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LMU’s Global Policy Institute along with several Bellarmine College Departments and Programs had the pleasure of hosting former Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes. Rhodes opened up into his personal experience in the White House, and how American policy was influenced and created over the eight years of the Obama presidency.
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As the Democratic Party prepares to wield power in the U.S. House of Representatives after a landslide victory in the mid-term elections, the word ‘impeachment’ is increasingly rolling off their tongues. Such is the unprecedented level of mendacity, corruption, and incompetence that permeates and characterizes the Trump Administration.
In Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2017 inaugural address, often referred to as “the carnage speech” due to his characterization of the dismal state of the nation he was about to lead, the President hinted at a dramatically new approach he would bring to the U.S. foreign policy for the nation.
Like so many people I have been thinking a great deal recently about sexual harassment, what it is, how it has affected countless women, how the #MeToo movement is affecting men’s and women’s behavior in the work place and where, exactly, do we go from here?
The statement, “Apres nous, le deluge” (After us, the flood) is widely attributed to Madame de Pompador, lover of French King Louis XV, but the sentiment can just as easily be expressed by the proponents of liberal democracies today. Democracies are in a position where their futures are unclear and potentially unpleasant.
Jakob Weitz participated in a summer internship for LMU students offered through Global Policy Institute, Loyola Marymount University’s partnership with the New York-based think tank. Weitz graduated in 2017 with an undergrad degree in political science and journalism at LMU. He recounts his experiences over the summer.
