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DECEMBER 2013
Diplomacy is often confined to high-level talks
between world leaders. But improving relations
between the United States and China needs a
grassroots approach, and students will play a
vital role in bringing the two global powers closer
together. That was the message at a recent
100,000 Strong Foundation conference at SIS.
Read More.
Frederick Barton, Assistant Secretary of State
for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, told an
SIS audience on November 18 that the United
States is entering a “golden era of American
diplomacy” as it moves away from a
“terrorist-heavy narrative to an understanding
that conflict resolution has an extremely heavy
political, diplomatic element." Read More.
Happy Holidays!
Get in the holiday spirit with
the AU Holiday Video!
Stay connected: like SIS on
Facebook and follow SIS on
Twitter.
Fall admissions deadlines
are drawing near: Ph.D.
program: December 15;
M.A. programs: January 15.
Alumni
Nominate an
alumna/alumnus of the
year! And save the date the awards presentation will
be on April 10.
Spotlight on: David
Hardison, SIS/MA '12.
In the Middle East, water too often equals
conflict. This past summer, when a team of MA
students from SIS arrived in Israel and the
Palestinian West Bank for a capstone research
practicum on water issues, they found cause for
hope. Read More.
“Design thinking” is a human-centered approach
to problem solving that focuses on what people
want and need. The process uses these insights
to discover solutions that are more useful and
engaging for the end user. How can these
methods be used to create social change? This
question was explored at a Discover Design
Thinking Workshop hosted by the Social
Enterprise program at SIS. Read More.
Kathryn Tinker, SIS/BA
'14, elected to serve on the
Tenleytown neighborhood
committee.
Stay up-to-date on alumni
news and events. Keep up
with your classmates on the
Class Notes page.
SIS in the News
Professor James Mittelman:
"Memorializing
Mandela,"American
University Website,
December 6.
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Assistant Dean Anya
Schmemann: "Ukraine's
Dangerous Game," The
National Interest, December
3.
A lively panel at SIS led by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, and
introduced by SIS Professor Paul Wapner, discussed how climate policy
should change as the day of reckoning comes closer. Watch the Video.
Dean Jim Goldgeier: "Iraq,
the Financial Crisis, and
America's Global
Standing,"Le Monde
Diplomatique, November
28.
Professor Gordon Adams:
"Is The Sky Really Falling?"
Foreign Policy, November
25.
Lecturer Ulas Doga Eralp:
"Turkey's Rapprochement
with Iraqi Kurdistan"
TransConflict, November
25.
John Prendergast, SIS/MA '90, Co-founder of the Enough Project and
the Satellite Sentinel Project, spent two days at SIS as a "practitioner in
residence" and detailed ten keys to making a meaningful difference in the
world through development work.
Professor Judith Shapiro:
"China's Environmental
Challenges," World
Financial Review,
November 20.
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Past Event Highlights
French American Global Forum: The United
Nations At the Eve of Seventy: Is Global
Governance Broken? The panel asked if the
UN is capable of handling today’s global
challenges and whether the system of global
governance that was built after World War II is
still relevant. Watch the Video.
Upcoming Event Highlights
Book Launch
Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court in a World of Power
Politics
Speaker: David Bosco, Assistant Professor, SIS
Date: Thursday, January 23
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Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
SIS Industry Days
Date: Wednesday, January 29
Time: 12:00-4:00pm
Location: See link for details
Open to students and alumni; RSVP by January 9
French-American Global Forum
NATO Today: Does Collective Security Work?
Date: Tuesday, February 11
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
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
Iraq Today
Speaker: Lukman Faily, Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S.
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: Butler Board Room
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