middle East expert explains potential peace deal between US, Iran Joining us on The Morning Show is Osamah Khalil an expert on U.S. f...

Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, says he views the operation primarily as a limited defensive action rather than a signal of broader escalation.

He points to U.S. Central Command's characterization of the strikes as “proportional,” arguing that such language is significant because it indicates an effort to contain the confrontation rather than expand it.

Limited Strikes, Larger Signal: What The US Attack On Iran Reveals The US strikes on Iranian air defense and radar systems appear intended as a limited warning to Tehran rather than the opening salvo of a broader military campaign, according to senior US officials and regional security experts.