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At the Elliott School, the study of international affairs is not an abstract exercise. Our aim is to make our world a better place.

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GW professor appointed to intelligence leadership post.


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The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright

spoke at the Elliott School about genocide.
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Publications & News

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Prof. Nicholas Vonortas

co-edited the book, The Innovation Imperative: National Innovation Strategies in the Global Economy (Edward Elgar, 2009).

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Prof. Walter Reich,

former director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, took questions from Washington Post readers about the recent shooting on June 11.

Prof. Douglas Shaw

offers suggestions for ways U.S. higher education institutions can better train the next generation of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament experts and scholars in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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Prof. Paul Williams

assesses the main challenges facing the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia in the CSIS Africa Policy Forum.

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Upcoming Events

Throughout the year, the Elliott School hosts many events with prominent leaders, scholars of international affairs, and other policy experts. Our events follow the academic calendar, so please visit our site in August for information about our upcoming events.

Special Events Series
U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities The Future of Democracy Initiative
The Middle East Policy Forum
Security Policy Forum
Ambassadors Forum
International Economic Policy Forum



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