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Tips and advice for applying to Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service
What’s the best approach to applying to SFS graduate programs? Current graduate students, professors, and admissions officers weigh in.
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The Trump Administration and Venezuela: Michael Shifter analyzes maritime strikes and possible regime change
On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had carried out a strike against a fishing boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing all 11 people on board. The cause given was drug smuggling. There have been 20 strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean and 80 people killed…
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Top 3 things to know before COP 30 with SFS Professor Joanna Lewis
SFS Professor Joanna Lewis highlights what to look out for during COP 30: the Paris Agreement’s 10-year mark, forests and the U.S. absence from the talks.
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The service and leadership of SFS faculty veterans
Honoring Veterans Day 2025, SFS celebrates faculty veterans Patterson, Urben, Vittori & Stanley for shaping future leaders through service and scholarship.
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Maps with Mark | Ep. 3 The State Department
SFS Professor and Maps of the Modern World instructor Mark Giordano explains the evolution of U.S. State Department maps, which show us how the U.S. government divides the world up for administrative purposes.
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Seven questions about political violence for the authors of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America”
Authors Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware answered seven questions to help explain the longer, larger context surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination and the environment of political violence present in U.S. culture and life.
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SFS welcomes new faculty in 2025-2026
This year, SFS welcomes six new faculty to the community: Eddie Deschapelles, Yifan (Flora) He, Bulelani Jili, Sheila Smith, Andrew Steer and Michael Sulmeyer.
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SFS Professor Joanna Lewis selected as a lead author for the UN’s climate science body
SFS Professor Joanna Lewis has been selected as a lead author for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as it approaches the creation of its Seventh Assessment Report.
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Immigration and border policies: Anna Maria Mayda examines the economic consequences of President Trump’s executive orders
Professor Anna Maria Mayda explores the short and long-term implications of President Trump’s immigration policies.
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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…