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Erik Goldstein<\/a>, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a La Raz\u00f3n <\/em>Q&A about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former Chief of Staff’s testimony before Parliament in London about Johnson\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n In the article, titled “‘Cummings no busca un cargo en el Gobierno de Johnson, pero s\u00ed influencia’<\/a>” (“Cummings is not seeking a Johnson administration position, but he is seeking influence”), Goldstein discussed Johnson’s handling of the pandemic, the motivation behind Dominic Cummings’ testimony against Johnson, and how the testimony could affect Johnson’s government. While Johnson’s government has led a relatively successful vaccination campaign, he is still not entirely secure in his position. As Goldstein notes, “the testimony of Dominic Cummings during this week will add to a prime minister already troubled by a number of other, smaller, domestic scandals.”<\/p>\n An excerpt:<\/p>\n Do you think the Johnson government failed British society in managing the coronavirus pandemic?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Boris Johnson as prime minister must, ultimately, take responsibility for the actions of his government. The handling of the pandemic has seen confused communication from the government and lack of leadership. Johnson is a strong public performer, but his performances are often a way to distract from lack of substance. He has long had a reputation for not mastering subjects and not spending time to fully grasp information. While many governments have been challenged by the suddenness of the pandemic and its scale, Johnson showed a strong unwillingness to both provide leadership and come to grips with the issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The full article can be read on La Raz\u00f3n<\/em><\/span>‘s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Erik Goldstein<\/a>\u2019s research interests include diplomacy, formulation of national diplomatic strategies, the origins and resolution of armed conflict, and negotiation.\u00a0<\/span>He is the author of\u00a0<\/span>Winning the Peace: British Diplomatic Strategy, Peace Planning, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1916-1920<\/em>\u00a0(1991);\u00a0<\/span>Wars and Peace Treaties<\/em>\u00a0(1992); and\u00a0<\/span>The First World War\u2019s Peace Settlements: International Relations, 1918 \u2013 1925<\/em>\u00a0(2002, Italian translation, 2004). To learn more about Erik, read his\u00a0faculty profile<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “While many governments have been challenged by the suddenness of the pandemic and its scale, Johnson showed a strong unwillingness to both provide leadership and come to grips with the issues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17823,"featured_media":28915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8410],"tags":[11784,11813,11583,1360,9634],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49417,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49415\/revisions\/49417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}