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 Ambassador to Chile, China, and South Africa, recently spoke to South China Morning Post commenting on how Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s re-election against Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro marks a historic non-consecutive fourth term marks a watershed moment in Latin...
As Russia's war in Ukraine continues to reshape European security and transatlantic relations, questions about deterrence, defense spending, and military preparedness have moved to the forefront of policy debates. These issues took center stage during a recent Global Security Initative (GSI) panel discussion, titled 'Transatlantic Security in Crisis: New Ways Forward,' featuring (Ret.) Vice Admiral...
Boston University's Alexander Hamilton Society hosted three Pardee School faculty members who had served their countries as ambassadors, plus another ambassador as an invited guest, to examine the evolution of world politics at a time that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has characterized as a "rupture" in world affairs. The panel discussion on October 22,...
Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Ambassador to Chile, China, and South African, presented his latest book, The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition (Polity Press), at the Words Beyond Borders Literary Festival held at Raffles University in Neemrana, India, from October 25-27. The...
Andrei Mamolea, Assistant Professor of International Relations, recently joined the editorial board and spoke at the inaugural conference of the Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law (RYIEL), an initiative led by Iulia Motoc, the Romanian judge on the International Criminal Court and former judge on the European Court of Human Rights. In his presentation,...
What began with a simple observation on campus has grown into a promising research technology startup for Yuhan (Rose) Wei (Pardee'28). An International Relations major in the Anthropology track, Yuhan co-founded Insighta, a platform designed to help researchers recruit, verify, and manage study participants more efficiently. Alongside co-founders Selina Zhang (CAS'28) and Haowen Liu (Pardee'28),...
How did the League of Nations mandate system emerge in the Middle East after World War I? According to Aimee Genell, Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies, the answer lies not only in the decisions of European powers, but also in a century of Ottoman governance. In a...
Kaija Schilde and Ambassador Vesko Garčević represented Boston University at the second TANDEM Dialogue and the first TANDEM academic conference, held at American University's School of International Service in Washington, D.C., from 15 to 17 October 2026. TANDEM, the Transatlantic Network for Dialogue, Education and Multidisciplinary Research, is a Jean Monnet network funded by the...