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SFS Professor Victor Cha’s recent research report by CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, in cooperation...
06/21/2025

SFS Professor Victor Cha’s recent research report by CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, in cooperation with the George W. Bush Institute, on North Korea’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic was featured in The New York Times. The article explores how the report reveals discrepancies between North Korea’s official claims of a “pandemic miracle” and evidence indicating a substantial humanitarian impact.

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Officials drastically understated outbreaks and deaths, depriving citizens of help, two U.S. research groups report, citing interviews with people inside North Korea.

Writing for The National Interest, SFS student Vilda Westh Blanc (SFS’27) and her colleague at the Manhattan Institute T...
06/20/2025

Writing for The National Interest, SFS student Vilda Westh Blanc (SFS’27) and her colleague at the Manhattan Institute Tim Rosenberger discuss how Australia’s mandatory superannuation system could inform U.S. Social Security reform. By requiring employer contributions, Australia has helped ensure long-term sustainability and more robust retirement benefits.

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Adopting the Australian model could ensure higher levels of benefits for retirees and contribute toward making Social Security solvent.

SFS students Bennie Chang (SFS’26) and Luke Hughes (SFS’27) take us behind the scenes of their week-long, student-center...
06/20/2025

SFS students Bennie Chang (SFS’26) and Luke Hughes (SFS’27) take us behind the scenes of their week-long, student-centered U.S.–China dialogue in Beijing—connecting with peers at Tsinghua University through rich conversations, shared meals and cultural exchanges. 🇨🇳🤝🇺🇸

“We are lucky to have discussed the role of the United Nations Security Council while enjoying Chinese pastries and Trader Joe’s snacks. We are proud that we are students of Georgetown – a school that seeks to engage more with the world around us,” they write.

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Follow Bennie Chang (SFS'26) and Luke Hughes (SFS'27) as they take you along their week in China as part of a U.S.-China student dialogue.

Juneteenth is a day of celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. In honor of this important ho...
06/19/2025

Juneteenth is a day of celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. In honor of this important holiday, the bells in Healy Hall will ring for 19 minutes at 12:19 p.m.

As we honor this day and celebrate independence, we also recognize the struggle — historically and in our current moment — to achieve true freedom and justice for all.

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Home Honoring Juneteenth Honoring Juneteenth Juneteenth — “June” plus “nineteenth” — is a day of celebration to commemorate emancipation and the end of slavery in the United States. As we honor this day and celebrate independence, we also recognize the struggle — historically and in ou...

In an essay for The New York Times Opinion Section, SFS Professor James Millward critiques the U.S. decision to revoke C...
06/18/2025

In an essay for The New York Times Opinion Section, SFS Professor James Millward critiques the U.S. decision to revoke Chinese student visas—arguing it sacrifices security for spite and empathy for paranoia, mirroring the isolationist tactics of the Chinese Communist Party.

“A self-confident America should not fear people from around the world, even rival countries, coming to gain access to the knowledge that all of humankind needs to address our mounting global problems together,” he writes.

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Canceling the visas of Chinese students in the United States is a horrible idea.

Though still in its early days, the Israel-Iran war appears set to continue for weeks. In Foreign Policy, Iselin Brady (...
06/18/2025

Though still in its early days, the Israel-Iran war appears set to continue for weeks. In Foreign Policy, Iselin Brady (SSP’26), a graduate student in the Georgetown Security Studies Program, and SFS Professor Daniel Byman offer analysis on how the conflict might end, suggesting that broader regional escalation might be avoided if U.S. diplomatic efforts succeed in facilitating a ceasefire.

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Scenarios include an Iranian defeat, an Israeli retreat—or an expanded regional conflict.

Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations, SFS Professor Marc Busch explores the negative impacts of a trade war with...
06/18/2025

Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations, SFS Professor Marc Busch explores the negative impacts of a trade war with the European Union through a case study of the lobster trade industry.

“A trade war is like a lobster trap: it is easy to get in, but hard to get out. Brussels is trying to warn Trump not to go back in,” Busch writes.

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A trade war with the European Union could negatively impact many U.S. industries. The lobster trade provides a specific case study of how one significant industry could be severely harmed.

