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A Look at the Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs.

The Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU maintains an office in the Centennial Centerallowing us to link research activities of Tower Center faculty, fellows, and associates inDallas (the heartland) with scholars, institutes, and think tanks in Washington and aroundthe world. The Tower Center supports research and teaching in three areas: (1) internationaland comparative political economy, including trade, migration, and finance; (2) foreignpolicy, national security, and defense; and (3) American political development with anemphasis on policy, institutions, and process. Seyom Brown, Tower Chair in National Securityand Director of Studies in the Tower Center, runs the national security program. Brown isconducting research for his two current book projects—an updated edition of The Faces of Power (Columbia University Press) and a new book entitled The Higher Realism (Paradigm Publishers), which advocates a shift in foreign policyafter the 2008 election. Dennis Ippolito, McElvaney Professor of Political Science at SMU,leads the Tower Center program on American politics. His recent publications include Why Budgets Matter (Penn State) and he is working on a book entitled Welfare Shift, examining the past growth and projected future of federalsocial welfare programs and the federal budget.