Policy in action
April 22, 2019
Through the Donald C. Hellmann Task Force program, students in the Jackson School of International Studies tackle critical policy challenges — and set their career paths in motion. Follow the
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Internet of Things and Privacy in Public
April 12, 2019
The increasing ubiquity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has created new risks. IoT refers to everyday internet-connected objects, devices, and sensors which can collect, store, and transmit data without
Making foreign policy one day at a time
April 1, 2019
From 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 142 Jackson School international studies seniors and a few Departmental Honors juniors tackled and presented their research to evaluators external to
Deep Fakes, Fake News, and What Comes Next
March 20, 2019
Like the 2016 American Presidential Election, the 2017 French Presidential Election was the target of a Russian disinformation campaign that included the selected leaking of then-candidate Emmanuel Macron’s emails. While
Three Jackson School Cybersecurity Fellows receive Mary Gates Research Scholarships
March 15, 2019
Three of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Fellows—Conor Cunningham, Binh Truong, and Jion Yi—have received Mary Gates Research Scholarships to support their technology policy research, supervised by Jackson School faculty member
Emerging Artificial Intelligence Issues: Discussion from the Third Cybersecurity and Technology Futures Event
March 15, 2019
This event was the third in a series of events. The first focused on privacy and the second focused on systemic risk. The next one will focus on International Threats. It will
Mark Ward on Syrian refugees facing persecution in Assad regime | The Conversation
March 14, 2019
Retired Foreign Service Career Minister and Jackson School Lecturer Mark Ward writes about the plight of Syrian refugees and the dangers faced when returning home in an editorial published in
Montgomery on Saudi Arabia’s nuclear ambitions | Global Policy Journal
March 1, 2019
Nuclear energy expert, geoscientist and Jackson School Lecturer Scott Montgomery discusses why Saudi Arabia desires nuclear power in an editorial titled “Why the Saudis want nuclear- and will get it.” “Much
Doctoral candidate on why U.S.-backed Venezuelan aid harkens back to a dark history | PRI’s The World
March 1, 2019
Kelsey Gilman, a Jackson School doctoral candidate, examines the history of U.S. aid in Venezuela in an article titled “Why US-backed aid to Venezuela harkens back to dark history of
Stroum Center’s Devin Naar and doctoral candidate preserve Ladino, a dying language | NBC News
March 1, 2019
In “Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language,” Sephardic Studies Program Chair Devin Naar and doctoral candidate Molly FitzMorris were recently featured in the NBCnews.com