We asked our student bloggers how they planned to handle those dicey political conversations that might crop up at the holiday dinner table. Here is their advice.
“The politics of climate change remains too shallow and weak even to turn this agreement into real change. All the action now returns to the 188 countries that, in theory, are now going to cut their carbon emissions.”
Duke professors call the rhetoric in this year’s presidential campaign extreme, in large part because of Donald Trump. “Unfortunately, this behavior tends to induce a race to the bottom, where other candidates, not wanting to be shut out from media attention, try to match or one-up his positions,” says political scientist David Siegel.
Public Policy’s Stephen Kelly, a former State Department diplomat who teaches a class on borders, discusses best approaches to securing our nation's borders.
"America's gun violence problem actually is producing policy reform" on the state level, although it has received little attention in the national media.
At the Paris climate talks, where ministers are hammering out an international deal to curb climate change, two huge debates remain unresolved: the long-term global warming target and the amount and nature of finance that will flow to poor countries.
Jayne Huckerby, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law School, says we have a dangerous blind spot in seeing how someone can be a wife, a mother and a terrorist.
Terrorism
American fears have been greatly exaggerated
Despite threats of terrorism and concerns over Muslim immigrants, the numbers show the U.S. public hasn’t completely lost its collective head
Foreign Policy
Political Conversations
Talking politics? Pass the Merlot
We asked our student bloggers how they planned to handle those dicey political conversations that might crop up at the holiday dinner table. Here is their advice.
Social Media
Trump’s Twitter Gang
Student Natalie Ritchie writes that Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is exactly what you would expect: brash, self-confident and over the top.
the Duke Political Review
Climate Agreement
Politicians in Paris didn’t accomplish nearly enough
“The politics of climate change remains too shallow and weak even to turn this agreement into real change. All the action now returns to the 188 countries that, in theory, are now going to cut their carbon emissions.”
Foreign Policy
ISIS
Are Americans convinced Obama’s strategy against ISIS is working?
Sanford School professor Bruce Jentleson discusses whether the president is succeeding in assuaging Americans' fears.
NPR’s “Morning Edition”
Republican Debate
On eve of GOP debate, a ‘rhetorical arms race’
Duke professors call the rhetoric in this year’s presidential campaign extreme, in large part because of Donald Trump. “Unfortunately, this behavior tends to induce a race to the bottom, where other candidates, not wanting to be shut out from media attention, try to match or one-up his positions,” says political scientist David Siegel.
Securing Borders
Border issues in the 2016 presidential race
Public Policy’s Stephen Kelly, a former State Department diplomat who teaches a class on borders, discusses best approaches to securing our nation's borders.
Gun Control
Gun laws are being reformed, just not on Capitol Hill
"America's gun violence problem actually is producing policy reform" on the state level, although it has received little attention in the national media.
The Conversation
Climate Talks
Sticking points for the Paris climate talks
At the Paris climate talks, where ministers are hammering out an international deal to curb climate change, two huge debates remain unresolved: the long-term global warming target and the amount and nature of finance that will flow to poor countries.
National Geographic
ISIS
Op-ed: Why women join ISIS
Jayne Huckerby, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law School, says we have a dangerous blind spot in seeing how someone can be a wife, a mother and a terrorist.
TIME