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Joshua Rovner, Tower Center, Politics and the Current Battle for Fallujah

BBC Originally Posted: June 1, 2016 [youtube]https://youtu.be/PJGUrFPZZC4[/youtube] Joshua Rovner of SMU’s Tower Center for Political Studies talks about the military and political implications in the latest battle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Rovner is the John G. Tower Distinguished Chair of International Politics and National Security, as well as the Director of Studies at […]

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Tower Center Forum: Populism in Europe and Germany

Event Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Great Hall, Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky is currently Head of the EU/North America Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation based in Berlin. He is an attorney and author, also working as consultant on strategy and leadership. Sergey’s areas of […]

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Pia Orrenius, Tower Center, Immigration is good for the economy

Texas Standard Originally Posted: April 25, 2016 It’s hard to talk about the issue of immigration without getting mired into the politics or the rhetoric of the hour. But hard data is often missing from the conversation. Is there a way to understand immigration through the lens of economic data? Perhaps there is. Pia Orrenius […]