A new perspective on the Cold War
March 12, 2018
The Cold War is best seen not merely as a rivalry between two superpowers, but situated within a century long development along two ideological poles, said Harvard Kennedy School Professor
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century with Timothy Snyder
March 6, 2018
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Location: Kane Hall (KNE), Room 110, University of Washington From one of the leading American
Studying museology to understand a political Russia
January 31, 2018
Thanks to a Jackson-Fosdick Memorial Scholarship, Teofila Cruz-Uribe, in the third and final year of her concurrent master’s degrees in Museology and International Studies at the Jackson School Ellison Center
Alumna Indra Ekmanis awarded foreign policy research fellowship
January 29, 2018
Alumna Indra Ekmanis has been awarded a Baltic Sea fellowship with the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute. In her current project she examines the effects of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Baltic independence
Jackson School Director meets U.S. Senator Todd Young on the future of international skills learning for students
January 16, 2018
On Friday, Jan. 5, as part of the delegation of the Deans and Directors of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) meeting held in D.C., Jackson School
To Rome (and beyond), with Task Force
January 10, 2018
For 35 years this winter, undergraduate seniors who are international studies majors will work in teams to research current international issues, write a concise policy report, craft possible responses, and
Lorenz: How Russia uses U.S. complacency to position itself in international arena | Seattle Times
November 30, 2017
In his op-ed “With U.S. complacent, Russia sneaked up on us” Senior Lecturer Frederick (Rick) Lorenz argues that while America looks inward, Russia project its power far beyond its means, focusing on critical
Radnitz: Post-9/11 Uzbekistan assisted the U.S. in “war on terror” | NBC News
November 2, 2017
Director of the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Professor Scott Radnitz is quoted in an NBC News article titled “Uzbekistan Is Not a Terrorist Hotbed, Experts
Carnegie Scholar Sarah Chayes speaks at UW on the dangers of corruption to modern society
October 24, 2017
Over 100 students, faculty and community members came to Kane Hall on October 5 for a talk by Sarah Chayes, a senior fellow at Carnegie’s Democracy and Rule of Law
Talk | The 21st Century Gilded Age: A Global Trend
September 10, 2017
Cultural and technological trends have fueled corruption — and some explosive reactions to it. Join us for an exclusive talk by Sarah Chayes, an internationally recognized expert on corruption, who will chart