School of Public Policy Alumni Op-eds

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Pepperdine School of Public Policy (SPP) alumni "Wavemakers" go into careers as leaders making policy changes and strategies in their community. Read some of the op-eds our alumni write in various publications.

SPP Alumni	Featured Op-ed
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	US-Iran Competition In Iraq March 15, 2022 Hoover Institution Press
Leisel Bogan (MPP '06)	Crises, Technology, Information Integrity, and the Future of Policy November 9, 2021 Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Gregory Pejic (MPP '06)	Senate Commission To Fix Defense Budgeting Is Right On The Mark September 24, 2021 War on the Rocks
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	Are Iraq's Gates Opening Wider For Iran? June 15, 2021 The Caravan
Ben Peterson (MPP '16)	The Church as Polis: Toward an ecclesiocentric Christian politics. April 23, 2021 Breaking Ground
Rich Danker (MPP/MBA '10)	Was Rush Limbaugh Done with Conservatism? February 26, 2021 American Thinker
Eli Steele (MPP '11)	The Battle for Moral Authority January 23, 2021 Quillette
Hans Zeiger (MPP '09)	A Time for Local Democracy January 4, 2021 Front Porch Republic
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	Arab Unity in the Middle East Can Be a Barrier to Iran's Regional Goals September 14, 2020 The National Interest
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	The failed UN Security Council vote on Iran proves why diplomatic engagement matters August 18, 2020 Atlantic Council
David Mansdoerfer (MPP '11)	The opioid crisis hasn't gone away. How proper disposal of drugs can prevent overdoses July 23, 2020 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Adam Crepelle (MPP '15)	Broken Treaties with Native Americans not Fixed by Supreme Court Ruling July 16, 2020 The Hill
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	The United States Needs an Iran Strategy, Not a 'Campaign' June 23, 2020 Atlantic Council
Ben Peterson (MPP '16)	Social Control and Human Dignity June 23, 2020 Law & Liberty
Hattie Mitchell (MPP '12)	Pandemic Reveals the Perverse Incentives of 'Larger is Better' in K-12 Education June 12, 2020 RealClearEducation
Alma Keshavarz (MPP '13)	Iran's COVID-19 Response And U.S. Policy Thursday, June 4, 2020 Hoover Institution The Caravan
Cliff Smith (MPP '07)	Republicans, Democrats and the Killing Of Soleimani: Is Appeasement Back in Style? January 8, 2020 Middle East Forum
Todd Royal (MPP '15)	California Makes Energy a Luxury Good November 7, 2019 Law & Liberty
Ben Peterson (MPP '16)	Thinking Constitutionally Number 39, Spring 2019 National Affairs
Jason Ross (MPP '01)	How the Electoral College Squelches Faction April 17, 2019 American Greatness
Cliff Smith (MPP '07)	Jamaat-e-Islami: A Danger in South Asia and the US March 9, 2019 RealClear Defense

SPP alumni, we want to feature your op-ed! Please email your article link to Jaclyn Ramirez, manager of marketing and communication, at jaclyn.ramirez@pepperdine.edu.