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.
There are many ways to engage with your alma mater, and we hope you do!
Our Pardee School alumni spotlights share the stories of our illustrious alumni and how their experience at BU shaped their professional journey after graduation.
Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and current non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, recently joined Sarang Shidore, director of the Quincy Institute’s Global South program, to discuss Traversing the Belt and Road: The World According to China and China According to the World (Harvard University...
The ramifications of a potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait for the Philippines were the focus of a recent discussion at the Pardee School of Global Studies. Hosted by Boston University's Center for the Study of Asia as part of its Taiwan Security Series, the event, The Philippine-U.S. Alliance in the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Taiwan,...
At a recent event hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE), Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, presented the central arguments behind his book The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition, co-authored with Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami. The discussion examined the resurgence...
Dr. Hoa Tran, former head of refugee policy and programs for East Asia Pacific and South Asia at the Department of State, and current Director for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning at Jesuit Refugee Service USA, told Pardee students of her journey from arriving in the United States as a refugee from Vietnam to obtaining...
Professor Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, was invited by the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) to present the opening keynote address at the annual AAS-in-Asia conference, held this year at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan, from September 25-27, 2026. The theme for...
Professors of the Practice Vesko Garčević and Mark Storella, discussed the current crisis in multilateral diplomacy before a WorldBoston “Great Decisions” audience at the Boston Public Library September 17. Interviewed by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston Director Dan O’Conner, the two Pardee professors stressed that the challenges to multilateral affairs go beyond the...
Bilal Bilici, BU alum and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey spoke at a Beyond the Headlines event discussing Turkey's current foreign policy, domestic issues, and political future.
Vivien Ann Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor Emerita of International Relations, and founding director of Boston University's Center for the Study of Europe, is bringing her latest book, The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2026), to academic audiences across North America through a...