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International Politics
Washington University's international political science program offers first-rate training in formal theory and positive theories of politics; and has great strengths in comparative politics, where faculty combine theoretical expertise on political institutions, social movements and gender with geographical expertise spanning the regions of the world. The University also has deep expertise in the international political economy and in political philosophy.
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Thomas Schweich
Visiting Professor of Law and Ambassador in Residence
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Thomas Schweich served the Bush administration as the ambassador for counternarcotics and justice reform in Afghanistan, as the government's principal deputy assistant secretary (PDAS) for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and chief of staff to the U.S. Mission ...
Expertise: foreign policy, Afghanistan
Direct contact: (314) 935-3379
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tschweich@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Melissa Waters
Professor of Law
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Waters' research and teaching interests include foreign relations law, international law, international human rights law and international criminal law, comparative law, conflicts of law, civil procedure, and complex civil litigation. Her scholarly work focuses on the incorporation of international ...
Expertise: international law, foreign relations law, war on terrorism, conflicts of law, international human rights law, civil procedure
Direct contact: (314) 935-3458
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mawaters@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Michele Boldrin
Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences and chair of the Department of Economics
Professor Boldrin is an economist with a broad range of interests. His work includes research in business cycles and asset pricing; growth and demographic change; innovation and intellectual property; and public policy and the welfare state. Boldrin is a fellow of the Econometric Society. He is also ...
Expertise: Public policy, foreign policy, economic crisis, economic growth, innovation, business cycles, intellectual property, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5636
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mboldrin@artsci.wustl.edu
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Carolyn Lesorogol
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Carolyn Lesorogol's main interests are in international social development and the dynamics of social change processes. She has studied these issues among African pastoralists in Kenya where she has conducted long term fieldwork examining the political and economic processes resulting in privatization ...
Expertise: international social development, capacity building and participatory development, institutional change, political economy, ethnographic research
Direct contact: (314) 935-8232
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clesorogol@wustl.edu
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Henry W. Berger
Emeritus Professor of History
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Author of The United States, the PLO, and Stability in the Middle East, Henry Berger focuses on the history of American foreign relations, with particular interest in U.S. relations with the Middle East and Latin America. Berger, who has written on various aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the 20th ...
Expertise: 20th-century U.S. history, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East, Latin America, Vietnam War, American labor unions, trade expansion, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-8670
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hwberger@wustl.edu
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Windows on Iran
Iranian-American scholar posts daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran
June 22,
2009 --
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An Iranian-American scholar at Washington University in St. Louis has been posting daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran as part of her long-running electronic newsletter on cultural, political and social issues in Iran. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, posts news, filled with cell phone videos and firsthand anecdotes from friends and academic contacts within Iran, at Windows on Iran Web site. She is available for media interviews on the day-to-day news reports she's receiving from contacts within Iran and for broader discussions of the cultural context of these events, including the role of women and the unique ways that this protest is being shaped by the use of cell phones, instant messaging and other online social media.
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Violence and social order
Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24
March 3,
2009 --
Community-based conservation in Madagascar, property rights for the poor in Argentina and trade-offs between violence and power in societies throughout human history are among topics to be explored in a free public workshop on the social science of international development from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the Women's Building Formal Lounge.
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Refining foreign policy
Former ambassador for counternarcotics and justice reform in Afghanistan available to discuss foreign policy priorities for the new president
Dec. 4,
2008 -- "Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan need to be top foreign policy priorities for President Barack Obama," says Thomas Schweich, former ambassador for counternarcotics and justice reform in Afghanistan and visiting professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Schweich, the Special Representative for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is available to discuss foreign policy issues facing the next president.
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Analysis: Obama tries evenhanded approach
Associated Press
and 51 others
June 8,
2009 -- Nancy Benac reports on Obama's Cairo speech in which he tried to explain the American mindset to Muslims and the world of Islam to Americans. Various experts comment on the speech, including WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields.
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Flu control tests Obama balancing skills
Associated Press
and 47 others
May 4,
2009 -- When it comes to swine flu, Obama is trying to strike the right balance between protecting public and economic health. That's resulted in some doublespeak and spin, evidence of the inextricable ties between a looming epidemic and a listing economy. Includes comments by WUSTL American culture studies director Wayne Fields, who is an expert on presidential rhetoric.
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Obama takes more questions than Bush
The Washington Times
April 28,
2009 -- President Obama has gotten off to a busy start, fielding more questions in formal press conferences in his first months in office than the American people saw from his predecessor. WUSTL history professor Peter Kastor comments.
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U.S. Astronauts Might Hitch Rides on Chinese Spacecraft
Space.com
April 17,
2009 -- The U.S. and China are exploring new ways to bridge U.S. moon exploration plans with China. Includes comments from WUSTL earth and planetary sciences professor Ray Arvidson.
