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FEBRUARY 2014
"Because of his vision, boundless energy, and
political skill, the Western Hemisphere is more
democratic and developed today." - President
Jimmy Carter. Read More.
The risks, rewards, and controversies of
geoengineering are explored by the Washington
Geoengineering Consortium, a collaboration
between professors Simon Nicholson of SIS
and Wil Burns of Johns Hopkins University.
Read More.
SIS Ph.D. student Kia Hall (pictured here with
Professor Cornel West of Princeton) recently
had an article accepted for publication with a top
journal in her field. The funding and support she
received from SIS and AU were critical to her
success. Read More.
Germany used to be considered the economic
“sick man” of Europe. SIS Associate Professor
Stephen Silvia describes in his new book,
Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial
Relations in the Postwar Era, how Germany is
now praised for withstanding the global financial
crisis. Read More.
Stay connected: like SIS on
Facebook and follow SIS on
Twitter.
SIS mourns the loss of
Ph.D. student Adel
Ait-Ghezala, SIS/MA '04.
“His loss is incredibly
tragic, as we cannot help
but think of the wonderful
things he would
accomplish after
graduation and throughout
his life.” - Dean Jim
Goldgeier
Congratulations to SIS
Professor Derrick
Cogburn who was named
to the High-Level
Multistakeholder
Committee of the Global
Multistakeholder Meeting
on the Future of Internet
Governance
(NETMundial).
Alumni
Nominate an SIS
alumnus/a for the 2014 SIS
Alumni of the Year award!
Alumni will receive
information about the
awards presentation soon.
Spotlight: Georgia State
Attorney General Sam
Olen, SIS/BA '78; SIS/MA
'80.
Spotlight: Ben Edgar,
SIS/MA '11.
Spotlight: Mariel Verdi,
SIS/BA '07; SIS/MA '10.
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To hire an AU student or
alumnus/a for a job or
internship with your
organization, contact
Alumni Career Programs
Coordinator Pat Oltmann.
Stay up-to-date on alumni
news and events. Keep up
with your classmates on
the Class Notes page.
SIS in the News
SIS Professor Amitav Acharya (pictured in the center with the Indonesian
Ambassador to the United States Dino Patti Djalal) presented his book, The
Making of Southeast Asia: International Relations of a Region, to Indonesian
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on January 15.
Assistant Dean Anya
Schmemann: "A Shadow
Over Sochi," U.S. News &
World Report, February 7.
100,000 Strong
Foundation President
Carola McGiffert and
Stephen Schwarzman:
"An Investment in a Shared
Future," China Business
Review, February 6.
The SIS Peace Corps Fellows Program co-organized a Martin Luther King Jr.
day of service celebrating the theme, "Know Your Neighbor." SIS Dean Jim
Goldgeier joined Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet and
others to remember Dr. King's messages of service, community, and peace.
SIS Associate Dean Patrick Thaddeus Jackson’s book,
The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations:
Philosophy of Science and its Implications for the Study of
World Politics, won the International Studies Association
Theory Section Best Book Award.
SIS Professor Christine Chin's book, Cosmopolitan Sex
Workers: Women and Migration in a Global City, was
designated an Honorable Mention by the Ethnicity,
Nationalism, and Migration Distinguished Book Award
Committee of the International Studies Association.
Professor Robin Broad
and John Cavanagh:
"The Global Fight Against
Corporate Rule," The
Nation, February 3.
Associate Director
Stephanie Block:
"Answering the
Senselessness with
Civility," The Washington
Post, January 31.
Professor Gordon
Adams: "Deferring the
Inevitable," Foreign Policy,
January 30.
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SIS Professor Akbar Ahmed’s book, The Thistle and the
Drone: How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War
on Tribal Islam, was awarded the German Peace Prize at
the Karachi Literature Festival. It was also short listed for
the Coca Cola Best Non-Fiction book at the Festival.
Scholar in Residence
Johanna Mendelson
Forman: "Minding the
Gender Gap in Latin
America," VOXXI, January
23.
Past Event Highlight
Professor David Bosco
Book Review: "Book
Review 'Rough Justice,'"
The Wall Street Journal,
January 21.
AU's Center for Israel Studies and SIS cohosted an event about Israel with
Israeli journalist Ari Shavit and Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, moderated
by David Gregory, SIS/BA '92, of NBC's Meet the Press.
Upcoming Event Highlights
Dean's Discussion
The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Speaker: Vali Nasr, Dean, School of Advanced International Studies,
The Johns Hopkins University
Date: Thursday, February 13
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Democratic Transformations in Iraq
Speaker: Lukman Faily, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: Butler Board Room
Uruguay and Human Rights in the 21st Century
Speaker: Luis Almagro, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Location: SIS Atrium
Dean's Discussion
Civilian Security in Today's World
Speaker: Mario Otero, former Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security,
Democracy, and Human Rights
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Assistant Professor Guy
Ziv: "Sharon's Style
Missed," The Baltimore
Sun, January 15.
Distinguished Economist
in Residence Arturo
Porzecanski: "Time to
Get Serious at the IDB,"
The Financial Times,
January 13.
Scholar in Residence
Benjamin Jensen: "The
Interminable Wars of
Fallujah," Newsday,
January 12.
Assistant Professor
Kristin Diwan: "New
Government in Kuwait, but
No New Politics," The
Atlantic Council, MENA
Source, January 9.
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15th Annual IMI Conference
Keynote Speakers: Rosiland Jordan, Al Jazeera English, and Moisés Naím,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: March 13-14
Register
Sponsored by the International Management Institute
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Professorial Lecturer Jeff
Bachman: "US: Global
Force For Peace," The Hill,
Congress Blog, January 9.
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