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Dr. McClennen on how political satire educates the public & the partisan nature of satire in episode of Rick Wilson’s The Enemies List

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Dr. McClennen's new piece: Why No GOP Candidate Can Outperform Trump’s Theatrics

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Dr. McClennen featured on The Hrvoje Morić Show podcast to discuss her new book ‘Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't’

Gordon Gray

Ambassador Gray discussed U.S. support for Tunisian university students with Al Hurra television

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Al Hurra television interviewed Ambassador Gray about the Administration's budget request for the Middle East

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The New Arab interviewed Amb. Gray about the implications of President's Erdogan's re-election on relations between the U.S. and Turkey

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Dr. McClennen's new op-ed on how comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024

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Dr. McClennen publishes op-ed: The news media is blowing Trump coverage again

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Mitchell Smith named director of School of International Affairs

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The Diplomatic Pouch published recent SIA graduate Lilybeth Chavez's article on U.S.-Chinese competition in Morocco

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School of International Affairs celebrates Class of 2023

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Ambassador Jett quoted in Christian Science Monitor article about the Sudan Evacuation

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Dr. McClennen interviewed about her book on Political Satire during the Trump Era for the David Knight Show

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Al Jazeera quoted Ambassador Gray's views on U.S. diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Sudan

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The New Arab published SIA student Cierra Powell's op-ed on the Tunisian president's racist rhetoric

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Dr. McClennen discusses her new book and how satire can be used as a foil for Trump and Trumpism in new piece for Salon

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Ambassador Gray interviewed by Al-Monitor about U.S. policy toward Tunisian President Saied

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Arabi21 News interviewed Ambassador Gray about U.S. diplomatic efforts following the outbreak of violence in Sudan

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KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Dr. McClennen about satire and comedy as a political strategy

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Amb. Gray interviewed by Responsible Statecraft about the likely Israeli response to the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement

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Affiliate faculty Lara Fowler comments on CA lake flooding for the first time in 110 years

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Penn State community celebrates Campus Pride Month in April

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Dr. Sophia McClennen quoted in Wall Street Journal essay by Peter Flunk

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Dr. McClennen interviewed with Texas Public Radio on her new book, Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't

Dennis Jett

New American Diplomat podcast episode: 'In Case of Democracy Break Glass' featuring Amb. Jett

Tunisian demonstrators carry placards during protest

Newsweek publishes Ambassador Gray's op-ed advocating international support for Tunisian civil society

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Times Radio (UK) interviewed Ambassador Gray about declining living standards in Tunisia

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SIA Professor McClennen publishes new book on how satire made sense of the Trump era

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Interim Director Elizabeth Ransom & other Penn State faculty visit Belize to forge collaborations

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SIA alum Timothy Truong to recieve Alumni Achievement Award March 17

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Professor DeThomas quoted in article about fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech

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Ambassador Gray interviewed by The New Arab about China’s brokering of the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran

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Al Jazeera quoted Ambassador Gray in article analyzing Saudi-Iranian rapprochement

Jennifer Leedy

SIA student takes nontraditional path to grad school

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Professor McClennen publishes article in Salon: Neoliberalism made us broke. Now it's killing us

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Ambassador Gray cited in The New Arab article on Algerian support for Tunisia's president

Dennis Jett

Amb. Jett's new piece: Should America be the world's cop? What the experts say

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Affiliate faculty Lara Fowler comments on drought conditions in CA improving

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Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published SIA student Emilio Lugo’s article on SWIFT

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Amwaj Media quoted Ambassador Gray in article on Saudi-Israeli relations

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Arabi21 News interviewed Ambassador Gray about the situation in Tunisia and the state of the bilateral relationship

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Intelligence expert Cardillo to speak at University Park on March 27

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Al Jazeera interviewed Ambassador Gray about the recent arrests of prominent opposition leaders in Tunisia

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SIA takes Career Exposure Trip to New York City

A message of support for the Michigan State University community

Professor Sophia McClennen

Prof. McClennen shares her thoughts on Trumps reference to April Fools’ Day in his New Hampshire campaign speech

Gordon Gray

Ambassador Gray discussed Secretary Blinken's January 29-31 visit to the Middle East with Al Hurra television

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