In the News Event Series

In the News highlights current events and issues in international relations. With speakers from both academia and the policy sector, discussions cover different sides of the topics that are in the papers and in the news.

  • 2023–2024
    • “Global Politics of Climate Change” with Joana Lewis, Kathleen R. McNamara, Erik Voeten (November 16, 2023)
  • 2022–2023
    • “The Invasion of Ukraine: One Year On” with Sara Bjorg Moller, Pauliina Patana, Angela Stent, and Caitlin Talmadge (February 24, 2023)
    • “Nigeria Votes: What to Expect” with Amaku Anku and Ken Opalo (February 14, 2023)
    • “Winter is Coming: Europe, Energy, and Climate Change” with Abe Newman and Dagomar Degroot (November 7, 2022)
    • “The Midterm Elections in the Shadow of 2020” with John M. Sides and Michele Swers (October 3, 2022)
    • “Realism and Ukraine” with Andrew Kydd, Caitlin Talmadge, Charles Glaser, and Alexander Downes (September 28, 2022)
  • 2019–2020
    • “Flagrant Foul: The NBA and China” with Victor Cha (November 14, 2019)
    • “Hong Kong” with Abraham Newman, Kristen Looney, and Jim Millward (November 5, 2019)
  • 2018–2019
    • “Brexit” with Abraham Newman, Jeffrey Anderson, Natividad Fernández Sola, and Niccolò Bonifai (April 1, 2019)
    • “Brexit” with Abraham Newman, Kathleen McNamara, Matthias Matthijs, and Amb. John A. Heffern (January 31, 2019)
  • 2017–2018
    • “What Black Panther Tells us About International Affairs” with Soyica Colbert, Clarence Lusane, Katrin Sieg, and Scott Taylor (March 18, 2018)
    • “North Korea” with Robert Galluci, Michael Green, Oriana Mastro, and Abraham Newman (October 10, 2017)
  • 2016–2017
    • “Brexit” with Jeff Anderson, Kathleen McNamara, and Abraham Newman (April 10, 2017)
    • “Trump, Russia, and National Security” with Paul Pillar and Colin Kahl (February 21, 2017)
  • 2015–2016
    • “Politics of Star Wars” with Daniel Nexon (January 20, 2016)
    • “Conversation with Marc Busch on the TPP Deal” with Marc Busch and Kathleen McNamara (October 13, 2015)
    • “Migration” with Susan Martin, Rochelle Davis, Dan Keleman, and Kathleen McNamara (October 5, 2015)
  • 2014–2015
    • “Why We Get Things Wrong: Reflections on the Inevitable and the Avoidable in Intelligence” with Robert Jervis, Paul Pillar, and Elizabeth Arsenault (April 9, 2015)
    • “Iran Project” with Ambassador William Leurs (Columbia), Paul Pillar (GU), Robin Wright (Princeton), and Barbara Bodine (January 14, 2015)
  • 2013–2014
    • “Ukraine” with Charles King, Kathleen McNamara, and Angela Stent (March 25, 2014)
    • “Democracy Under Fire? Egypt, Turkey, and Brazil” with Charles King, James Vreeland, and Diana Kapiszewski (September 4, 2013)
  • 2012–2013
    • “Having it All: Work/Life Balance,” Georgetown Faculty and Spouses (April 17, 2013)
    • “In the News: Syria,” Dan Byman, Mark Lagon, and Joseph Sassoon (October 4, 2012)
    • “Sports Diplomacy: Olympics,” Victor Cha (Georgetown) Cynthia Gire (SportsUnited), Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan) (September 1, 2012)
  • 2011–2012
    • “Debate: Time to Attack Iran?” Matthew Kroenig and Colin Kahl, Georgetown University (March 19, 2012)
    • “In the News: North Korea,” Victor Cha, Mike Green, Ji-Young Lee, and Paul Pillar (January 18, 2012)
    • “Implications of the ‘Bread and Peace’ Model for the 2012 US Elections: What are Obama’s Re-election Prospects?” Douglas Hibbs (November 18, 2011)
    • “Panel Discussion: Realidad Argentina 2012” (November 9, 2011)
    • “Libya: The Challenge of State Building and the Role of the International Community,” Joseph P. Saba, World Bank (November 3, 2011)
    • “The War on Terrorism: The Next Ten Years,” Georgetown Faculty Panelists (September 9, 2011)