For many of our alumni spread out in 100 countries across the globe, there was no Pardee School when you attended Boston University, only the Department of International Relations. We are now a full-fledged school: YOUR school.
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Our Pardee School alumni spotlights share the stories of our illustrious alumni and how their experience at BU shaped their professional journey after graduation.
Written by Lillie Brown (BA'27) On September 11, 2026, the Pardee School for Global Studies hosted a day of reflection and discussion with Pardee faculty and experts on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. This event titled '9/11 and the Global Perspective: Marking 25 Years Since the Start...
In late August, Professor Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, spoke at a seminar on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and Security in South Asia held at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he reminded the audience that although the present is defined by threats and stress...
As the United Nations prepares to select its next secretary-general, Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, explores the challenges facing both the organization and those seeking to lead it in a new article for Project Syndicate Magazine, "Who Will Do the World's 'Most Impossible...
Daivi Rodima-Taylor, research associate at the African Studies Center recently contributed new scholarship on collaborative economies, debt, diaspora, and digital platforms, with a focus on Africa and the Global South.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School, was interviewed by the Balkan regional television network N1. In the interview, broadcast on N1 Croatia on September 11, he reflected on how the attacks and the American response transformed the...
Research by Mariana Díaz Chalela, Assistant Professor of International History at the Pardee School, was recently cited in an opinion column published by the Colombian newspaper El Espectador. The article by Tatiana Acevedo Guerrero, titled, 'Sospechar de los milagros,' examines the often-celebrated "Medellín miracle" and questions the social and economic costs that have accompanied the...
As governments around the world grapple with the growing challenges of chemical pollution, waste management, and environmental health, a newly established United Nations science-policy body faces the critical task of turning scientific knowledge into effective action. In a recent policy brief for the United Nations' University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), Henrik Selin, Professor of...
Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the consequences of that tragic morning continue to shape global politics, national security, public policy, and everyday life. In a special BU Today feature marking the anniversary, several Pardee experts reflected on the far-reaching effects of 9/11, from the expansion of surveillance and security systems to...