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 On 24 September, Professor Yates was invited by France 24 television to speak about the recent post-electoral violence in Gabon, following the contested re-election of President Ali Bongo, who is the son of the former president Omar Bongo.
 Yates explained how the ...
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 Professor Yates has just published his article on "Modern Dynastic Rule" in the Oxford University Press Online Bibliographies.
Based on four years of research for a new book that he is writing, this article allowed Yates to share the broad scope of contemporary dynasties which rule over a quarter of the states in the modern world system, ...
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 Ruchi Anand was invited to write a chapter about the French perspective on Barack Obama’s presidency, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in a collective book edited by Matthias Maas, gathering various world views on the topic.
This is a sequel to The World Views of the US Presidential Elections 2008, Ed. Matthias Maas, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ...
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 Prof. Manlio Graziano's new book, In Rome We Trust. The Rise of the Catholics in American Politics (working title), has been accepted for publication by Stanford University Press. Prof. Graziano’s book examines the role of the Catholics in political, judicial and military institutions in the United States, leading to the question of whether a more ...
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 On November 12th-14th, Professor Manlio Graziano participated in an international conference on the Mediterranean region hosted by the State University of New York (Stony Brook University). His paper, entitled " 'Mare Nostrum' in a Multipolar World: Geopolitical Analysis of a Superfluity of Claims", provided a geopolitical approach to the Mediterranean region's diversity and commonalities. Other participants included ...
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 Professor Ruchi Anand was invited to author a chapter on the international dimensions of environmental justice in the Handbook of Environmental Justice to be published by Routledge in 2017.
The aim of the Handbook of Environmental Justice, in the words of the publisher, is to "make a contribution that no other volume has ever attempted: to provide a comprehensive, ...
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Professor Yates has been invitated to participate in a workshop at the London School of Economics, Oct 16-17th 2015, as a country expert on oil-rich Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. This is part of a larger LSE project comparing 'oil-rentier' states in Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions. Researchers who have already confirmed their attendance ...
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 The second edition of Professor Eileen Servidio-Delabre's book on the US legal system and Common Law tradition was recently released:The legal system of a Common Law Country. The British Legal System - The American Legal System - Constitutionally protected Rights of the USA. It is published by Dalloz, France's leading publishing house for legal studies.
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From July 13-August 3, Prof. Ruchi Anand will participate in the Junior Statesmen of America summer program at Princeton University, teaching a course on International Relations. Dr. Anand has taught in the JSA Summer Programs since 2001 at Princeton as well as Georgetown and Stanford. The JSA programs, which have been in existence for 80 years, are ...
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 Dr. Lorraine Koonce Farahmand participated in United Nations Human Rights Council Panel on FGM policies and resolutions that took place on June 19th at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The panel focused on local and global successes and challenges regarding female genital mutilation issues. Opening Remarks were delived by H.E. Ms. Evelyne Marie Augustine Ilboudo, Ambassador ...
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As citizens of the world community, AGSers share a deep will to improve international state of affairs. This drive for change translates into prescriptive discussion between students and teachers, not simply criticism. I most admire this quality about AGS and know that because we have the will to improve the system, we are the way for change.