August 30, 2024
From Aug. 6-7, community college instructors from across the Pacific Northwest gathered for the 2024 Community College Master Teacher Institute (CCMTI). This year’s theme was “Promises and Perils of New
August 22, 2024
For Safaa Turner-Rahman, a fourth-year undergraduate as an international studies major, receiving a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) award signaled the start of a new, deeply personal chapter in her
August 1, 2024
When tackling massive global issues like climate change, hunger, war and poverty, “the world is struggling,” says Nadine Fabbi, director of the University of Washington’s Canadian Studies Center. “We’re lacking
July 19, 2024
Tran Huynh Bao Ho, a graduate from the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, recently spoke with the Jackson School about her time as a Foreign Language and Area Studies
July 17, 2024
An early leader within the European Union (EU) and global platform regulation, Germany has exhibited a strong stance against dis/misinformation, with many other countries following suit. Although the field of
July 17, 2024
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) possesses high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) weapons designed to paralyze electronic infrastructure–such as telecommunications and industrial control systems. A HEMP is a nuclear warhead that
July 17, 2024
In a bustling conference hall at the United Nations headquarters in New York in June, delegates from around the world gathered for the United Nation’s seventeenth annual Conference of States
July 15, 2024
Christopher Tounsel, chair of the African Studies program, has recently published the book “Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity.” Through his writing, Tounsel highlights a
July 3, 2024
Yasir Zaidan, a doctoral candidate in international studies, shares his view on the situation in Sudan as one of six foreign policy experts for In Brief, a weekly newsletter produced
July 3, 2024
Christopher Tounsel, Chair of the African Studies Program housed in the Jackson School, is one of three featured guests in an episode of the podcast “Rights and Wrongs,” hosted by