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Article: A New Tale of Japan’s Domestic and International Political Economy

The Director of the Center’s Sun and Star Program, Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi, alongside Hamilton Scholar Natalya Talih, provided an article reviewing the content of Dr. Mireya Solis’ latest book called […]

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Margherita Odasso’s Research as a Visiting Fellow

Margherita Odasso is a sociologist interested in international migration, family dynamics and (mental) health. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Bologna and an M.A. in […]

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Constraints and Conservatism: The Effect of Presidential Choices on Voting Patterns of Supreme Court Justices

Tyler McCall, Tower Center Cox Research Fellow, conducts a study exploring whether constrained choice Supreme Court justices are less faithful to their appointing president’s constitutional agenda than unconstrained choices. For […]

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Migration, Forced Displacement and Human Development

Dr. James F. Hollifield is the Co-Chair of the Wilson Center’s Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI). RAFDI was established to provide evidence-based analyses that will translate research findings into […]

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Fellows and Associates Research Highlights: Fall & Spring 2022

Cullum Clark,  Senior Fellow Academic Lectures, Conference Presentations, and Speaking Engagements Appeared in two additional podcasts – the “Feudal Future” podcast in December 2021 and the “Flyover Coalition” podcast in […]

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Fellows and Associates Research Highlights: Fall & Spring 2021

Cullum Clark,  Senior Fellow Papers, Publications, and Other Writings “Big D is a Big Deal: Dallas-Fort Worth is becoming the de facto capital of America’s heartland”  “Equitable Development in Southern […]

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Thinking Outside the Box – Solutions for the Developing World

Nia Kamau ’22 is a Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar, McNair Scholar, and recipient of the 2021 Hatton Sumners Internship through the Tower Center. Read more about her experience in the post […]

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Mass Protests and the Structure of Power in Contemporary Hong Kong

Tower Center Associate, Dr. Macabe Keliher, wrote an analysis of the protests and structures of power in contemporary Hong Kong in the context of politics, Beijing, law, and the political […]

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“LIFE FOR ME AIN’T BEEN NO CRYSTAL STAIR”: BLACK WOMEN CANDIDATES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Tower Center Fellow Dr. Danielle Casarez Lemi, along with Dr. Nadia E. Brown of Purdue University, wrote an overview of the literature that examines Black women’s candidacies for political office, […]

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Gender and Culture of Migration

Dr. Caroline B. Brettell, Tower Center Fellow, wrote about how migration is a gendered process that operates within local, national, and transnational cultures of migration. Conceptually, gender encompasses the social […]