Our Postdoctoral Fellow in Latino Public Policy Danielle Lemi had her work “Are…
Recap | America’s Next War and How to Prevent It
Paul B. Stares, director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations, presented ideas from his new book in a talk at the Tower Center “America’s Next War and How to Prevent It.”
Stares argues that there’s been a reversal of post-Cold War trends. Growing friction among great power countries and increasing organized violence in unstable regions of the world make the case that the United States is facing a growing risk of conflict.
Cal Jillson on the Democratic Surge in Texas Primaries
Tower Center Associate Cal Jillson was quoted in an NPR article discussing…
Students Interview Ambassador Swanee Hunt
Three Highland Capital Management Tower Scholars interviewed former Ambassador Swanee Hunt about issues facing women and starting a career in D.C. before her talk at the Tower Center Feb. 19, “Rwandan Women Rising.”
HCM Tower Scholar Morgan Peterson: 64% of Rwanda’s National Parliament is made up of women. How can that model of representation be implemented all across the world?
Alexander Betts: Don’t Make African Nations Borrow Money to Support Refugees
Tower Center Fellow Alexander Betts wrote an op-ed for Foreign Policy, “Don’t…
Matthew Wilson: Ted Cruz Should Run Scared
Tower Center Senior Fellow Matthew Wilson was interviewed by Fox news about…
Tower Scholar Starts His Own Political Consulting Firm
Last year Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Zach Miller started his own…
Recap | How India is Making its Place in the World
Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council of Foreign relations, visited the SMU Tower Center to talk about her new book, Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World. India has the third largest military in the world, it has the fifth largest defense budget, and it’s the world’s seventh largest economy.
Carolyn Smith-Morris discusses the Flu Epidemic on KERA
Tower Center Associate Carolyn Smith-Morris was interviewed by KERA News Radio about her upcoming talk at SMU: “The 1918 Flu Epidemic: A 2018 Perspective” Feb. 22. Smith-Morris described her interviews with those who lived in Ebola-affected neighborhoods, and argues that humans essentially respond with the same sort of fear to all epidemic threats.
Center Spotlight | Matthew Wilson
This month’s Center Spotlight highlights Matthew Wilson, SMU Tower Center senior fellow, associate professor of political science, and founding director of the Center for Faith and Learning. We asked him about the changing role of religion in domestic politics and which area of the world he is most fascinated with currently.