Professor Manlio Graziano was invited to Suzhou, China to teach a two-week course module on geopolitics to Master's students of Business. His classes provide a perspective on the political context within the international community of the countries with which these students, as future actors of the global business arena, will have the opportunity to interact. An hour ...
Dr. Patrick Bratton, Thesis Advisor at AGS in Paris and Director of the Diplomacy and Military Studies department at the AGS's partner institution Hawai'i Pacific University, is travelling to Delhi, India on May 14 to June 15 to conduct research on the ongoing debate about defense reforms in India. He will work on collecting perspectives ...
Dr. David Pike, our faculty specialist of contemporary history and the author of many books on World War II and the Spanish Civil War, has been invited to share his expertise with audiences in multiple countries over the past few months.
On April 3-4, Dr. Pike was invited by Minnesota State University to give three talks: "The ...
A paper by Professor Steve McGiffen has been included as a chapter of a book published in February, 2014 by the Africa Institute of South Africa. The book, entitled The Social Contract in Africa employs the events of the “Arab Spring” of 2011 to reflect on the event itself and beyond. Some of the chapters address the ...
Professor Manlio Graziano was interviewed by the global information website Jol Press to comment on the recent invitation made to Vatican's Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to participate in the negotiations between the government and the opposition in Venezuela. As a specialist of geopolitics of religions, Professor Graziano commented on the role of the Church in politics ...
Professor Yates published a chapter on the environmental history of "Port Gentil: From Forestry Capital to Energy Capital," in Energy Capitals: Local Impact, Global Influence (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014), an edited volume by Joseph A. Pratt, Martin V. Melosi and Kathleen A. Brosnan. This work came out of a conference at the University of Houston in ...
Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov attended the OECD's Power of Social Media Conference on February 20th, where she met with Estelle Loiseau, Manager for WikiGender and WikiChild. They discussed the OECD's efforts for protecting children online and the risks facing children today.
Professor Steve McGiffen has been invited to Brussels to give a talk to Members of the European Parliament from the Swedish Left Party, along with their staff, on 20th March. The subject of his presentation will be ‘Prospects for the radical left in the European Parliament elections of May, 2014’.
Professor McGiffen was a member of the Secretariat ...
Professor Elizabeth Milovidov participated in a podcast on women's empowerment produced by the US State Department's Africa Regional Services at the US Embassy in France. This podcast was part of the Africa Conversations monthly series, which brings together Americans and Africans from all walks of life to talk about US and African ...
On the occasion of the opening of the Geneva 2 Negotiations on Syria, AGS Professor Ambassador Wilfried Bolewski was invited on the international TV network France 24 to talk about the role of diplomacy in the resolution of the Syrian conflict. Ambassador Bolewski summarizes the points he made during his intervention:
Ryan MillsUnited States Study Abroad in Paris Fall 2015
From current issues in the Middle East taught together by an Iranian historian and an Israelli journalist, to NGO management taught by the director of Human Rights Watch in France, every class was fascinating and taught by some of the most impressive people I could ever have imagined. I immediately felt at home in this small but active AGS community because, although students and professors are all from different parts of the world, everyone takes the time to understand each other's perspective. Overall, I would recommend AGS to anyone with a thirst for intellectual stimulation and a drive to not only understand the world of international relations, but engage in it..