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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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A canceled internship led Talia Martin (SFS’27) to a new mentor and deepened French language skills

When her summer internship at the U.S. Department of State was canceled, Talia Martin (SFS’27) became one of those affected by the federal government workforce reduction.

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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…

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SFS Graduate Orientation 2025

Welcome to Georgetown, new SFS graduate students! On August 20, students from 10 of our graduate programs came together for orientation. In a plenary session in Gaston Hall, they heard…

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Priscila Putzulu (LAS’26) spends her summer engaging energy, justice and community at Casa Pueblo

In the mountains of Puerto Rico, Priscila Putzulu (CAS’25, LAS’26), a graduate student in SFS’s Master of Arts in Latin American Studies program, spent her summer at Casa Pueblo, a…

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Summer 2025 Practicum Roundup: M.A. International Migration & Refugees

This summer, the inaugural cohort of the Master of Arts in International Migration and Refugees program completed their summer practicum, a required 8 to 10-week internship with a refugee or…

The Future of Foreign Aid: Doing less with less
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The future of foreign aid: doing less with less

Jeremy Konyndyk (MSFS’03) urges the humanitarian sector to use this drastic funding shortage to do with less by focusing on localization, rethinking the humanitarian financial architecture and mustering the political…

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Harrison Brown (SFS’27) presents original international relations research in Seoul

In July, Harrison Brown (SFS’27), an international politics major, presented an original research paper at the 2025 International Political Science Association Conference in Seoul, South Korea.

The future of foreign aid: alternative donors bring different models
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The future of foreign aid: alternative donors bring different models

Professor Shareen Joshi, associate professor in the School of Foreign Service, highlights the difference in models that comes with alternative development funding from China, the Gulf states or regional development…