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13 April 2022
By iserpws

Gil Eyal Quoted in Slate

We’re Expecting the Wrong Things From the CDC

"If you want the CDC to be apolitical, you’re missing the point of public health. . . 

. . . 'The ‘politicization’ accusation implies that we should just isolate the CDC and let it do its work by itself,' said Gil Eyal, a sociology professor at Columbia University. 'But I think that’s wrong. I don’t think we know of an obvious way to organize the relationship between science and politics.' That is, they are always intertwined, especially when it comes to the work of a large government agency" . . .

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16 February 2022
By iserpws

Joseph Stiglitz: COVID Has Made Global Inequality Much Worse

Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, published in Scientific American.

iserpws's picture
16 February 2022
By iserpws

Prof. Jason Smerdon Quoted in Marketplace

Jason Smerdon, Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was quoted in Marketplace.

Farmers, ranchers in the Southwest adapt to the region’s worst drought in more than 1,000 years

We’ve known for a couple of decades that the American Southwest is experiencing a serious drought. According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, it’s the worst drought the region has experienced in at least 1,200 years. . . hardship probably won’t let up soon, according to climate scientist Jason Smerdon.

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14 February 2022
By iserpws

Prof. Andrew Nathan quoted in the NY Times:

50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’

In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role: softening China’s authoritarian image. . . 

. . . “It’s soft power,” said Andrew J. Nathan, a political science professor at Columbia who specializes in Chinese politics and foreign policy. “Pandas are very cute and lovable,” he said, “so it fits into that kind of friendship diplomacy image" . . .

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04 February 2022
By harlowe

Timothy Frye: What Are Some Possible Outcomes From Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine?

Timothy M. Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, published in Columbia News.

As Russia continues to amass troops along Ukraine's border and the U.S. announces plans to deploy troops in Eastern Europe, the regional situation looks increasingly perilous. 

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