SFS Stories
Research
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Joanna Lewis mentors postdoctoral fellows advancing research in energy, climate policy and China
Professor Joanna Lewis mentors postdocs at Georgetown, fostering research on energy, climate policy and China’s global role.
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Barón Castañares (SFS’27) explores sacred fungi and cultural tradition in Mexico
Barón Castañares (SFS’27) explored Indigenous mushroom ceremonies, climate change and ecotourism in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Understanding the U.S.-Canada trade war with Professor Marc Busch
SFS Prof Marc Busch breaks down the evolution of U.S.-Canada trade and what today’s tariff environment could mean for the road ahead.
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What does a far-right victory mean for Germany?
Scholar Anna von der Goltz answers questions about the Alternative for Germany party’s recent victory in a state election in Germany.
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The global order is breaking down, but what comes next?
SFS Professor Charles Kupchan explores the global order, U.S. foreign policy and how AI and economic change are reshaping the world.
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SFS professor and alumna partner to examine critical junctures shaping Ethiopian national identity
SFS Professor Lahra Smith and alumna Bethania Michael (SFS’19, MSFS’22) examine key turning points shaping Ethiopian identity, citizenship and conflict.
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“American Pogroms” looks to U.S. past for education & warning about mob violence
SFS Professor Daniel Byman discusses his new book, American Pogroms.
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Does U.S. public opinion support President Trump on the war in Iran?
Scholars have spent decades trying to answer a deceptively simple question: what explains Americans’ willingness to support the use of military force? Each year, in my War and Public Opinion seminar, students test those theories against historical and comparative cases and against the realities of international politics in almost real time. What theory offers is…
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Six questions on the war’s impacts on Iran’s women and girls
Ambassador Melanne Verveer answers questions about the impacts of the war in Iran on Iran’s women and girls.
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Faculty reflect on 50 years of academic life at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
“I’ve been in CCAS for over 20 years and the thing I’m most proud of is how we build community among our students, staff, faculty and followers to welcome difference, learn broadly and in depth and support each other,” says Professor Rochelle Davis, Sultanate of Oman Chair and associate professor in the School of Foreign…