GDP Center Hosts Webinar on Debt Relief for Middle-Income Countries
The GDP Center, ISPI, and T20 National Coordinator and Chair, brought together varied proposals from MICs and the international community to address the MICs’ external debt challenges.
Nahid Bhadelia Joins Pardee School Faculty
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia will head the newly established Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID), be an associate director at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), and join the Pardee School faculty through a joint appointment.
Pardee Student Awarded Harold C. Case Scholarship
Regina Acosta (BA IR, Pardee ’22) is one of just 11 students to win one of the highest honors accorded to undergraduate students at Boston University.
Heine Comments on Chile-India Relations
This priority that the Foreign Minister has given to India hopefully will translate into more state visits, more trade and into an upgrading of the Chile-India Preferential Trade Agreement, because in general it lacks a lot to strengthen the relationship with India.”
Schilde Quoted in Article on EU Defense Policy
“The European public supports EU defence policy, it has for decades, and citizens hold consistent and well-developed attitudes on the topic…in fact, no other policy domain is as popular and robust as the idea of pooling national sovereignty over defence.”
Garčević Discusses Foreign Influence in Western Balkans
The involvement of the EU, U.S., China, and Russia in the Western Balkans make enduring but different consequences for the region’s political sustainability.
Heine Interviewed on U.S.-China Tensions
Given growing tensions between the United States and China, Ambassador Heine argues that Latin America should go for what he calls the “Active Non Alignment option.”
Schmidt Remarks on Her Chapter in Our European Future
In a talk on her new book chapter – ““European Economic Governance: Key issues to assess its recent past and its desirable evolution” – Schmidt discussed the problems of the past and offered some new ideas for the future of European Union economic governance.
Garčević Publishes Op-Ed on EU “Power Currency”
“In a long run, the EU should redesign the accession process, offering integration into the EU in several steps and setting intermediate goals before full inclusion into the club.”
Goldstein Discusses Boris Johnson’s Pandemic Response
“While many governments have been challenged by the suddenness of the pandemic and its scale, Johnson showed a strong unwillingness to both provide leadership and come to grips with the issues.”
Najam Discusses Israel-Palestine Conflict with International Media
Najam highlighted the need for a long term resolution to the “festering problem” that is continued conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Najam Discusses U.S.-Pakistan Relations
In light of high level talks between U.S. and Pakistani National Security Advisors, Dean Najam discusses the long history of transactional relations between the two countries and his hope for change.
Roldán-Figueroa Named Director of Center for Latin American Studies
Dr. Rady Roldán-Figueroa, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Boston University, will follow Professor Adela Pineda as the Director of CLAS.
Shifrinson Comments on Progressive Foreign Policy
If a progressive finds themselves in the Oval Office, the problem will be that “you’re no longer the leader of the progressive movement, but the leader of US, which requires different choices, priorities, and thinking.”
Schmidt Publishes Article on European Emergency Politics
“Emergency politics raises theoretical questions about the legitimacy of executive authorities’ governing activities in times of crisis, and in particular whether ensuring effective outcomes can make up for the temporary suspension of political responsiveness and accountable procedures.”
Lukes Publishes Article on Cold War History
“Some wars end in conquest, others may lead to a temporary arrangement. The Cold War was unusual in that it was carried out as a truce, with neither side seeking victory.”
Pardee School Students Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa
Ten graduating seniors of the Pardee School have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious academic honor society.
Brulé Discusses Gender Inequality in India on Grand Tamasha
Brulé and host Milan Vaishnav discussed Indian gender quotas in local government, social and political economic hierarchies, as well as other topics explored in Brulé’s latest book Women, Power and Property: The Paradox of Gender Inequality Laws in India
Schmidt Interviewed on Legitimacy in Europe
Professor Schmidt discusses the crisis of legitimacy that the European Union is currently experiencing from the austerity policies imposed after the 2008 financial clash.
Heine Participates in Panel on COVID Vaccines in Latin America
What are regional perceptions of China’s vaccine-related efforts? Is vaccine access a new area of geopolitical competition between the US and China, or a rare opportunity for constructive collaboration and coordination?