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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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SFS students immerse themselves in the history of Gettysburg Battlefield
SFS students explore Gettysburg’s battlefield in SFS Prof McNaugher’s seminar, blending strategy, history and firsthand insight into war’s legacy.
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SFS alumna builds her corporate legal career on Georgetown values
An international affairs degree led to a successful corporate law career—plus a way for Tanya Jaeger de Foras (SFS’93) to live out her values of sustainability and mentorship.
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SFS’ Center for Contemporary Arab Studies celebrates 50 years
Founded in 1975, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at SFS marks 50 years in 2025.
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From cybersecurity to sports writing: SFS alumna Lauren Boas Hayes (SFS’13) charts a unique course
From SFS to the Phillies beat, alumna Lauren Boas Hayes (SFS’13) has forged a unique professional journey in cybersecurity and sports writing.
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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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Pelosi Scholars contribute to economic and security strategies at the local and federal level
Some of the 2025 Pelosi Scholars had internships in economics and security, spanning roles in the U.S. government and local nonprofit organizations.