In the News – 2009

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Elliott School alumna Risa Bhinekawati is one of 12 finalists in the BBC's World Challenge 2009 for designing Danamon Go Green, a project that promotes sustainable development.

Elliott School Alumna Thao-Anh Tran prepares for foreign service on a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Space Policy Institute Director Scott Pace asks "Is there a human future beyond earth?" in Popular Mechanics.

Valida Prentice, Elliott School alumna, to represent U.S. at major U.N. conference on climate change in Copenhagen .

Elliott School student Anna Phillips uses soccer to empower Ugandan girls.

Space Policy Institute Director Scott Pace discusses the future of America's space program on CNN Radio.
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Paul Williams analyzes the major challenges involved in protecting civilians in war zones in a working paper for the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
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David Shambaugh wrote, "China's 60th Birthday: The Road to Prosperity," the cover story in the international edition of TIME magazine.

Elliott School alumnus, Omar McDoom analyzes Rwandan genocide.

Sen. John Kerry warns of national and global security threats posed by climate change during keynote address at Elliott School conference.
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Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff examines how immigrants who still feel a connection to their country of origin use the Internet in her new book Digital Diasporas.

Henry Hale and his co-author examine support for Russia's Putin-Medvedev 'Tandemocracy' in an NCEEER working paper.
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Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth took part in an NDI election observer mission of Afghanistan's elections.
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Prof. David Alan Grier says the Obama administration needs to think outside the box about investing in scientific research and development, in Businessweek.

Undergraduate student Desu Damtew works to save child victims of landmines.

Prof. Hossein Askari says a gasoline embargo as advocated by the Obama administration would shore up public support for Iranian President Ahmadinejad, in The New York Times.

Daniel Tonellato, an Elliott School BA candidate, discusses the risk of travel-related injury and death in an article he co-wrote for the Journal of Travel Medicine.

Prof. Jerrold M. Post wrote, The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Prof. Harris Mylonas says semantics could block the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's bid to join the EU, in Foreign Policy.

IMES Director Marc Lynch discusses an influx of veterans to Middle East studies programs on his blog.

Prof. Steven Suranovic explains the concept of free trade and explores its benefits in a podcast on Connect2Canada.

Prof. David Alan Grier is quoted in The New York Times on the use of statistics to demonstrate causality.

Prof. Marc Lynch compares Jay-Z's hip-hop feud to international politics on Morning Edition.

Prof. Deepa Ollapally discussed US-India relations in an interview on Washington Current Review.
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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.

Stephen Walt called Prof. Martha Finnemore's The Purpose of Intervention one of the top 10 international relations books by women.

Prof. Marc Lynch who leads the Elliott School's Institute for Middle East Studies, recently received an appointment as a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

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

Prof. Walter Reich reviews a new book on the Holocaust in The New York Times Book Review. He also discussed anti-Semitism, in light of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to Washington, with NPR.
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Nader Nadery, a recent Elliott School alumnus, argues that the United States must continue to commit to the democratization of Afghanistan in The New York Times.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prof. Walter Reich, former director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, says it is important to focus on preventing the next holocaust in the Baltimore Sun.

Amb. Karl Inderfurth argues that the United States should adhere to two recent treaties to eradicate land mines and cluster munitions in the Baltimore Sun.

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. Chris Kojm has been appointed to be the next chairman of the National Intelligence Council.

Prof. Hossein Askari argues that President Obama's speech in Cairo will only worsen US-Muslim relations in an essay in The National Interest on May 18, 2009.

Prof. Nathan Brown has been selected as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar.

Nader Nadery, a recent Elliott School alumnus, argues that the United States must continue to commit to the democratization of Afghanistan in The New York Times.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prof. Walter Reich, former director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, says it is important to focus on preventing the next holocaust in the Baltimore Sun.

Amb. Karl Inderfurth argues that the United States should adhere to two recent treaties to eradicate land mines and cluster munitions in the Baltimore Sun.

Prof. Michael Moore published a paper on "The U.S.-U.A.E. Trade and Investment Relationship: 2009 Update" sponsored by the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council.
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Prof. Susan Aaronson discusses the global financial crisis and the U.S. with Australia's Meet the Press.

