Reşat Kasaba, director of the Jackson School and the Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies, recently spent a week in Taiwan at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Are humans necessarily a terrestrial species?  Hannah Bassett (Marine & Environmental Affairs) argues that humans are equally aquatic.  Hannah is a Global Studies and Southeast Asia FLAS fellow in Tagalog.

Veronica Inveen, a transfer student from Tacoma Community College, was featured in UW’s Spring 2016 Transfer Newsletter where she talks about her decision to major in International Studies and minor in Southeast

The Center for West European Studies has published profiles of several recent FLAS fellows.  Click on the links below to read the profiles. Isatou Jallow, Law.  Language: French. Jennifer Ryder,

“Turkey is deeply divided,” said Reşat Kasaba, director of the Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington during a King 5 TV interview that aired on Tuesday, June 28,

North Korea has focused on an asymmetric military strategy because of its lack of conventional power and resources. However, its traditional asymmetric weapons and strength have been monitored by Western countries, therefore, heavily sanctioned. For North Korea, developing and exerting its cyber capabilities is the best way to avoid sanctions while achieving its strategic goals. Cyber tactics are effective because of the characteristics of cyberspace or cyber warfare–the low cost of entry, anonymity, and plausible deniability.

Ph.D. Student Deep Pal published a commentary in The Diplomat on June 27 analyzing the ramifications of India’s failure to secure membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). His article titled “China-India Relations After the

Thursday’s [June 23, 2016] vote puts Britain in a weak leadership position at a time when collaboration and innovation are needed to keep up the neighborhood writes Professor of Scandinavian

Daniel Chirot, the Jackson School’s Herbert J. Ellison professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington, was interviewed by several media as part of global reactions to