Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus

Elizabeth Larus, professor emerita of political science and international affairs, commented to WION, an Indian news network, that many women are not single-issue voters. Abortion may not be the most important issue for some women, many of whom are more concerned by high prices, crime, illegal immigration and the prospect of war. You can see the commentary here via X.

Other recent media mentions for Larus include:

U.S. Presidential Race (News X World)
Elizabeth Larus, joins us on the broadcast to analyze what the future holds for America. https://x.com/NewsX/status/1851990085333585934?t=NE8Yukj8MSpcDZb5bvlLzQ&s=19

US Presidential Elections 2024: Impact on Taiwan (The Diplomat)
This conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Freund Larus – nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and professor emerita of political science and former departmental chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington – is the 439th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/us-presidential-elections-2024-impact-on-taiwan/

2024 US Presidential Election (x.com/CNN News 18)
Elizabeth indicated to CNN that Republicans this year are taking a page from the Democratic Party playbook to up their ground game.
https://x.com/CNNnews18/status/1853937795926241497?t=ZRiK_luM_yjjQ2cl8_IYyg&s=09

2024 US Elections (Poland’s TVP News)
Elizabeth indicated that Congressional and Senate races would be as competitive as the Presidential race as Democrats try to gain control of the House and Republicans try to gain control of the Senate, and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoXCYbo_X-8

Trump 2.0: What Will It Mean for India (NDTV)
Elizabeth commented that Trump used his outsider status to his advantage at a time when Americans are jaded by US political institutions and the US media.
https://youtu.be/N6tHuOgJPWY?si=fOkvr7mBgOS1q9v0

US Election Results (NewsX)
Elizabeth Larus indicated that the election would come down to specific counties in the swing states.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6KZTnD2V6g

Why Kamala Harris Lost the Election (WION News)
Harris lost despite raising >$1 bn for her war chest, a record amount. It wasn’t the messaging but the message that sunk her. Trump’s victory wasn’t sexist: fewer women supported Harris than supported Biden. Abortion wasn’t the biggest issue: Women aren’t single-issue voters.
https://x.com/WIONews/status/1854924388606554288?t=_DNNHNP-BTGRCGm9Viyk9g&s=19

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Strategic Initiative Elizabeth Larus is quoted as an expert in Chinese and Taiwan relations by Fox News Digital. The article, titled “Encircling Taiwan was a smokescreen for China’s real goal of convincing US not to intervene,” quoted Larus as saying “China planned the exercises in advance and would have carried them out regardless of what Lai said. The military exercises are intended to wear down Taiwan’s military hardware and personnel. The purposes of the exercises are to threaten Taiwan’s security to the point that the Taiwan people lose confidence in their government and to change the status quo of a Taiwan separate from China.” Read the article.

In addition, recent media mentions for Larus include:

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic China Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Strategic Initiative, presented her scholarly paper, “The Game for Taiwan: US-China Relations From a Game Theory Perspective, with co-author Agata Ziętek, Professor Larus’s former Fulbright host and current Director of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland, at the 2024 American Association for Chinese Studies Conference at the University of Las Vegas, October 5, 2024.

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and President of E Larus Consulting LLC, commented on WION news on Mark Zuckerberg’s August 26 letter to the House Judiciary Committee that the Biden Administration pressured Meta to take down information on Covid and Hunter Biden’s laptop that did not fit the administration’s narrative. Larus commented on the timing of the letter, years after hearings on such government pressure on social media, indicating that Zuckerberg no longer needed to accommodate Biden, who dropped his reelection bid, and that Zuckerberg appears to sincerely regret his accommodation of the White House. Read more.

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Pacific Forum

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global China Hub and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, offered the bilingual lecture “The Taiwan 2024 Presidential and Legislative Elections” 【2024年台灣選舉】to students and teachers at the Middlebury College Summer Chinese Language School, where she is a Pew Davis Fellow for Peace.

Larus also spoke recently to Radio Free Asia for a segment titled “What is the difference between China’s South China Sea policy of falling out with the Philippines and getting close to Vietnam? Larus told the RFA reporter that the conflict between China and the Philippines at Xianbin Reef highlighted that the aforementioned “temporary arrangement” only coordinated the friction between the two countries around the Second Thomas Shoal, but did not fundamentally resolve the dispute over control in the South China Sea. Listen to the segment.

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus

Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus indicated that the debate was “revealing.” Watch the interview.