“Turkey is going through a difficult and quite significant change,” said Henri Barkey, a public policy expert, former U.S. government official and director of the middle east program at the

The United Arab Emirates: Power, Politics, and Policymaking (Routledge, December 2016) by Affiliate Professor Kristian Coates Ulrichsen charts the various processes of state formation and political and economic development that have enabled the

In “A departing liberal from Washington state warns of chaos to come” Rep. Jim McDermott’s move to teach at the Jackson School is mentioned. The five session course for master’s

Members of the international community have reacted to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement with varying degrees of ambivalence, contempt and jubilation. The result of years of work and negotiation, the

In her latest Forbes article, Professor Saadia Pekkanen argues investing now in outer space infrastructure will help power next-generation growth in economics, technologies and jobs.

Jackson School of International Studies Director and Middle East expert Reşat Kasaba gives context to the rise of the women’s Muslim fashion industry in “Muslim fashion steps into the spotlight.”

In early December the International Policy Institute (IPI) Arctic Fellows presented their policy papers on the theme of Arctic Indigenous Economies in Inuit Nunangat (Canada) and the Circumpolar World to

Starting in winter 2017, U.S. Representative Jim McDermott will teach a short course for graduate students in the Jackson School’s M.A. in Applied International Studies program. The initial series will focus

Lecturer and geology expert Scott L. Montgomery explains why the recent victory of the local-conflict-turned-national-movement at Standing Rock is anything but resolved in his commentary “Victory at Standing Rock Reflects Failure in U.S.

Affiliate Professor and Gulf states expert Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discusses the participation of British Prime Minister Theresa May in the Gulf Cooperation Council states summit as the U.K. seeks new markets following Brexit