Prof. Scott Pace was part of a panel addressing human missions to Mars at the Virginia Air and Space Center.
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Prof. Amitai Etzioni's essay "Reconstruction: An Agenda" was published in the book, Statebuilding and Intervention: Policies, Practices, and Paradigms (Routledge, 2009).

Prof. Henry R. Nau argues that Obama risks NATO in a tricky partnership with Russia in The Washington Times.

Amb. David Shinn addressed the rise of piracy in Somalia at a conference hosted by National Maritime Intelligence Center and Office of Naval Intelligence.
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Prof. Paul Williams assesses the contribution made by Western governments to UN peacekeeping operations in the Journal of Peace Research.

The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright spoke at the Elliott School about genocide.
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Prof. Nicholas Vonortas co-edited a book on the changing roles and challenges of innovation and growth policy.

Prof. James Goldgeier says the most important message President Obama can deliver at the G-20 summit is that the United States does welcome a stronger Europe in MSNBC's website.

Prof. Amitai Etzioni proposes a strategy to stimulate the economy without increasing the federal deficit in a guest post on The Wall Street Journal blog Real Time Economics.

Prof. Deepa Ollapally was interviewed about the military conflict in Sri Lanka and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions by PBS TV's Foreign Exchange program with Daljit Dhaliwal.
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Though China is offering a viable alternative to Western support in some African conflict zones, it is taking great risks at a high price in some areas, according to a recent article by Amb. David Shinn.

Prof. Hope Harrison wins a Fulbright award to study the history of the Berlin Wall 20 years after its fall.

Prof. James Goldgeier says to be effective in the 21st century, NATO must prove its failure to date in Afghanistan is not a harbinger of responses to similar conflicts down the road, in The Washington Times.

Student Profile: Cyril Blet's New Book Analyzes French Media

Renee Jones-Bos, Dutch ambassador to the U.S., spoke about the importance of fighting for the rights of women in developing countries as part of the Elliott School's Distinguished Women in International Affairs series and Ambassadors Forum.
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Prof. Chris Kojm contributed to a Markle Task Force report on National Security in the Information Age.
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Mexican Amb. Arturo Sarukhan discussed key issues in U.S.-Mexican relations, including immigration, drug-trafficking, and commerce at an Elliott School event.
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The Century Foundation posted a white paper Prof. Sean Roberts wrote on U.S. democracy assistance policy in Central Asia.
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Read a summary on Roberts' blog

A recent Sigur Center report explores the relationship between China and Latin America.
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Prof. Hossein Askari argues the U.S. has smart sanction options available that it is not using on Iran in National Interest.

Prof. Hossein Askari outlines the reasons for engaging Iran in Harvard International Review.

Diana Henriques, chairwoman of the Elliott School's International Council, was a participant in the Kalb Report's panel on "The Business of Business Reporting."
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Elliott School mourns the loss of Evelyn E. "Betty" Elliott. More information.

Prof. David Shambaugh and his co-author argue that America's reputation in Asia, unlike in the rest of the world, remains "robust" in the International Herald Tribune.

Amb. David Shinn identifies important challenges facing African security forces in the years ahead in a talk at an AFRICOM conference on "Evolution of African Militaries."
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Elliott School graduate students participate in online simulation exercise on weapons of mass destruction.

Prof. Harvey Feigenbaum says television privatization has led to the erosion of national identities and a loss of cultural diversity in Policy and Society.
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Elliott School community participates in Inauguration
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In an address at the Elliott School, Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary general of the OAS, outlined priorities in the U.S.-Latin America relationship under a new U.S. administration.
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Prof. Henry Farrell discussed his American Prospect article on the ways technology is renewing civic engagement on C-SPAN.
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Prof. Nora Lustig discusses how the worldwide financial slowdown affects Latin America and the Caribbean at the Inter-American Dialogue.
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Prof. Jennifer Brinkerhoff discusses the ways immigrant communities use the internet in her new book Digital Diasporas: Identity and Transnational Engagement.