Jesse Driscoll named 2016 CESS Book Awardee
Via a Q&A, we dive into how the assistant professor’s book, ‘Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States,’ came about and what this award means...
Undraping a hidden gem
How Jason Kim, MAS-IA ’12, helped to set the stage for foreign area officers to fulfill their graduate school requirements at GPS...
Drilled into entrepreneurship
George Eiskamp '03 didn’t always conceive of a career in oil and gas but, as CEO and founder of GroundMetrics, the alumnus is an industry standout due in part to lesson learned at GPS...
Exploring what is most important
Meet Zaira Razu, the new point woman for most all things research-related at USMEX with an eye for analyzing the most pertinent issues facing Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations today...
A leg up on Japanese language literacy
Matthew Matsuyama, 2018 MIA candidate, spared time from his studies in Tokyo to opine on his Boren Fellowship, including how its readying him for a civil service career...
Elliott School Dean Brigety Shares Insight on Refugee Crisis
Exacerbated by conflicts in the Middle East, today’s refugee crisis has generated the highest numbers of displaced people on record. There are more than 21.3 million refugees worldwide....
Alumna Brings Health Education to Underprivileged Girls
Once a young girl who battled with her weight and low self-esteem, Sarah Hillware, ESIA BA ’13, used her passions and personal experiences to create Girls Health Ed....
Champion of Democracy Aims for D.C. Return
From South Sudan to Afghanistan, Christina Hartman, ESIA BA ’99, has worked for 15 years to strengthen democracy and build community in some of the world’s most troubled nations....
A Man in Full: Ambassador Edward "Skip" Gnehm
When Edward “Skip” Gnehm Jr., ESIA BA ’66, MA ’68, arrived at GW in the fall of 1962, he already had his goal in sight. He spent the next six years studying international affairs......
Duke Alumna Advances Human Rights In Colombia
“My ultimate goal is to wake up one morning and not be afraid for myself or for others."...
Protecting the planet through fellowship
Larissa Basso, a Ph.D. candidate at University of Brasilia, is visiting GPS on a Fulbright Fellowship to explore the politics of energy decarbonization under Professor David Victor...
A day in the life of a Ph.D. candidate
Through the eyes of Luke Sanford, learn what being a Ph.D. candidate in GPS’s joint program with the UC San Diego Department of Political Science entails today...