Blunders, Scandals, and Strategic Communication in U.S. Foreign Policy: Benghazi vs. 9/11

Scholars have paid little attention to the role of media scandals in U.S. foreign policy discourse. This article suggests that journalists’ treatment of foreign policy failures as scandalous bears little relationship to the nature or effects of officials’ malfeasance. Scandalized news coverage is instead more fruitfully viewed through the lens […] Read more »

The 7 key factors defining the 2018 midterms

It will be a nationwide referendum on the Trump presidency. But that will mean very different things depending on what part of the nation we’re talking about. President Donald Trump is by far the biggest force driving politics in 2018. Trump has unleashed a fierce opposition yet has inspired loyalties […] Read more »

Poll Hub: Polls, Polls, and More Polls

The Marist Poll has just released comprehensive data both nationally and in the upper Midwest. In this edition of Poll Hub, the team provides a detailed analysis of the electoral climate. In the latest NBC News/Marist Poll numbers of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, President Donald Trump’s approval rating is upside […] Read more »

Millennials are so over US domination of world affairs

Millennials are not into the ‘We are the greatest country’ idea. Shutterstock Bruce Jentleson, Duke University Millennials, the generation born between 1981 and 1996, see America’s role in the 21st century world in ways that, as a recently released study shows, are an intriguing mix of continuity and change compared […] Read more »