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MARCH 2014
Congratulations
Dean Jim Goldgeier, Associate Professor Keith
Darden, Associate Professor David Bosco and
others commented on the ongoing crisis in
Ukraine. See our wrap-up of commentary-including opinion pieces, TV and radio
interviews, and video of an SIS event on
Ukraine. Read More.
Associate Professor Christine Chin turns her
research lens on non-trafficked women who
willingly migrate for sex work. She interviewed a
number of sex workers from all over the world for
her book, Cosmopolitan Sex Workers. Read
More.
“The reality in Iraq is very different from that
portrayed in the international media,” said Iraq
ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily
(at left with Professor Abdul Aziz Said) in a talk
sponsored by the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair
of Islamic Peace. Read More.
Michelle Obama visited SIS freshman Roger
Sanchez’s high school alma mater last fall,
where she spoke on the importance of education
and pursuing college. To illustrate her point, she
recognized Sanchez, lauding the hard work that
set him on the path to a college degree. Read
More.
Participants in AU’s Alternative Spring Break
to the U.S. Corn Belt will meet with small
farmers, large-scale operations, biotechnology
companies, and agricultural theorists in Kansas,
Iowa, and Missouri. Read More.
Elizabeth Bolen joins SIS as
Director of Development and
Nicole Rakers as Senior
Advancement Officer.
Associate Professor Susan
Shepler was named the George
Arnhold Professor at the Georg
Eckert Institute in Germany for
2014-15.
Assistant Professor Carl LeVan
was appointed to the Advisory
Board of Advancing Investments
& Trade in Africa.
Alumni
An alumni success story:
Edward McGinnis
Alumni are invited to the SIS
reception on March 27 at the ISA
conference in Toronto.
Stay up to date on alumni news
and events. Keep up with your
classmates on the Class Notes
page.
SIS in the News
For additional commetary on
Ukraine, click here.
Assistant Professor Guy Ziv:
"Netanyahu: A Prime Minister
Beholden to Right-Wing
Pressure," The Huffington Post,
March 5.
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "A Good Time to
Disband the Group of 8," Room
for Debate, The New York
Times, March 3.
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Scholar in Residence Johanna
Mendelson- Forman: "Food
and Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic
Cuisine," The Globalist, March 2.
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "Cool Ties," Foreign
Policy, February 28.
Assistant Professor Carl LeVan helped organize an event on the role of the
International Criminal Court in Africa featuring Koki Muli, Kenya's Deputy
Ambassador to the United Nations; Michael Greco, former President of the
American Bar Association; Stephen Arthur Lamony, Coalition for the
International Criminal Court; and Assistant Professor David Bosco. View the
video here.
Professor Gordon Adams:
"The New Defense Budget Plan,"
Foreign Policy, February 27.
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "Return to Sender,"
Foreign Policy, February 25.
Associate Professor Stephen
Silvia: "Five Key Questions and
Answers about the Threat to
Volkswagen Investment in the
South," The Monkey Cage, The
Washington Post, February 21.
Uruguay’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luís Almagro Lemes, discussed the
country's new civil rights agenda with Dean Jim Goldgeier. The event also
included a tribute in recognition of Professor Robert Pastor. View the video
here.
Associate Professor Stephen
Silvia: "Prove to Workers That
Their Lives Will Be Better,"
Room for Debate, The New York
Times, February 17.
Upcoming Event Highlights
Special Event: What Does The United States Still Need To Do in Europe?
Speaker: Jaime Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External
Relations, NATO
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Dean's Discussion: Women and the World
Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter, President, New America Foundation
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: SIS Atrium
SIS Industry Days Series: USIP
Date: April 3
Time: 3:30-6:30pm
Location: United States Institute of Peace
Sponsored by: SIS, the AU Alumni Association, the SIS Alumni Chapter, the
Professor Clarence Lusane:
"Untold History: More Than a
Quarter of U.S. Presidents Were
Involved in Slavery," Democracy
Now, February 17.
Dean James Goldgeier:
"Barack Obama's Paragraph,"
Politico Magazine, February 16.
Read More Media Mentions
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Open to SIS graduate students and alumni. RSVP required.
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