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Investigating Power, Economies, and Institutions from Global to Local

07/15/2024

Interested in adding a new course to your schedule? The PGE department is offering a new Fall 2024 class on the 's role in the 21st century. This graduate course can be added to your schedule on Eagle Service!

05/15/2024

The PGE department congratulates our 2024 student awardees!

First, we would like to extend our congratulations to our students who were recognized as SIS-wide Graduate Student Award winners. Calvin Elison (CRS) was presented with the Outstanding Academic Performance or Scholarly Contribution award. Mateo Maya (IER) was awarded the Outstanding Service On-Campus award.

On May 8th, the PGE department hosted the PGE Graduation Ceremony, celebrating our department-wide student awardees.

Congratulations to our CRS Graduate Student Award Winners!
- Outstanding Academic Performance or Scholarly Contribution: Alyssa Durnil
- Outstanding Professional or Policy Contribution: Nathaniel Schochet
- Outstanding Student Leadership: Michael Cruz

Congratulations to our GGPS Graduate Student Award Winners!
- Outstanding Academic Performance or Scholarly Contribution: Yuefeng Shi
- Outstanding Service On Campus: Shubhankar Agarwal and Jessica Hill
- Outstanding Professional or Policy Contribution: Bernae DySart
- Excellence in Quantitative Research: Helen Souki Reyes
- Outstanding Student Leadership: Jared Rutherford

Congratulations to our IER and IER:QM Graduate Student Award Winners!
- Outstanding Academic Performance or Scholarly Contribution: Caroline Arkalji
- Outstanding Professional or Policy Contribution: Bhargav Prajapati
- Outstanding Student Leadership: Edgar Aguilar

Finally, congrats to this years graduates!

04/30/2024

Calling all MA students! Looking to add another course to your summer semester? Professor Rudolph is teaching an online course on and policies. Add this course to your schedule on Eagle Service!

04/24/2024

On April 1st, Professor LeVan's "African State and Society" class welcomed Chidi Blyden for a conversation about and . The event was very engaging and informative!

Chidi Blyden is the deputy CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Prior to joining MCC, Blyden served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs and worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She also has experience conducting oversight as a congressional aide, and directed the Africa Program at the Center for Civilians in Conflict.

Thank you Chidi for visiting PGE!

04/16/2024

The Politics, Governance, and Economics Department wishes to congratulate Grace Roundcourt, Josh Elliot, Kevin Farmer and Gabby McKay on their win over 28 other teams from across the US.

In the final, they presented their very innovative proposal on cooperation between the , the US, and Latin America-Caribbean states, in front of an all-star panel with 3 different Ambassadors, including the EU Ambassador. This was a wonderful experience with University and University of Utah as runners up in the competition.

04/12/2024

Join us next Thursday for our Master's International Students Social Hour! Food will be provided.

04/09/2024

On March 14th, the Department of Foreign Policy and Global Security welcomed the Delegation and Austrian Federal Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration Susanne Raab. Our PGE faculty found this an engaging and informative event, with Minister Raab leading the Q&A event.

04/04/2024

SIS professor and PGE Department Chair Keith Darden answers a few questions about the Russian 2024 presidential election, during which President Vladimir secured a fifth term and faced no serious competition.

To help better understand the implications of the election results and recent actions tied to Putin’s regime, SIS asked Professor Darden a few questions about Russia’s future, including the standing of - relations.

Read the full article here - https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20240318-five-questions-after-russia-s-presidential-election.cfm.

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How did #argentina voters behave in the 2023 Argentine general election? Why did voters behave the way that they did in this #election? SIS professor Agustina Giraudy, in conversation with Ernesto Calvo, University of Maryland, Cecilia Nahón, World Bank Group, and Gonzalo Paz, George Washington University, analyze the social, economic, and political factors that led to the results of the Argentinian election. Watch the rest of the discussion through the link on our bio