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The New York Times reports:
Spurred by a pledge of $50 million from Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency voted Friday to set up a global nuclear fuel bank that aspiring nations can turn to for reactor fuel instead of making it themselves.
he goal is to reduce the risks of …

My old friend and Georgetown colleague, Ambassador Mark Lagon, appeared on NPR this morning discussing the nature of diplomatic cables–  A Good Diplomatic Cable Tells A Story : NPR. Mark is Visiting Professor and Concentration Chair for International Relations and Security in the MSFS Program at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was previously Director of …

From the Georgetown website:
Two Georgetown leaders are teaching visual arts for two weeks every year to AIDS-orphaned high school students in Kibera – one of Africa’s largest slums.
The Art Immersion program stems from a trip Charles DeSantis, associate vice president and chief benefits officer and associate dean Margaret Halpin took with Georgetown’s 2007 Kenya Immersion Group …

Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund, and adjunct professor in the MSFS Program at Georgetown University, gives his assessment of the developments in North Korea. Joe makes a very persuasive argument that positive action by the United States Senate on the ratification of the new START agreement will strengthen the position of the U.S. in the Korean conflict.

My former student, Alana Chloe Esposito, has an outstanding post over at Streaming Museum. Part of a her series of posts on the relationship between art and international affairs, Esposito discusses her recent interview with artist Émeric Lhuisset.  Esposito writes:
When I meet someone new in a social setting in Paris, where I have been living for …

The good news: As the New York Times reports:
A British couple who had been kidnapped by Somali pirates and held in captivity in a remote, swelteringly hot patch of central Somalia for more than a year were finally released, Somali officials said Sunday.The couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, were hijacked at sea in October 2009 while sailing in a …

Alan McCormick, CEO of the Legatum Institute presenting the 2010 Prosperity Index™ to MSFS

The Legatum Institute,  “an independent, non-partisan organisation that researches and advocates for an expansive understanding of global prosperity,” has just released its Prosperity Index™ for 2010. Georgetown University was honored today when the Institute leadership presented their Index to MSFS students, faculty, and administrators. The …

It was my great honor to attend the swearing-in ceremony of my old friend and Georgetown classmate, Alex Arvizu, to be the United States Ambassador to Albania. Alex was sworn in yesterday afternoon in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department by Nancy Powell, the Director General of the Foreign Service.  In his remarks, Alex beautifully described his commitment …