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Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Foreign-Built US Warships? It Might Work (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary:
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Foreign-Built US Warships? It Might Work
The US needs imaginative new approaches to warship building. The administration is now moving in a potentially ingenious direction.
By Matt Reisener
September 9, 2026
The United States lacks warships. A shipbuilding sector still suited to peacetime, a fast-multiplying Chinese navy, and allied yards offering impressive capabilities are aligning to provide new options for Washington.
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Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: No Magic Bullet to End Russian Sabotage (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary:
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No Magic Bullet to End Russian Sabotage
Western countries still hope for a simple response to the Kremlin's rising wave of destruction. Instead, the answer lies in the lessons of the Cold War.
By Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan
September 8, 2026
The Kremlin is increasing sabotage operations across Europe. There have been arson attacks at drone factories, incendiary devices thrown at a producer of encryption tools for government network more PR
Constangy Promotes Ashley Waring to Senior Counsel (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Constangy Promotes Ashley Waring to Senior Counsel
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Constangy is pleased to announce that Ashley Waring has been promoted to senior counsel. Based in Philadelphia, Ashley is a member of the firm's Cyber Team and advises clients on data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Drawing on her experience responding to data privacy and security events, Ashley helps clients navigate every stage of the inci more PR
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: COMM Updates - 9/4/2026 (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 10 -- The Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences posted the following news wrap up entitled "COMM Updates - 9/4/2026":
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The Department of Communication is pleased to welcome Dr. Dominic Balog-Way as an Assistant Professor. Dominic is a scholar of risk communication. His research examines how societies communicate, interpret, and govern risk amid rapid technological innovation, social and political controversy, and environmental change. Working at the intersection of communication science, geog more PR
Emory University Candler School of Theology: Oct. 15 Thurman Lecture to Explore Future of the Black Church (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 10 -- Emory University Candler School of Theology issued the following news:
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Oct. 15 Thurman Lecture to Explore Future of the Black Church
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Candler's Black Church Studies program will welcome Jason E. Shelton, professor of sociology and director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, to present this year's Howard Thurman Lecture.
Shelton's lecture, "The Black Church Now-What's Changing and Why It Matters," will take place on Thursday, October 15 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. more PR
Giving Review Issues Commentary: Conversation With Notre Dame's Patrick J. Deneen (Part 1 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary on Sept. 8, 2026, by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center:
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A conversation with Notre Dame's Patrick J. Deneen (Part 1 of 2)
The political-science professor and leading postliberal thinker talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his new book on the "American odyssey," the innate American tension between rootedness and restl more PR
Greenwashing in stereo?: When benefit corporations get certified (10)
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 8 -- George Mason University issued the following news:
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Greenwashing in stereo?: When benefit corporations get certified
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The term "benefit corporation" is becoming increasingly familiar as a label for companies with a hybrid commitment to the social good as well as profit-making. Interestingly, the term itself has taken on a hybrid meaning.
"Benefit corporation" is a legal structure recognized by most U.S. states, but the term is often used synonymously with "B Corp," a certification granted by B Lab, a gl more PR
Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Webinar - Reforming How Cities Fund Themselves Through Fines and Fees (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Director of Criminal Justice Policy Vittorio Nastasi:
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Webinar: Reforming how cities fund themselves through fines and fees
A recent Reason Foundation webinar explored how local governments across the country raise billions of dollars a year through court fines, fees, and forfeitures.
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Local governments across the country raise billions of dollars a year through court fines, fees, and forfeitures. In some jurisdictions, that revenue more PR
Second Power: UTC twins take on D.C. internships (10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 9 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus posted the following news:
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The Second Power: UTC twins take on D.C. internships
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Riley Rutherford (left) and Kate Rutherford traveled to New York City during their time in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Riley Rutherford.
Originally from the two-stoplight town of Erin, Tennessee, twin sisters and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students Kate and Riley Rutherford spent the summer in Washington, D.C.
Both juniors and Brock Scholars in the UTC more PR
Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies: James Fearon to Co-Lead the Center for International Security and Cooperation (10)
STANFORD, California, Sept. 10 -- Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies issued the following news:
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James Fearon to Co-Lead the Center for International Security and Cooperation
Fearon, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, will succeed Scott Sagan, who has served in the role since 2021.
Melissa Morgan
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) is pleased to announce that James Fearon will serve as the next co-director of the institute's Center for International Security an more PR
University of Zurich: Luck or Merit? Not All Inequality Is Equally Acceptable (10)
ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 9 -- The University of Zurich issued the following news release:
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Luck or Merit? Not All Inequality Is Equally Acceptable
Inequality in earnings attracts attention across the globe. A UZH study has now examined when people consider this fair (and when not). It revealed striking differences between Western and non-Western societies. In Switzerland, achievement through personal effort is particularly valued.
Do you think it's fair that some people are better off financially than others? Does it perhaps matter w more PR
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