桃花直播 political science faculty members鈥 insight on Russia-Ukraine War gains national traction
Contact: Sam Kealhofer
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wo faculty members in 桃花直播 State鈥檚 Department of Political Science and Public Administration are featured in a recent interview with the China-Russia Report鈥攁n independent, nonpartisan online forum with perspective on economic, political and security interactions within and between China and Russia鈥攆or their scholarly insight into munitions and wartime supply chains.
Associate Professor Vasabjit Banerjee and Assistant Professor Benjamin Tkach鈥檚 with host Joe Webster detailed the importance of munitions for a country to be able to wage offensives as well to defend in war. They discussed the many layers involved in the need for munitions, including manufacturing as well as economic and political hurdles that still need to be overcome.
鈥淥ur research has connected with the broader public and policy community because of the salience of the Ukrainian resistance of the Russian invasion. Our research incorporates the unpredictability of war while providing insights for the U.S. as it pivots to a framework of major power competition,鈥 said Tkach.
When the Russia-Ukraine war began in early 2022, Banerjee and Tkach鈥檚 informed research led to their collaboration in public forums, featured throughout numerous platforms online and in print.
鈥淲e applied our research on defense manufacturing industries across the world and international trade in defense equipment as 桃花直播鈥檚 intellectual contribution to not just Ukraine鈥檚 war effort, but also defending American interests in the Indo-Pacific and Europe,鈥 said Banerjee.
In their article 鈥溾 published in War on the Rocks鈥攁 foreign policy social media platform鈥攊n May of 2022, Banerjee and Tkach elaborated on the international complications the Russia-Ukraine War poses, such as its effects on India鈥檚 military presence, China鈥檚 potential to replace Russia as a major player in the value arms market, as well as Washington鈥檚 options to address these matters.
The article later was included in a U.S. Congressional Report titled 鈥淚ndia-Russia Relations and Implications for U.S. Interests鈥 in August.
After the publication of their article, 鈥,鈥 in Foreign Affairs Magazine in October, they were recognized by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker for detailing how red tape was halting the U.S. and its allies from producing enough wartime equipment.
This spring, they published another article with War on the Rocks, 鈥,鈥 which advocates for a multi-faceted policy package 鈥渢hat eases contracts, includes allies in the manufacturing base, expands and modernizes existing government-owned, contractor-operated facilities, and encourages research to save costs and incentivize private reinvestment.鈥
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