SFS Stories
Announcements
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SFS welcomes Vladimir Kara-Murza as Dissident-in-Residence at Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
SFS and the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) welcome Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as the center’s first Dissident-in-Residence.
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SFS welcomes General Timothy Haugh to Security Studies Program
Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service welcomes retired Air Force General Timothy D. Haugh to the school as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence within the Security Studies Program (SSP). Gen. Haugh served for more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, culminating in his assignment as the 4th Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and 19th Director…
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SFS launches Pivot with Purpose initiative with support from The Rockefeller Foundation
This week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will effectively cease to exist with the majority of employees let go and the few remaining contracts shifted over to the U.S. State Department’s management. According to data collected by the organization USAID Stop-Work, USAID-funded programs provided employment for over 200,000 people working in humanitarian assistance…
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Georgetown University mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Theodore (Ted) Moran (1943-2025)
Dear SFS community, I write with the sad news that Theodore (Ted) H. Moran, emeritus professor at SFS and a leading scholar in international business and foreign direct investment, died on Sunday, April 27, 2025. He was 81. Ted held the Marcus Wallenberg Chair in International Business. At SFS, he taught for decades and directed…
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SFS and The Earth Commons welcome Andrew Steer to Faculty
Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) and The Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability, welcome Sir Andrew Steer to the school’s faculty as a Distinguished Research Professor of the Practice in Environment and Economics on May 1. Steer most recently served as the president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund. He will…
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Dean’s statement on detention of Dr. Badar Khan Suri
Dear SFS Faculty and Staff, I’m writing to let you know that a Post-Doctoral Fellow in SFS, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, who is an Indian national, has been detained by the Department of Homeland Security and his legal work authorization has been revoked. Dr. Suri was granted a visa to enter the United States to continue his doctoral research…
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SFS welcomes Michael Sulmeyer to Faculty
SFS welcomes Michael Sulmeyer to the school’s faculty as a Professor of the Practice and director of cyber programs within the Security Studies Program.
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SFS Launches Asia Pacific Program and Opens New Location in Indonesia
The School of Foreign Service is extending its global reach through a new initiative – the Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific (GSAP) program, which opened this month in a new facility in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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SFS welcomes new faculty
As the 2024 school year began, the Georgetown School of Foreign Service welcomed nine new faculty members to our community.
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Georgetown ranks #1 in Foreign Policy 2024 rankings
Georgetown University ranked first in the world for its international relations master’s and undergraduate programs, according to 2024 rankings released by Foreign Policy magazine. The university also scored highly for Ph.D. programs focused on a policy career, coming in second. The rankings are based on a broad survey of 1,500 foreign policy professionals administered by William…