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Comment RSSA previous post noted a recent article on China’s claims in the South China Sea. The most knowledgeable person I know on this issue is my dear friend and former Georgetown colleague, Dr. Charles E. Pirtle. Professor Pirtle was a mainstay in the School of Foreign Service, where he served as an Associate Dean and taught political geography for over …
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Home » Archive » International OrganizationsDr. Charles E. Pirtle on China’s claims in the South China Sea
February 5, 2012 # 12:10 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentBaltasar Garzón: His crime was looking up the truth . . .
February 5, 2012 # 11:49 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentAn excellent editorial in the New York Times reports on the strange trial of Spanish Prosecutor Baltasar Garzón:
Terrible crimes were committed during and after Spain’s 1936-39 civil war that no court has yet examined or judged. No one knows how many people were taken away, tortured and murdered. Now, one of Spain’s top investigating magistrates, Baltasar Garzón, …
VIDEO: Will there be discontinuity in U.S. Foreign Policy if there is a Republican Administration?
January 11, 2012 # 5:48 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentAUDIO: Carol Lancaster and I discuss US foreign policy challenges for 2012 for the Voice of America
January 7, 2012 # 11:51 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentVoice of America Host Carol Castiel interviews Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Dean Carol Lancaster and me about foreign policy challenges for the United States in 2012. Areas discussed include: China, Iran, the Arab world, Latin America, and the US defense budget.
Georgetown’s International Relations Masters Programs ranked #1 in the world by new survey published in Foreign Policy Magazine
January 3, 2012 # 4:13 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFor the third time in a row, Georgetown University’s Masters programs in international relations have been rated #1 by a survey published in Foreign Policy magazine. The survey (complete survey here) conducted by Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, James D. Long, Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Michael J. Tierney asked questions of 1,582 U.S. scholars of international relations. …
Obama’s signing statement on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012
December 31, 2011 # 8:58 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentEarlier today, President Obama signed H.R. 1540, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,” and issued the following signing statement:
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 31, 2011
Statement by the President on H.R. 1540
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1540, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.” I have signed the Act …
Video: Professor Bruce Hoffman discussing the death of Bin Laden
December 21, 2011 # 5:54 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFrom Faith Complex, a series of Georgetown’s Program on Jewish Civilization:
On May 2, 2011, Navy SEALS cornered and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, nearly ten years after the so-called War on Terror was first declared. Bin Laden’s death leaves unanswered questions such as: Who will inherit al-Qaeda’s leadership? What is the future of the …
Video and Text: Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown
December 20, 2011 # 8:57 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentSecretary Clinton’s Remarks on Women, Peace, and Security
Address
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
December 19, 2011
Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be back at Georgetown to give all of the students an excuse not to keep studying for their last finals. (Laughter.) That’s what accounts for the enthusiastic response here in Gaston Hall.
But thank you so …