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Guarding the U.S.-Mexico border, live from suburban New York
CNN.com
and 1 others
March 12,
2009 -- A Web site funded by a grant from the state of Texas, allows people around the world to watch the U.S./Mexico border for illegal activity. WUSTL immigration law professor Stephen Legomsky comments.
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Briefing: A rocky start for war crimes world court
The Christian Science Monitor
March 6,
2009 -- The arrest warrant for Sudan's president for war crimes is indicative of the mounting pressure on the International Criminal Court to show results. Includes comments by WUSTL law professor Leila Nadya Sadat, who was a delegate to the diplomatic conference at which the ICC was established.
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U.S. Colleges Get Serious With Partners Overseas
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Feb. 23,
2009 -- WUSTL chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is trying to establish meaningful relationships with foreign universities, in hopes of engaging large numbers of WUSTL students and faculty members, encouraging robust research collaborations, and cultivating a more global campus.
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UBS Pressed for 52,000 Names in 2nd Inquiry
The New York Times
and 7 others
Feb. 20,
2009 -- A UBS memo, along with dozens of e-mail messages like it, were disclosed on Thursday in a blistering court document filed by the Justice Department, which sought to compel UBS, based in Switzerland, to divulge the identities of 52,000 Americans whom the authorities suspect of using secret offshore accounts at the bank to dodge taxes. WUSTL criminal and securities law professor Samuel Buell, who helped to prosecute Enron, comments.
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Fulfilling a father's dream
CNN Newsroom (national)
Feb. 11,
2009 -- Two Kenyan brothers are in this country studying to be doctors. They are also fulfilling their father's dream of building a clinic in their remote home village to fight AIDS, the disease that killed both of their parents. Milton Ochieng is a resident at WUSTL's medical school. Fred is at Vanderbilt.
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Under Obama, 'war on terror' catchphrase fading
Associated Press
and 18 others
Feb. 2,
2009 -- The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations. Includes comments by WUSTL English and American culture studies professor Wayne Fields, who is an expert on presidential rhetoric.
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Story on the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization
Xinhua News Agency (China)
and 11 others
Dec. 12,
2008 -- In a Dec. 8th news conference in Hong Kong, twenty-five premier research universities from around the world, including WUSTL, announced the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization to promote research and applications of clean coal technology.
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Obama Dips Into Think Tank for Talent
The Wall Street Journal online
Nov. 17,
2008 -- The Center for a New American Security, a small think tank here with generally middle-of-the-road policy views, is rapidly emerging as a top farm team for the incoming Obama administration. Includes comments by WUSTL economics professor Murray Weidenbaum, who wrote a book on Washington think tanks.
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Vetted Judges More Likely to Reject Asylum Bids
The New York Times
and 8 others
Aug. 25,
2008 -- Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States have been disproportionately rejected by judges whom the Bush administration chose using a conservative political litmus test, according to an analysis of Justice Department data. WUSTL immigration law professor Stephen Legomsky comments.
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Military use of robots increases in U.S.
Xinhua News Agency (China)
and 2 others
Aug. 5,
2008 -- Robots are increasingly taking over more soldier duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, with predictions that as much as 30 percent of the U.S. Army will be robotic by 2020. Two WUSTL scientists, Bill Smart and Doug Few, are on the cutting edge of this new wave of technology.
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Bush Ex-Official Says Corrupt Afghans and a Hesitant Military Hinder Drug Fight
The New York Times
July 24,
2008 -- Corrupt Afghan officials, a reluctant military and divisions over policy, as much as the Taliban, have contributed to a failing policy to fight narcotics in Afghanistan, a former Bush administration official writes in an article in The New York Times Magazine on Sunday. The author, Thomas Schweich, was the senior counternarcotics official in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul for two years. He is now a visiting professor of law at WUSTL.
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China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles
Boston Globe
and 15 others
July 21,
2008 -- Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle.
With China's leaders demanding that none of the nation's simmering unrest upset the Games, officials have launched an onslaught of checks to stop aggrieved citizens reaching Beijing.
WUSTL law professor Carl Minzner comments.
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China trying different things to improve air quality for Olympics
CBS Evening News
July 17,
2008 -- The Beijing Olympics begin in just over three weeks, and the Chinese are trying to clear the air. In a recent test, Beijing's air failed to meet international health guidelines six days out of seven. WUSTL chemical engineering professor Jay Turner comments.
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China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000
Associated Press
and 23 others
May 16,
2008 -- WUSTL political science professor Andrew Mertha, author of a book on Chinese dams, "China's Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change," comments on the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake.
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A Climate 'Policy Wonk' in the Making
NPR Morning Edition
April 14,
2008 -- WUSTL junior Kelley Greenman is featured is today's Morning Edition program on climate change with Richard Harris. Greenman is interested in cliimate change policy issues.
The story included a segment about an advising appointment with career counselor Karen Morton and Kelley.
Includes an audio link to the story.
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Drug Informant Fights Deportation
NPR Day to Day
Feb. 8,
2008 -- A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities.
He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments.
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