The cover of Madan's book, Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped U.S.-India Relations During the Cold War. Photo credit: The Brookings Institution. On Thursday, February 13, 2020, the Georgetown University India Initiative and the Asian Studies Program hosted author Tanvi Madan of the Brookings Institution and Professor Arzan Tarapore of the Georgetown Center for Security Studies … Continue reading Discussing the Fateful Triangle

The expert panel at the 2020 TAPS Conference. Photo Credit: Georgetown BMW Center for German and European Studies. “Brave New World” was the title of this year’s expert panel at the BMW Center’s annual Transatlantic Policy Symposium on Friday, February 7, 2020. Featuring Georgetown’s Jill Dougherty, RAND’s Stephen Flanagan, The Heritage Foundation’s Daniel Kochis, and … Continue reading Great Power Competition and the Transatlantic Relationship

The featured conference picture. Photo credit: Georgetown University. In late January, 2020, scholars and practitioners gathered at Georgetown University for a conference on terrorism that boasted keynotes from former US and UK intelligence service directors, expert panels, and groundbreaking research. Entitled “Terrorism: A Review of the Current Threat Landscape,” the conference spanned January 23-24 and … Continue reading Terrorism: A Review of the Current Threat Landscape

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