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Benefactors behind two Tower Center programs honored by D CEO Magazine with Latino Business Awards.

SMU News and D CEO Magazine Originally Posted: September 6, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – SMU’s Latino Leadership Initiative in the Cox School of Business, as well as the benefactors behind two other SMU programs in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, have been honored by D CEO Magazine with Latino Business Awards. Launched in November 2013, […]

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Q&A | A Tower Scholar’s life in Uganda

Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: August 30, 2016 The Tower Center sat down with Tower Scholar Thomas Schmedding, class of 2017, to talk about his time studying abroad and interning in Kampala, Uganda. Describe your life in Uganda.  Life in a developing country is both fascinating and physically/mentally demanding every day. My time in Uganda was […]

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Tower Center for Political Studies, Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center name new executive director, Luisa Del Rosal

SMU News Originally Posted: August 10, 2016 The Tower Center for Political Studies and the recently announced Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center found a new executive director in a familiar face at SMU – Luisa Del Rosal, currently the director of strategy and international affairs with the Cox School of Business’ Latino Leadership Initiative. “The centers […]

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Jeffrey Kahn: At SMU visit, Trump’s foreign policy adviser was a modern-day Joe McCarthy

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 25, 2016 Tower Center Fellow Jeffrey Kahn wrote an opinion piece for the Dallas Morning News July 25. Kahn teaches and writes about American constitutional law, Russian law, human rights, and counterterrorism in SMU’s Dedman School of Law. By Jeffrey Kahn SMU law professor Sen. Joe McCarthy built his name, […]

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Did Trump win GOP nod because of the way he talks?

Christian Science Monitor Originally Posted: July 20, 2016 Cleveland — Suddenly Donald Trump’s face loomed over the delegates, tanned, jaw set, and a story high. From the giant video screen on the Republican National Convention stage Mr. Trump thanked everyone for nominating him as the GOP presidential pick. The film – shown Tuesday in Cleveland after the […]

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Tower Center Chair Joshua Rovner discusses U.S. strategy and the Middle East in new book

Georgetown University Press Originally Posted: July 26, 2016 Crude Strategy Rethinking the US Military Commitment to Defend Persian Gulf Oil Charles L. Glaser and Rosemary A. Kelanic, Editors Should the United States ask its military to guarantee the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf? If the US security commitment is in fact strategically sound, […]

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Tower Center Associate Edward Rincón’s research featured in the Dallas Morning News

  Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 20, 2016 Tower Center Associate Edward T. Rincón was featured in the Dallas Morning News discussing his research company’s recent study about the affects of the growing Latino population in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  READ MORE

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Tower Center Associate Edward Rincón finds Latino Growth will lead to Market Disruption in Dallas-Fort Worth

PR Web Originally Posted: July 13, 2016 Tower Center Associate Edward Rincón, president of the research company Rincón & Associates LLC, published his recent findings in a press release detailing how Latino growth in Dallas- Fort Worth will disrupt several consumer markets including legal services and healthcare. READ MORE

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James Hollifield, Tower Center, DFW could become the business capital of NAFTA

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 8, 2016 Could Dallas-Fort Worth become the business capital of NAFTA? The metro area is already a major exporter to Mexico and Canada, the U.S. partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement. D-FW has a huge transportation network and distribution hub, which are heavily invested in trade that’s […]

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Tower Center Fellow writes op-ed for NY Times, “A ‘No Buy’ List for Guns Is a Bad Idea”

New York Times Originally Posted: July 1, 2016 AFTER the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., some legislators are seeking to create a “no buy” list to block certain people from purchasing guns. Last month the Senate considered (but voted down) measures that would have prevented gun sales to anyone in the federal Terrorist Screening Database, […]