John Park

'Chaos tempered by chaos': Penn event criticizes Trump's decision to pull out of Syria

By John Park · Nov. 20, 2019

Brendan O’Leary, director of the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict, offered his insight on the consequences of the withdrawal and its future implications.

Amy Hawthorne Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Event

Researcher Amy Hawthorne discusses Egypt's recent authoritarianism at Middle East Center

By John Park · Oct. 29, 2019

The lecture, titled “A New Authoritarianism: Egypt in the Age of al-Sisi,” was organized by Penn’s Middle East Center.

Annenberg research shows Twitter’s maximum tweet length increase promotes civility

By John Park · Sept. 20, 2019

The research team studied 358,242 tweet replies to American politicians between January 2017 and March 2018, both before and after Twitter's character limit increased.

Amy Hawthorne Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Event

By John Park · Oct. 29, 2019

Amy Hawthorne, the Deputy Director for Research at the Project on Middle East Democracy, gave a brief overview of the situation in Egypt today under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Amy Hawthorne Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Event

By John Park · Oct. 29, 2019

Hawthorne highlighted the al-Sisi government’s inability to address the nation’s security threats, including acts of violence committed by anti-state groups that have often targeted civilians.

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