Storella Comments on Iran War Ceasefire on Local Boston TV News
Channel 10, the Boston NBC affiliate ran an assessment of reactions to the Iran War ceasefire announcement April 9 for which they drew on comments by Mark Storella, Pardee Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy. In the segment, "How people are reacting to Trump's threats to Iran and ceasefire announcement,”... More
Gallagher and Ray on Why China Should Revive Lending to the Developing World
In a recent op-ed for The Wire titled 'Why China Should Boost its Lending To Developing Countries,' Pardee Professor and Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher at the GDP, argue that China’s retreat from overseas development lending has come at a... More
Hare on U.S. Pressure, Leadership Change, and the Future of U.S.–Cuba Relations
In a featured Q&A titled "Will Díaz-Canel Be Able to Finish His Term in Cuba?" for the Latin American Advisor, Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba and a master lecturer at the Pardee School of Global Studies, offered sharp analysis on the Trump administration’s renewed pressure campaign against... More
Nolan on Child Trafficking, Genocide, and Impunity in Guatemala’s Adoption Industry
Professor Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International History and author of Until I Find You, recently sat down with Carlos Dada of El Faro's Malas Compañías podcast to discuss her landmark investigation into Guatemala's international adoption industry; a system that, at its peak, represented 1% of the country's GDP and... More
Hare: Inside the Trump Administration’s Split Over Cuba
In an interview titled "Why is Trump talking about action on Cuba and what could that look like?" for the CBS News, Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba and a master lecturer at the Pardee School of Global Studies, discussed how President Trump’s escalating rhetoric about potentially “taking”... More
Heine on Latin America at the Crossroads of US–China Competition
In a discussion for The China-Global South Podcast, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, framed the current moment as an unexpectedly intense phase of US engagement in Latin America, driven by the Trump administration’s strategic shift. He noted that while... More
Nolan Visits MN to Discuss Adoption, Migration, and “Home” in Book Talk
On March 19th, Professor Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International History, discussed her book, Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala, at The College of St. Scholastica as part of the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice’s annual lecture series. This year’s theme, Home, explores... More
Hare Cautions That Lasting Change in Cuba Must Come From Within
In an interview titled "For the Trump administration, ‘taking Cuba’ would not be easy" by Whitney Eulich for the Christian Science Monitor, Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba and a master lecturer at the Pardee School of Global Studies, urged caution in response to renewed rhetoric from the... More
Garčević Weighs In on KFOR Drawdown Talk and Evolving U.S.–EU Relations
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School, was featured in an article "Talk of KFOR Drawdown Reveals a Changing US Approach to the Balkans," published by European Western Balkans on March 21. The article examines the possibility of the United States reducing its... More
Garcveic Underscores Worldwide Risks of the Iran War
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School, was featured on Newsmax Balkans’ foreign policy talk show Sinteza to share his views on how the ongoing war in Iran could affect support for U.S. President Donald Trump. His remarks were part of a... More