JSIS 495I Task Force – Jim Wellman: Israel and the Middle East
Task Force 2021
This Task Force will take on the challenge of understanding the relationship of Israel and the Middle East. Even as I write this, things are changing in Israeli and Middle
JSIS 495E Task Force – Sabine Lang: Making European Citizens: Challenges to Solidarity Among EU Member States
Task Force 2021
One of the most pressing questions for the future of the European Union is how much solidarity Europeans are willing to show and to what degree they see themselves as
JSIS 495B Task Force- Jessica Beyer: Border Security
Task Force 2021
This Task Force will choose a series of highly policed borders and areas of detainment for refugees/immigrants around the world such as US-Mexico, PRC-DPRK, the Australian border, the Xinjiang region,
JSIS 495C Task Force – Robert Pekkanen: Coronavirus Pandemic Response Around the World
Task Force 2021
Can where you live determine your chance of surviving COVID-19? Why would one government choose to mandate coronavirus testing while another chooses only to discourage gatherings over a certain number
JSIS 495D Task Force – Angelina Godoy: Human Rights Lab: Immigrant Rights in Washington State
Task Force 2021
In recent months, in reviewing documents obtained through FOIA litigation against the Department of Homeland Security, Center researchers have detected a previously-unknown pattern of rights violations against migrants in Washington
JSIS 495H Task Force- Scott Montgomery: Climate Change and the Wildfire Threat: What Can be Done?
Task Force 2021
In 2020, the U.S. experienced its most hazardous season of wildfire and related air pollution in recorded history. A number of factors contributed to an unprecedented outbreak of fire along
JSIS 495J Task Force – Marie Anchordoguy: Japan’s Relations with the U.S. and China
Task Force 2021
Japan is part of Asia and also part of “the West.” It is increasingly being squeezed between the U.S., which provides its military security, and China, which has become its
JSIS 495G Task Force – Scott Radnitz: Global Media
Task Force 2021
In recent years, people’s access to credible information has come under threat from a number of factors, including government crackdowns on journalists, the dissemination of propaganda, the rise of social
JSIS 495A Task Force – Patrick Christie: Transforming International Studies to Consider Environmental and Climate Justice
Task Force 2021
Task Force students will critically and reflectively analyze their chosen field, program, and profession in international studies. They will consider whether the field of international studies and the Jackson School