| October 2014 |
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| Students Discover Cooperation in Crisis in Israel | |
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| Learn About our Environmental Programs | |
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The Global Environmental Politics (GEP) program at SIS, directed by Simon Nicholson, is committed to training the next generation of environmental leaders. The program includes two master’s degree tracks: Global Environmental Policy and the dual-degree Natural Resources and Sustainable Development program. Read
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| Steiner Scholarship Supports Aspiring Diplomats | |
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Mycal Ford, a student of East Asian politics who was the first in his family to graduate from college, is the inaugural recipient of the Martin H. Steiner Scholarship. The scholarship supports a master’s degree student at SIS who is interested in pursuing a career in diplomacy. Read
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| Africa Today and Tomorrow |
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Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield discusses U.S.-Africa policy for the next generation of leaders at SIS on October 7, with Professors Carl LeVan and James Mittelman. Watch Here. |
| IR Online Students Meet for Immersion Weekend |
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International Relations Online students had the opportunity to gather at SIS on September 5-7 for an in-person immersion weekend. Highlights from the weekend included a multinational negotiation strategies institute with Professorial Lecturer Ray Leki, an interactive career center workshop, and a visit to the United States Agency for International Development. |
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Associate Professor Joe Young answers three questions on ISIS in Syria and Iraq: "Until Syria and Iraq build strong, responsive state institutions, ISIS, or groups like it, will battle for how to govern people in the region.”
Associate Professor Shalini Venturelli discusses her research on the socio-cultural drivers of conflict in Afghanistan in the latest SIS Spotlight video. |
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SIS mourns the loss of SIS undergraduate student Lorena Gimenez. "Lorena was the very essence of the American Dream and was committed to leaving this world a better place," remembers Dean Jim Goldgeier. Stay Connected Watch the new SIS graduate experience video! Follow SIS on Twitter and Facebook. Attend SIS events, including an address by former weapons inspector Hans Blix on October 15. Attend an SIS graduate Open House, and learn more about our graduate degree programs. On-campus and online open houses will be held through October and November.
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New Research Assistant Professor Daniel Esser: "Security Scales: Spectacular and Endemic Violence in Post-Invasion Kabul, Afghanistan," Environment and Urbanization, August 2014 Associate Professor Rachel Robinson: "Population Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case of Both Normative and Coercive Ties to the World Polity," Population Research and Policy Review, June 2014 |
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Alumni Stay up to date on alumni news and events. Keep up with your classmates on the Class Notes page. Save These Dates: Sigma Iota Rho Alumni-Student Connection on November 19 Alumni in the KNOW: Jeff Sine SIS/BA '76 on November 11 All-American Weekend on October 17-19, with special SIS alumni panel on national security on October 18 |
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Opinions and News Professor Gordon Adams: Ties That Bind, Foreign Policy, October 1 Associate Professor Keith Darden: How to Fight Corruption: Time for Qui Tam Laws? Vox Ukraine, September 26 Associate Professor Boaz Atzili: For Israel, the Best Defense May Be Defense, Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, September 23 Assistant Professor Sarah Cleeland Knight: Congress Should Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank to Continue its Crucial Role in U.S. Foreign Policy , LSE Blog, September 17 Associate Professor Shoon Murray: Congress Beware: The 2001 AUMF Could Become Permanent, Huffington Post, September 15 Dean Jim Goldgeier: President Obama's ISIS Strategy on C-SPAN Washington Journal, September 14 Professor Gordon Adams: Sharks in the Desert, Foreign Policy, September 12 Professor Gordon Adams: U.S. Defense Spending on C-SPAN Washington Journal, September 12 More Media Mentions |
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