Dennis Kwok at a political rally. Photo Credit: Voa News. Hong Kong Legislative Council Member and representative of the legal profession, Dennis Kwok, visited Georgetown University on December 9th to update the student body about the present condition of the pro-democracy movement in the semi-autonomous region. Kwok last visited Georgetown in April of 2019, just … Continue reading Report: The Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement’s Perils and Potential

Lord Lothian speaking to Georgetown students. Photo Credit: Michelle Shevin-Coetzee. Lord Lothian faced a difficult task when he came to campus on November 18th for the BWM Center’s latest “coffee chat.” In one hour, Lothian, a peer in the British House of Lords, shared his perspective on Brexit and the state of domestic politics in … Continue reading EU Have to See it to Believe it: Making Sense of Brexit and British Politics

EU and PRC flags. Photo Credit: Friends of Europe. ‘How does Europe think about China?’ This was the grand question that Georgetown’s Evan Medeiros posed to experts gathered at the October 22nd US-China Conference: Global Views on China and US-China Strategic Competition. Hosted by the Asian Studies Program, the conference’s second panel, “Views from Europe,” … Continue reading GSSR Reports: The Complicated EU-China Relationship

David R. Malpass. Photo Credit: World Bank / Franz Mahr. Georgetown SFS Dean Joel Hellman welcome World Bank President David Malpass (MSFS ’83) to campus on Friday, November 15 to kick start the weekend’s centenary events. As the Walsh School of Foreign Service celebrates its 100 years of service, leaders from international institutions, titans of … Continue reading GSSR Reports: World Bank President David Malpass on the Global Economy and Development

Cover Page of the NSCITF Report. Photo Credit: GSSR By: Jack Lucas, former Deputy Editor At an ODNI building in early November, dozens of professionals from around the intelligence community (IC) gathered around a large conference room, taking all the chairs around the long table and filling nearly every extra seat in the room. They … Continue reading Task Force ODNI Briefing Report

Dr. Rebecca Patterson, Professor of the Practice, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program. Photo Credit: SSP By: Dakota Cary, Reporter Army Engineer Officer Rebecca Patterson found herself in Thailand with eighteen Americans, twelve Thai soldiers, and a few reservists under her command at the age of twenty-two. She was … Continue reading REPORT: SSP Faculty Interview with Dr. Rebecca Patterson

From left to right: Keynote speaker Dr. Adam Tooze of Columbia University and panelists Dr. Gita Gopinath of the IMF, and Dr. Caroline Atkinson of Google and Mr. Robert Zoellick of Alliance Bernstein. Photo Credit: SFS By: Dakota Cary, Reporter The future of the global economy reportedly does not include Modern Monetary Theory, nor is it … Continue reading REPORT: The Future of The Global Economy, Lloyd George Centennial Lecture

Professor Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst speaking about the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Photo Credit: Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. On Wednesday, March 27, the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosted Professor Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst to speak on the 1857 Rebellion in India. Professor Morgenstein Fuerst particularly concentrated on one common byproduct of conflict: … Continue reading After 1857: Religion, Rebels & Jihad in South Asia