On December 5, 2014 the Walsh School of Foreign Service bid farewell to Global Politics and Security Chair Ambassador Mark Lagon. Professor Lagon, known as an energetic and dynamic leader, will now begin his tenure as President of the prestigious Freedom House. Read More
On Thursday, November 21, Teach For China named 10 Alumni Ambassadors to the 100,000 Strong Foundation. These alumni were celebrated at the 100,000 Strong Inaugural Conference in Washington, DC, an event that highlighted the importance of the US-China bilateral relationship and featuring a keynote address from Vice Premier Liu Yandong. Read More
On November 19, 2014 MSFS students, faculty, and staff welcomed distinguished speaker Ambassador Richard Armitage to the Walsh School of Foreign Service. The event, presented by The Georgetown Asia-Pacific Forum, drew participants from several different disciplines and provided great insight on a myriad of issues. Read More
On October 9, Zia Yusuf (MSFS '93) delivered the Philippe Sachs Lecture on Leadership, "Leadership, Silicon Valley and a Celebration of Failure". Yusuf has had extensive experience as a leader in the private sector for over twenty years and shared his invaluable insight on how to become a successful leader. Read More
Last semester MSFS piloted a new online format for "meeting" faculty and learning about MSFS course offerings through five-minute video interviews with professors. We are excited to revive this program for the Spring 2015 courses, which are now available on the Georgetown MSFS YouTube channel. Read More
Thursday, October 16 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm Rafik B. Hariri Building, Lohrfink Auditorium 37th and O St., N.W., Washington What does human dignity mean and what role should it play in guiding the mission of international institutions? Read More
Cuban journalist Yoani Sanchez is one of the foremost online advocates for free speech worldwide. Her personal blog, Generación Y, is translated into two dozen languages and receives over 14 million hits per month, and she started Cuba’s first daily online newspaper, 14ymedio. Read More
Since coming to MSFS in 2009, Anthony Gao has been unconventional. Gao (‘11) chose the international development (IDEV) concentration, which is rare among students from China, and upon graduation did not join the World Bank, an NGO, or a development contractor (as many of his IDEV peers did). Instead, he joined McKinsey & Company, a leading management consultancy. Read More
During the summer of 2012, Peter Billerbeck (’13) was selected to take part in the National Council on U.S.- Arab Relations' (NCUSAR) Summer Lebanon Fellowship. As part of the fellowship, he traveled to Lebanon for, as he describes it, a “direct personal experience in Lebanese culture, society and economics, as well as government priorities, concerns and needs.” Read More
As US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Ambassador Princeton Lyman often faced obstacles in just getting the two parties to sit together at the negotiating table. “In each society there is a deep, deep mistrust and dislike of the other,” commented Lyman during a recent speaking event on campus. Lyman was at Georgetown alongside current MSFS professor and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (’81-’89) Chester Crocker to discuss their experiences as peacemakers in Africa. Read More