Jackson School News: Center for Global Studies

Spring 2020: Trump in the World Lecture Series

*Important update* In light of the public health advisories on social distancing, the Trump in the World Spring 2020 Lecture Series is only being offered as a UW course. We

International Studies Courses Summer 2020

2020 Arctic Task Force on Sea Ice and … on Zoom

By Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director, Canadian Studies Center, and Michelle Koutnik, Research Associate Professor and glaciologist, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington This year’s Arctic Task Force was on sea ice and

Daniel Bessner on the foreign policy opportunity of the coronavirus crisis // Responsible Statecraft.org

In his article “The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to finally move past the post-WWII era” Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, argues

Resiliency in action: Task Force 2020 zooms around the world

By Monique Thormann Through the courses we offer under our Donald C. Hellmann Task Force Program, we build bridges across academia and the policy world, between the interests and priorities

Nadine Fabbi features at conference in Ottawa on implications of sea ice loss on governing the Arctic

Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director of the Canadian Studies Center, features as the moderator for Public Record: A Melting Arctic: Impact on Arctic Reporting, Shipping and Governance, as part of a conference

Local media features COVID-19 panel hosted by the China Studies Program and East Asia Center

“We need to stay calm and to learn things from China and other countries who have experienced this before,” said Madeleine Dong, Chair of the China Studies Program at the

Daniel Bessner co-authors article on ending the U.S. dollar global dominance // The New Republic

Daniel Bessner, Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, co-authors an article titled “To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance” that looks into how endless war overlooks the financial

Daniel Bessner analyzes America’s position in the world since the 2016 election of President Trump // Prospect Magazine

In “Trump’s America may be declining in global soft power—but US empire rolls on” Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, examines the

Canadian Studies Center featured for Inuktitut language training // Inuktitut Magazine

Inuktitut Magazine, the magazine for the national Inuit organization in Canada, highlights the Jackson School’s Canadian Studies Center as “the only institution below the 49th parallel that offers Inuktitut training,