Policy engagement

Our faculty and students engage with policymakers and explore a variety of international policy topics in their respective research. They offer commentaries and opinions, and they regularly conduct interviews with the media. Javed Ali, Mel Levitsky, Susan D. Page, John Ciorciari, Megan Stewart and others inform policy conversation, and engage students and the public through their expertise.

January 6 committee comments, WWJ, June 16, 2022

How US military aids Ukraine with information, not just weaponry, Christian Science Monitor, June 13, 2022

Slotkin, expert on Jan. 6 latest, WLNS, June 10, 2022

Government-sponsored repression launched across borders leaves democracies struggling to respond, Coda, June 9, 2022

More bodies found in Mariupol as the war in Ukraine continues on, Arirang News Center, June 9, 2022

Jan 6th House Committee hearing, Fox News, June 9, 2022

Stephen Biegun: Pretending we're not at war with Russia has real risks, The Detroit News, July 31, 2022

Ciorciari assesses Non-Alignment Movement inaction on Ukraine crisis in his article As Ukraine war deepens great-power divisions, a revitalized non-aligned movement could emerge, The Conversation, April 22, 2022

Levitsky says new Russian prisoner exchange unlikely soon, The Detroit News, April 28, 2022

Ambassador Susan D. Page expresses “serious alarm” about crisis in Sudan in the Appeal to US President Biden for urgent action on Sudan political crisis, Dabanga, December 1, 2021

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PPIA students reflect on their summer of study and social life

International media tap Ali’s wide-ranging expertise on cybersecurity, domestic terrorism, and global security

Ali provides insight into leaked Pentagon documents

“Intelligence doesn’t always have to be on the clandestine side – especially when Russian military commanders are using unsecured phone lines and social media platforms to communicate on the battlefield or back to Moscow..and as the war morphs from frequently changing battle lines to an increasingly entrenched slugfest, tactical intelligence becomes less important than understanding Mr. Putin’s strategic thinking ”