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At a time of profound challenges to multilateral diplomacy, Boston University students found reasons for hope this summer at the heart of global governance: taking advantage of international Geneva, Switzerland. During the month of June 2026, students who were enrolled in BU's study abroad class, IR 421/621, or "Global Governance and Global Challenges," engaged with...
At the end of the 2026 academic year, Boston University's Center for the Study of Asia announced the winners of their inaugural Student Paper Prize Contest! This highly competitive award gifted undergraduate students with $300 and a graduate student with a $750 prize. The broad criteria led to an impressive submission pool spanning a range...
Natali (MA IR and Communications ’99), now a member of the FBI in Boston, reflects on how her time at Boston University (prior to the creation of the Pardee School of Global Studies) and her career since have taken her across the globe – from Paris to the Middle East – shaping a path in...
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Rida Ali (BA ’27) has been awarded the prestigious Harold C. Case Scholarship for the 2026–2027 academic year. The Case Scholarship is one of the highest honors accorded to undergraduate students at BU, recognizing outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and scholarly potential....
For Anna Trissa (MA GP ’26), the transition from graduate study at the Pardee School to the fast-paced world of policy research has been both immediate and transformative. Now interning with the Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., Trissa is already contributing...
Kaitlynn Cherry (Pardee '27, BA International Relations & Affairs and Chinese) has been awarded a fellowship to participate in the 2026 APEC Youth Engagement Workshop, organized by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston on behalf of the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Each APEC member economy is permitted to nominate...
Pardee School graduate Isabel Silagy (MA IR and Security Studies '25) co-authored a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2025), published in December 2025. The chapter, titled "Norms, Legitimacy, and Compliance: Between International Law and Politics," was written with co-author Ezgi Yildiz and appears as Chapter 3...
Nick Burk (CAS ’00), Co-Founder and Managing Director of Blue Ocean Analytics (BOA), a mission-driven venture established in 2018 to help organizations foster innovation in response to complex overlapping crises, reflects on how his experience studying international relations at Boston University shaped his career in disaster management, the motivations behind launching BOA, and his ongoing efforts...