Reaching Audiences Through a New Medium

At the Elliott School, we believe that an open exchange of information and ideas leads to more informed policy in the United States and around the world. Our faculty members are regularly sought out by the media to help the public understand complex foreign policy issues, and they are also reaching the public directly through new media.

Africa Beyond the Headlines
Amb. Brook Hailu Beshah, Adjunct professor

Amitai Etzioni Notes
Prof. Amitai Etzioni, University professor and professor of international affairs, and director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

Crooked Timber
Prof. Henry Farrell, Assistant professor of political science and international affairs
Topics: Academic and political writing (11,000 unique visitors per day)
Read the Guardian's rating of Crooked Timber as the 33rd "most powerful" blog in the world
Read a paper Farrell co-wrote with two GW colleagues on politics and blog readership, and listen to a podcast they recorded

The Washington Realist
Prof. Nikolas Gvosdev, Associate professorial lecturer and editor of The National Interest
Topics: U.S. foreign policy and world affairs

Abu Aardvark's Middle East Blog
Prof. Marc Lynch, Associate professor of political science & international affairs
Topic: Middle East politics, especially Iraq and the Arab media

Abu Aardvark has drawn the attention of many prominent reporters, including The Washington Post's Thomas Ricks (see here and here, where Ricks calls Abu Aardvark "One of my favorite blogs")

anthropologyworks
Barbara Miller, Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Director, Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program
Topic: Cultural Anthropology

The Roberts Report on Central Asia and Kazakhstan
Prof. Sean R. Roberts, Associate professor of the practice of international affairs and director of the International Development Studies program
Topic: Political economy of greater Central Asia

Nukes on a Blog
Doug Shaw, Associate Dean for Planning, Research and External Relations; Assistant Professor of International Affairs
Topic: Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament

The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn
Amb. David Shinn, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs

Steve Suranovic's Blog
Prof. Steve Suranovic, Associate professor of economics and international affairs and director of the International Trade and Investment Policy program
Topics: International economics and globalization

Caroline Wagner's Blog
Prof. Caroline Wagner, Research scientist

Intertextual Riceball
I. Leopold Hanami, Assistant professor of Japanese language and literature