Writing for TIME magazine, SFS Professor Charles Kupchan argues that while the G‑7 may seem increasingly outdated—especi...
06/17/2025

Writing for TIME magazine, SFS Professor Charles Kupchan argues that while the G‑7 may seem increasingly outdated—especially as it does not include China and India, two economic heavyweights—it remains a vital platform for the world’s leading democracies. As the global order grows more fragmented, he believes this “steering group” model could be a key complement to broader, slower institutions like the UN and WTO.

“At a time when geopolitical division hamstrings large and formal bodies like the U.N. and World Trade Organization, small and informal contact groups are becoming the diplomatic vehicles of choice,” Kupchan writes.

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Small and informal groupings are becoming the diplomatic vehicles of choice in a polarized world, writes Charles A. Kupchan.

We’re proud to celebrate Kieran Halloran, S.J. (SFS'14), who was recently ordained a Jesuit priest by the USA East Provi...
06/17/2025

We’re proud to celebrate Kieran Halloran, S.J. (SFS'14), who was recently ordained a Jesuit priest by the USA East Province. This is an incredible milestone in his journey of faith and service.

Today, Kieran Halloran, S.J. (SFS’14), was ordained as a Jesuit priest by the USA East Province (Jesuits East) at St. Ignatius Church in Manhattan, New York City.

While at Georgetown, Kieran spoke of entering the Jesuit order “after getting to know the Jesuits here, and getting to grow my faith at Georgetown.”

“It’s been a vocation I’ve been able to discern,” he said at the time. “I’m excited about getting to live out my faith after Georgetown.”

After leaving Georgetown, Kieran engaged in apostolic work at a grammar school in Syracuse, New York, and at the Nativity School of Worcester in Massachusetts. He then studied philosophy at St. Louis University, where he also ministered at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Upon graduation, Kieran worked for two years at Saint Peter’s Prep in New Jersey, before spending a year at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Arizona/Sonora. He then completed his theology studies at Boston College, where he earned both a Master of Divinity and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. While in Massachusetts, Kieran taught Rite of Christian Initiation Adults (RCIA) classes at St. Mary of the Angels in Roxbury, where he later served as deacon.

Kieren’s first Mass will be at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York. After ordination, Kieran will serve as parochial vicar at Saint Raphael the Archangel Catholic Parish in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Next week, leaders from NATO member states will gather in the Netherlands for the alliance’s annual summit. For Georgeto...
06/17/2025

Next week, leaders from NATO member states will gather in the Netherlands for the alliance’s annual summit. For Georgetown University’s “Ask a Professor” series, SFS Professor Sara Bjerg Moller, associate teaching professor and director of international and alumni affairs in the Georgetown Security Studies Program, shares what she expects from the NATO summit, from the likelihood of members meeting a five percent defense spending target to U.S. priorities and the future of support for Ukraine.

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An expert in alliances and transatlantic relations gives her analysis on what to look out for at next week's NATO summit.

Questions around civil-military relations have reemerged as the U.S. Army marked its 250th anniversary this past weekend...
06/16/2025

Questions around civil-military relations have reemerged as the U.S. Army marked its 250th anniversary this past weekend with a military parade in Washington, DC, and President Trump federalized the California National Guard in response to immigration-related protests in Los Angeles earlier this month. What are the roots of these norms in the U.S.? How does a nonpartisan military contribute to each member’s ability to uphold constitutional principles?

We spoke with SFS Professor Heidi Urben, a retired U.S. Army colonel and professor of the practice in the Georgetown Security Studies Program, to explore these questions.

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Federalizing the California National Guard to respond to immigration protests in LA, uniformed service members booing a reference to former President Joe Biden in President Trump’s speech, tanks rolling down Constitution Avenue during the first U.S. military parade since the 1991 Gulf War victory ...

Writing in Foreign Policy, SFS Professor Daniel Byman and Sofia Triana examine new U.S. Justice Department charges again...
06/16/2025

Writing in Foreign Policy, SFS Professor Daniel Byman and Sofia Triana examine new U.S. Justice Department charges against two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling a dangerous plant pathogen into the U.S. To guard against agroterrorism, they call for greater investment in the study of plant and livestock diseases—and a coordinated allied response to China’s expanding gray-zone activities.

“It seems clear from other incidents around the world that China is engaging in a gray-zone campaign to probe U.S. and allied weaknesses, cause economic harm, and quietly signal that it can and will punish its enemies,” they write.

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The FBI says Chinese scientists may have targeted the U.S. food supply.

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