Media scrutiny of political candidates’ personal history continues to intensify in the 2016 election campaign, a panel of speakers tells Duke students.
“The supporters of ISIS outside the region feel marginalized at home and are drawn to the allure of perceived meaning in their actions. Take away the local support of ISIS by instituting real power sharing and investment in the region and the allure ends,” writes David Siegel, an associate professor of political science.
The impact of new technology is felt most strongly in telephone surveys, as polls can’t reach mobile phones and people with land-lines screen out auto-dialers, according to panelists at a Washington, D.C., event co-sponsored by Duke and Microsoft.
Calls for corporate tax reform only get louder as presidential campaigns click into gear. Scott Dyreng, an associate professor of accounting at The Fuqua School of Business, says any reform effort has to identify what is wrong with the system, and how it can be fixed.
Law professor Charles Dunlap emphasizes, “before we put another young American in harm's way on the ground, we ought to subject ISIS to the full might of U.S. and allied air power."
Election Coverage
The media and probing candidates’ personal histories
Media scrutiny of political candidates’ personal history continues to intensify in the 2016 election campaign, a panel of speakers tells Duke students.
ISIS
Op-ed: A better way to deal with ISIS
“The supporters of ISIS outside the region feel marginalized at home and are drawn to the allure of perceived meaning in their actions. Take away the local support of ISIS by instituting real power sharing and investment in the region and the allure ends,” writes David Siegel, an associate professor of political science.
Detroit Free Press
Media Coverage
The mainstream media – undermining American politics
Polling
Technology’s negative impact on polling
The impact of new technology is felt most strongly in telephone surveys, as polls can’t reach mobile phones and people with land-lines screen out auto-dialers, according to panelists at a Washington, D.C., event co-sponsored by Duke and Microsoft.
Sanford School of Public Policy
Tax Reform
Corporate tax avoidance: Could reform make a difference?
Calls for corporate tax reform only get louder as presidential campaigns click into gear. Scott Dyreng, an associate professor of accounting at The Fuqua School of Business, says any reform effort has to identify what is wrong with the system, and how it can be fixed.
Fuqua School of Business
Foreign Policy
Commentary: Are the Republicans all over the map on foreign policy?
Political science professor Peter Feaver says it's high time for the GOP to take back its natural advantage on foreign policy.
Foreign Policy
Syrian Refugees
Gov. Pat McCrory: Don’t send Syrian refugees to North Carolina
Robin Kirk, who co-chairs the executive committee of the Duke Human Rights Center, criticizes a stance taken by at least 13 governors.
Charlotte Observer
Presidential Race
Running on the fringes
Islamic State
Are air strikes the most effective way of defeating Islamic State?
Law professor Charles Dunlap emphasizes, “before we put another young American in harm's way on the ground, we ought to subject ISIS to the full might of U.S. and allied air power."
(Toronto) Globe and Mail
Paris massacre and Beirut bombings