Paul Hare on Trump’s “Truth Social Diplomacy”
Paul Webster Hare, Master Lecturer at the Pardee School and former British ambassador to Cuba, was recently interviewed by the German magazine, Focus, for a feature on Donald Trump’s White House and its distinctive communication style. With more than three decades of diplomatic experience, including postings in Cuba and China and... More
Garčević Analyzes Shifting U.S. Policy Toward the Western Balkans in BBC Feature
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School, was recently featured in an article titled, Said Aloud what was whispered: Washington’s Messages to the Western Balkans, published by BBC News in Serbian on May 25. The article examines the shifts of the U.S. policy... More
Garčević Comments on Trump-Xi Meeting
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Pardee Professor of the Practice of International Relations, appeared on Newsmax Balkans’ foreign policy talk show Sinteza on May 14 to share his analysis of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, held in Beijing on May 13–14. His remarks formed part of a... More
Heine on First Day of Trump’s Visit to China
In a recent conversation for UNIVISION, the leading Spanish-language TV channel in the United States, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, discussed the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. This being first visit by a U.S. president since 2017 to... More
Hare Comments on King Charles’ Visit to Washington DC
In a segment for The National, the flagship of CBC News, Paul Webster Hare, Master Lecturer at the Pardee School and former British ambassador to Cuba, commented on the significance of King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to President Trump's home base in Washington DC. This visit unfolds against a backdrop... More
Berger Warns Trump’s Iran Policy and Troop Cuts Are Fracturing U.S. Alliances
In a May 4, 2026 interview on Background Briefing with Ian Masters, Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, warned that the Trump administration’s approach to Iran and Europe is severely straining U.S. alliances and undermining long‑standing security arrangements. Berger argued that President Trump’s decision to withdraw roughly... More
Gallagher Op-Ed Challenges IMF Austerity in the Global South
In a recent Project Syndicate op-ed, “Escaping the IMF Austerity Trap,” Pardee Professor and Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher, co-authoring with Kenyan economist and former finance minister Njūgūna S. Ndūng'ū, critiques the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) continued reliance on austerity-driven lending programs in the Global South. Against... More
Gallagher on the IMF Amid Changing Global Power
Pardee Professor and Global Development Policy (GDP) Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher was interviewed by Bloomberg in a segment, "Can the World's Economic Firefighter Adapt to the 21st Century?," addressing the current state of the The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and criticism of its ability of appropriately provide aid when... More
Schilde on Understanding the EU: In and Outside of the Classroom
In a recent feature titled "How a BU professor explores growing security power to make sense of the European Union" for The Daily Free Press, a student-organized news platform at Boston University, Professor Kaija Schilde reflected on a simple, but pressing, question in which she has built her scholarship around:... More
Goossen on ‘Project Planet’ and Rediscovering the International Geophysical Year
Benjamin Goossen, Assistant Professor of International History at the Pardee School, joined students Rebecca Eigner (BAIR '29) and Patrick Slover (BAIR '28) on The Politica, a Boston University undergraduate-run podcast focused on political science and international relations, where he discussed the history and research behind his forthcoming book, Project Planet: A... More