BRIEFING

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Briefing Summer 2007

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  • Message from Dean Brown
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  • The 2007-08 academic year promises to be especially exciting. A new era began at GW on August 1, when Steven Knapp became the university’s 16th president.
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  • Faculty Notes
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  • The Elliott School of International Affairs welcomes eight new professors to its roster of faculty this fall.
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  • Alumni Notes
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  • James B. Quigley (B.A. ‘82) Appointed Chairman of Merrill Lynch International
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  • Past Events
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  • Friday, September 7, 2007
    Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, president of the UN General Assembly, spoke on “Women in the Arab World: Law and Practice” as part of the Distinguished Women in International Affairs series, sponsored Jack and Pam Cumming.
  • More information about other events at the Elliott School

In this Summer issue:

Photo: Henry Nau     Photo: Maria Cattaui     Henry R. Nau and Maria Cattaui Address Students at Commencement 2007
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Ellen Sauerbray     The Elliott School Marked World Refugee Day with Experts, Refugees
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Photo: Marc Lynch     Faculty Profile: Marc Lynch
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Elliott School Students Brief State Department Public Diplomacy Officials
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Highlights

  1. Undergraduate Student Spotlights More...
  2. Graduate Students by the Numbers More...
  3. National Security Studies Program Gets Underway More...
Photo: Elaine Chao     U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium Hosts U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
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Photo: Nora Lustig     Nora Lustig, Economics and Poverty Expert, Named Shapiro Visiting Professor
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China Policy Program Conducts Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue on China
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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Lawrence Wright , 2007 Lionel Gelber Book Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize winner for general non-fiction will address “The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11”

Monday, September 17, 2007
Jack Snyder , Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Columbia University, will speak on “Democratization and Civil War” as part of The Future of Democracy Initiative.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
His Excellency Mahmud Ali Durrani, ambassador of The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, will address “Eye of the Storm: A Conversation with Pakistan’s Ambassador” as part of The Ambassadors Forum. The event is co-hosted by the Elliott School, the Ambassador’s Forum and the Master’s in International Affairs program.
For details see: http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/events/