Elliott School alumna, Kate Pazoles, is one of the students profiled in the Washington Post’s Express article “A Foreign Concept” on graduate students who go abroad. Kate was enrolled in our Middle East Studies program and studied abroad at the graduate level in Beirut and Damascus.
I just read an opinion piece called “Despite Facebook, Privacy is Far from Dead” by Elliott School professor, Amitai Etzioni, and thought you may be interested. Click here to read the article on CNN.com and let us know what you think.
-Christine
The Elliott School’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies released a new policy report:
“India as a Global Power: Contending Worldviews from India”.
See where our faculty appeared in the media last month:
Newt’s moon colony: What would it cost? John Logsdon, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, is interviewed. CNN, 1/30.
Inside Congress, no one beats the beet lobby. Steven Suranovic, associate professor of economic and international affairs, is quoted. Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 1/28.
Rocket Man: Gingrich peddles space dreams in Florida. John Logsdon, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, is quoted. AFP, 1/27.
Space execs hope to rocket Romney. Scott Pace, director of the Space Policy Institute, is mentioned. CNN, 1/27.
Mitt Romney on Space Coast promises “commitment to American exceptionalism” – not moon colonies. Scott Pace, director of the Space Policy Institute, is mentioned. The Washington Post, 1/27.
Henry Nau says that ‘the middle class has shrunk’ – because it’s getting richer, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. 1/26.
Egypt marks one year after the revolution. Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science and international affairs and of media and public affairs, comments. National Post, 1/25
The lonely superpower. As the US is discovering, it’s not easy to be the solo heavyweight. Charles Glaser, professor of political science and international affairs, is quoted. Boston Globe, 1/22.
China hedges Mideast oil bets amid Iran tensions. Hossein Askari, Iran professor of international business, is quoted, NPR, 1/21.
US reaches out to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, is quoted.The Times of India, 1/8.
Is China America’s new enemy? By Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs. CNN, 1/6.
Washington seeks long-term leader for deeper ties. Mike Mochizuki, associate professor of political science and international affairs, comments. The Japan Times, 1/6.
Is the Economic Threat From Iran Overhyped? Schehrazade Rehman, professor of international business and international affairs, comments. Fox Business News, 1/5.
2012: It could be a year of Middle East uncertainty. Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, comments. Washington Jewish Week, 1/4.
Stop Enabling Pedophilia, by Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs. Huffington Post, 1/4.
Egypt’s Islamists could soon challenge generals. Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science and international affairs, and of media and public affairs, comments. The Washington Post, 1/4.
Why Iran’s currency dropped to worst low in two decades. Hossein Askari, Iran Professor of International Business, comments.Christian Science Monitor, 1/3.
David Alan Grier has been named an IEEE Fellow for outstanding contributions to the electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.
Echoes of 1930s Heard in the West’s Current Political Crisis. Scheherazade Rehman, professor of international business and international affairs, comments. International Business Times, 1/1.
The International Affairs Review (IAR) is a graduate student-run publication of the Elliott School of International Affairs. The IAR provides a unique forum for the policy perspectives of tomorrow’s leaders on critical issues facing the world today. IAR content also includes book reviews, interviews with policy-makers, and a spotlight on George Washington University faculty.
Their website is updated weekly, and the journal is published biannually.
I recently attended a book party celebrating some of the great work of our faculty, and I wanted to share links for you to learn more about their publications from this year. Take a look through the list and perhaps you’ll find some to put on your personal reading list.
Hossein Askari, Risk Sharing in Finance: the Islamic Finance Alternative
Michael Barnett, Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism;Humanitarianism Contested: Where Angels Fear to Tread
Michael E. Brown (ed.), Do Democracies Win Their Wars? An International Security Reader
Nathan J. Brown, When Victory is Not an Option: Islamist Movements in Arab Politics; (ed.) The Dynamics of Democratization
Robert Eisen, The Peace and Violence of Judaism: From the Bible to Modern Zionism
Amitai Etzioni, Law in a New Key: Essays on Law and Society
David Alan Grier (ed.), The Machines of Charles Babbage
Henry Hale (ed.), Russia in the 2000s: A Stereoscopic View
Hope Harrison, Ulbrichts Mauer. Wie die SED Moskaus Widerstand gegen den Mauerbau brach (Ulbricht’s Wall: How the SED Broke Moscow’s Resistance to Building the Wall)
Peter L. Hays, Space and Security: A Reference Handbook; (ed.) Toward a Theory of Spacepower: Selected Essays
James G. Hershberg, Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam
Norman Hicks, The Challenge of Economic Development
Benjamin Hopkins, Fragments of the Afghan Frontier
Gina M.S. Lambright, Decentralization in Uganda: Explaining Successes and Failures
John M. Logsdon, John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Marc Lynch (ed.), Revolution in the Arab World: Tunisia, Egypt, And the Unmaking of an Era
Barbara Miller, Cultural Anthropology, 6th Edition
Kimberly Morgan, The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy
Henry R. Nau, Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions and Ideas
Joseph Pelzman, The Economics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Elizabeth N. Saunders, Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions
John Schmidt, The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad
David Shambaugh (ed.), Charting China’s Future: Domestic and International Challenges
Robert Shepherd, Partners in Paradise: Tourism Practices, Heritage Policies, and Anthropological Sites
Stephen C. Smith, Economic Development, 11th Edition
Robert Sutter, U.S.-Chinese Relations: Perilous Past, Pragmatic Present
Emmanuel Teitelbaum, Mobilizing Restraint: Democracy and Industrial Conflict in Post-reform South Asia
The Elliott School congratulates alumni Josh Rogin, Shawn Brimley, Katherine S. Tobin, and Professorial Lecturer Zachary D. Kaufman on being named to the “Top 99 Most Influential International Professionals Under 33″ by the Diplomatic Courier.
