Gallagher travels to China for Track Two Dialogue on US, China, and Global Economy
Pardee Professor and GDP Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, spent a week in China in January to participate in the U.S.-China Global Economic Order (GEO) Dialogue, a track two dialogue between ex-officials and experts from the United States and China on the global economic order. Now in its 11th year, the group is chaired by…
Owusu Analyzes North–South Trade Dynamics in Africa’s Structural Transformation in New Study
A new study titled Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade by Solomon Owusu, Assistant Professor of Global Economic Policy at the Pardee School, and co-authors Gideon Ndubuisi and Woubet Kassa, was published by The World Economy in early January 2026. The paper provides one of the most detailed examinations to…
Dean Taylor Discusses U.S. Engagement with Africa at WorldBoston
On January 29th, 2026, Scott Taylor, Pardee School Dean and Professor of International Relations, moderated WorldBoston’s first conversation of 2026 between Stephanie Sullivan, former ambassador for the US to the African Union, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana, and Kennedy Ukelegharanya, business attorney at a major multinational law firm, advising innovative technology and life…
Najam Briefs UN Security Council in Arria Meeting on ’Sanctity of Treaties’
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the BU Pardee School, was invited to brief a United National Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the ‘Sanctity of Treaties’. The Arria-formula briefing was for all members of the Security Council, including all permanent members, and was chaired and open to all member states….
Weinstein Speaks at Brandeis University’s Center for German and European Studies
This past Friday, January 30, Lt Gen Jack Weinstein, USAF (Ret), Professor of the Practice of International Security at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, participated in a panel at Brandeis University hosted by the Center for German and European Studies in an event named Greenland, the EU, NATO, and Transatlantic Relations…
Wippl Pens Article ‘Intelligence and National Security’
Professor Joseph W. Wippl contributed an article titled Intelligence and National Security to the January 2026 issue of Baltic Rim Economies. In the piece, Wippl asserts that a clear understanding of each position in these fields are key to accomplishing their missions and minimizes negligent decision-making. Wippl begins with outlining how intelligence functions as a…
Selin Examines New Pathways for Chemicals Governance Beyond Planetary Boundaries in New Chapter
Prof. Henrik Selin of Pardee School has published a new chapter titled Alternatives to planetary boundaries can enhance science-policy linkages for chemicals governance, in the upcoming March 2026 issue of Earth System Governance. In the chapter, co-authored with Noelle Eckley Selin, the two critically assess the planetary boundary framework and question its usefulness for addressing the…
Quinn Slobodian’s ‘Hayek’s Bastards’ Named NBCC Finalist
Congratulations to Professor Quinn Slobodian, whose most recent book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right, has been named a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Awards under their Criticism category. The recognition highlights the book’s powerful intervention in debates about capitalism, democracy, and the contemporary far right….
Fallou Ngom on Translating the Ajami Poetry of Sëriñ Mbay Jaxate
Dr. Fallou Ngom discusses his new book on the Ajami poetry of Sëriñ Mbay Jaxate in this interview.
Amb. Garčević on Montenegro-Serbia Relations in Book Talk Panel
The Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Montenegro hosted Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, for a book talk on December 18 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Together with Professor Ivan Videnović of the University of Belgrade, Professor Oliver Komar of the…
Najam’s SANDEE@25 Keynote Address Urges “Climate Change is No Longer a ‘Future’ Challenge”
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Boston University Pardee School, was invited to deliver the closing keynote address at the International Conference on Development and Environmental Economics, held at Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 2025, to mark the 25th anniversary of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). Dr. Najam…
Schmidt Gives Keynote Address for Political Trust Conference
Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt gave the opening keynote address, titled Political Trust and Legitimacy in the Age of Populism, for the Political Trust conference, organized by CEVIPOF at the French Political Science School at Sciences Po in Paris on December 5, 2025. This year’s conference, named Political Trust: A Challenge for Democracies, brought together researchers from…
Schmidt Highlights Transatlantic Perspectives on the Future of Liberal Democracy
On December 11, 2025, the Horizon Europe RED-SPINEL project convened its final conference, bringing together scholars and practitioners to present the project’s central findings on dissensus over liberal democracy. The event highlighted the project’s extensive scholarly output, including multiple books and academic articles, and featured discussions of policy-relevant insights emerging from the research. A standout…
Schmidt Shares Ideas Behind Forthcoming Book at the Free University of Brussels
On December 10, 2025, Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt joined a roundtable discussion at the Institute of European Studies at the Free University of Brussels. She was joined by Sophie Jacquot (UCLouvain), Amandine Crespy (IEE-ULB), and Hugo Corten (ULB) to discuss her upcoming book, The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective….
Hefner’s Week as Visiting Professor & International Research Fellow at UIN Jakarta
Over the 2025 Thanksgiving break, Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at the Pardee School, was invited by Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs to be a Visiting Professor and International Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta, Indonesia (UIN Jakarta). With…
Ambassador Garčević Covers Global Affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean in Panel and Workshop
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, participated in a workshop-conference on security in the Eastern Mediterranean titled Recalibrating the Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 21st Century. The two-day event, held on November 28–29, brought together academics, diplomats, and practitioners for…
University of Chile Honors Emeritus Claudio Véliz
On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Emeritus Professor of History and Emeritus Director of University Professors, Claudio Véliz, received the distinction “Doctor Honoris Causa” at the University of Chile, one of the highest recognitions of the University to those who stand out for their merits or outstanding actions for the benefit of the study of the country or…
Dean Taylor Participates in Panel Discussion on Global African Economics and Steven Dean’s New Book
On November 3, 2025 at the Boston University School of Law, Scott Taylor, Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of International Relations at Boston University, partook in a panel discussion on the new book, Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow, written by and discussed with…
Storella Addresses Wellesley Club on “The Diplomat: Fact or Fiction?”
Professor Mark C. Storella met with Wellesley Club members on November 13, 2025, to talk about the TV show “The Diplomat.” While he shared that the show is over the top in many respects, he also illustrated, through his own experiences, how some of the show’s storylines accord with real American diplomatic practice. Storella told…
Heine: “India should take a page from its own history and embrace Active Non-Alignment as its foreign policy”
Ambassador Jorge Heine writes an op-ed for The Wire India elaborating on India’s position as a rising democracy of the Global South and what it should do to emerge as a diplomatic winner amid growing differences with the West.