{"id":43467,"date":"2026-09-21T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=43467"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:40:58","slug":"local-and-global-news-outlets-cover-stubb-rudd-event-at-furman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/local-and-global-news-outlets-cover-stubb-rudd-event-at-furman\/","title":{"rendered":"Local and global news outlets cover Stubb\/Rudd event at Furman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a capacity crowd Sept. 18 in McAlister Auditorium at Furman University, news organizations near and far covered a talk featuring Finnish President Alexander Stubb and General Joshua Rudd, both 1993 Furman alumni. From domestic and foreign policy to artificial intelligence to college days hijinks, news sources touched on a range of topics at the event, &#8220;America and the World,&#8221; presented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/\">Tocqueville Center<\/a> for the Study of Democracy and Society in partnership with The Riley Institute and Furman ROTC. See event coverage and related news at these links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/09\/21\/president-of-finland-credits-furman-university-with-shaping-his-path\/91830072007\/\">The Greenville News<\/a>, (subscription required) &#8220;Finland&#8217;s president reflects on Furman roots, world challenges&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/local\/south-carolina\/2026\/09\/19\/president-of-finland-relishes-return-to-furman-university-93-graduate\/91831678007\/\">The Greenville News<\/a>, photo gallery by Ken Ruinard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/article317320315.html\">The State<\/a>, &#8220;Finland&#8217;s president reflects on Furman roots, world challenges&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byteseu.com\/2380084\/\">BytesEU<\/a>, &#8220;Furman alumni now shape global affairs from Finland to NSA&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/sunday-night-in-america-with-trey-gowdy?msockid=1370e92503646a4f2fb7fefe02376bb4\">FOX News<\/a>, &#8220;Sunday Night in America w\/Trey Gowdy&#8221; (Stubb appears as guest)<\/p>\n<p>Brief mentions of the event may be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/usanewsagency.com\/stubb-we-discussed-the-close-relationship-between-finland-and-the-us-36230\">USA News Agency<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/usanewsagency.com\/stubb-we-discussed-the-close-relationship-between-finland-and-the-us-36230\">Cyprus News Agency<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/europeasianews.com\/stubb-we-discussed-the-close-relationship-between-finland-and-the-us-36842\">Europe Asia News<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/britishnewsagency.com\/stubb-we-discussed-the-close-relationship-between-finland-and-the-us-36842\">British News Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/kirjeenvaihtajat\/art-2000012274086.html\">Helsingin Sanomat<\/a> (subscription required) &#8220;Alex From Finland&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.is.fi\/ulkomaat\/art-2000012285140.html\">Ilta-Sanomat<\/a>, &#8220;The President&#8217;s Homecoming&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.is.fi\/ulkomaat\/art-2000012284456.html\">Ilta-Sanomat<\/a>, &#8220;Stubb visited his old school \u2013 shared revelations from his university years and his relationship with Donald Trump&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A subscription may be required to view some content. Furman ID holders may access articles through databases located at Furman University Libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A capacity crowd welcomed Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Gen. Joshua Rudd in an event presented by the Tocqueville Center in partnership with The Riley Institute and Furman ROTC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":43473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,3550,118,3552,3551,6,52,44,32,29,1640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-centers-and-institutes","category-fox-news","category-greenville-news","category-helsingin-sanomat","category-ilta-sanomat","category-in-the-news","category-library","category-military-science-rotc","category-politics-and-international-affairs","category-riley-institute","category-the-state"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43467"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43478,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43467\/revisions\/43478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}