Remembering Professor Robert Pastor
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"Because of his vision, boundless energy, and political skill, the Western Hemisphere is more democratic and developed today." - President Jimmy Carter. Read
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Geoengineering: Science Fiction or Fact?
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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
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SIS Student Benefits from Research Support
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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.
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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
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Acharya Meets With Indonesian President
![](http://w.american.edu/sis/newsletter02.12.2014/Acharya.jpg) 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.
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MLK Day Of Service
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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 Books Honored
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Events
Past
Event Highlight
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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
15th Annual IMI Conference
Keynote Speakers: Rosiland Jordan, Al Jazeera English, and Moisés Naím, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date: March 13-14
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Sponsored by the International Management Institute
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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.
To hire an AU student or alumnus/a for a job or internship with your organization, contact Alumni Career Programs Coordinator Pat Oltmann.
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SIS in the News
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Assistant Dean Anya Schmemann: "A Shadow Over Sochi," U.S. News & World Report,
February 7.
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100,000 Strong Foundation President Carola McGiffert and Stephen Schwarzman: "An Investment in a Shared Future," China Business Review, February 6.
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Professor Robin Broad and John Cavanagh: "The Global Fight Against Corporate Rule," The Nation, February 3.
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Associate Director Stephanie Block: "Answering the Senselessness with Civility," The Washington Post, January 31.
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Professor Gordon Adams: "Deferring the Inevitable," Foreign Policy, January 30.
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Scholar in Residence Johanna Mendelson Forman: "Minding the Gender Gap in Latin America," VOXXI, January 23.
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Professor David Bosco Book Review: "Book Review 'Rough Justice,'" The Wall Street Journal, January 21.
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Assistant Professor Guy Ziv: "Sharon's Style Missed," The Baltimore Sun, January 15.
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Distinguished Economist in Residence Arturo Porzecanski: "Time to Get Serious at the IDB," The Financial Times,
January 13.
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Scholar in Residence Benjamin Jensen: "The Interminable Wars of Fallujah," Newsday,
January 12.
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Assistant Professor Kristin Diwan: "New Government in Kuwait, but No New Politics," The Atlantic Council, MENA Source,
January 9.
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Professorial Lecturer Jeff Bachman: "US: Global Force For Peace," The Hill, Congress Blog,
January 9.
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