Director’s message: Spring 2020
June 22, 2020
I have come to the end of my tenure as Director of the Jackson School. Leading this institution for the past 10 years has been a distinct privilege; certainly the
M.A. in International Studies
The Jackson School offers nine programs that lead to an MAIS degree: seven world area-studies programs, a comparative religion program, and a comparative and thematic program in international studies that concentrates on the interaction of international, economic, political, and cultural processes with states and societies around the world....
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Director’s Message: Winter 2020
April 2, 2020
Dear Friends, Normally, this would be the best time of the year to be on the campus of the University of Washington. We usually enjoy the cherry blossoms at their
Jackson School joins call among U.S. graduate programs for update to global affairs education
July 15, 2019
Leaders of top U.S. graduate programs of global affairs, including Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba, are joining together in a call to action for increased focus on diversity and inclusion
Event recap: DC conference sheds insights into ways to restore public confidence in foreign policy experts
May 14, 2019
How can we restore public confidence in foreign policy experts? That is the question that senior-level international affairs representatives from the U.S. Department of State, American University, University of Maryland,
Montgomery’s proposal on how to think about fossil fuels | Global Policy
April 29, 2019
Author, geoscientist and Jackson School Lecturer Scott Montgomery delves into the current climate change debate on fossil fuels. In a recent Global Policy editorial, he wrote: “Is there a way to
D.C. conference | How do we restore public confidence in foreign policy experts?
March 29, 2019
Join us for an insightful discussion on the future role of foreign policy experts in shaping U.S. foreign policy. Today the American public’s confidence in professional advisors is seemingly at
George Soros responds to Jackson School Faculty Daniel Bessner’s article | The Guardian
July 13, 2018
In “I’m a passionate critic of market fundamentalism,” George Soros pens his response to Jackson School Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor Daniel Bessner’s article published on July 6
The George Soros billionaire philosophy — and a fatal flaw, says Bessner | The Guardian
July 6, 2018
Unlike most of the billionaire class, George Soros is not an out-of-touch plutocrat, but a provocative thinker committed to progressive ideals – which is what makes his failures so telling,
Director’s message: spring 2018
June 25, 2018
On June 7, we celebrated the graduation of 322 of our students; 62 of whom received a master’s, 258 a bachelor’s, and 2 doctoral degrees in International Studies. For me,
Congrats to the Class of 2018!
June 19, 2018
“There is a tendency among all kinds of nations big and small, to withdraw from the world and abandon the world around them,” said Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba to over 1,200 Jackson