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Rumbidzai Masango (MPA ’15) Presents ISHR Statement at UN HRC

September 16, 2014

How would you react if your manager asked you to deliver a speech in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council? Rumbidzai Masango, a second-year MPA candidate at SPP, “nearly fainted and was speechless” when presented with this rare opportunity.

Howard in New York Times

September 15, 2014
CMCS Director Phil Howard wrote about EU strategy for encouraging reform of Hungary's media laws in the New York Times.

SPP Joins Innovative CORE Project That Pioneers New Approach to Teaching Economics

September 2, 2014
“This is exactly the type of project,” explained School of Public Policy (SPP) Dean Wolfgang H. Reinicke, “that we are eager to embrace at the School. It reflects the serious effort of committed academics and practitioners to develop an economics curriculum that is meaningful and relevant.” Assistant Professor Michael Dorsch was a reviewer for the Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics (CORE) curriculum and will be using it in his Economic Analysis course at SPP.

Orbán and “The Dangers of Unlimited Power”

August 22, 2014
How did Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán transform from the young “ultimate anarcho-liberal” leader of the early post-Soviet years to the heavy-handed autocrat we know today? In her latest Foreign policy article, “The Autocrat Inside the EU,” SPP’s Center for Media & Communication Studies researcher Amy Brouillette argues Orbán, as a “consummate politician,” is motivated by his quest for power.

Europe Must Tackle “Orbán Problem” Say Reinicke and Benner

August 22, 2014
In a piece published on Project Syndicate, SPP Dean Wolfgang Reinicke and Senior Advisor Thorsten Benner call Europe to action to address Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on civil liberties and political freedoms in Hungary. “The only way to stop him – and to protect the EU’s fundamental values, not to mention its self-respect – is to offer him a clear choice: act like a democratic statesman or become a pariah,” urge Reinicke and Benner.