Intercultural and International Communication graduate student Shayna Vayser argues that Soviet animation counters the idea that the USSR was egalitarian. To conduct her research, Vayser revisited the Soviet cartoons she watched as a child.
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SIS alumna Katrina Velasquez wanted to combat both the stigma and the mental illness itself. And in 2016, as a lobbyist, she achieved something historic: successfully advocating for the passage of the first-ever eating disorders legislation.
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The School of International Service has launched a unique new degree designed to equip future international affairs policy experts with the hard analytical and management skills they need to effect change in their field.
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The Rhodes Scholar finalist was a ballerina and a chef before finding SIS.
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President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing populism. But he can't lead Europe while mass protests have France in crisis.
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Wendy Atieno discusses her amazing experience as a graduate student in SIS and the opportunities she was able to pursue.
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New Degree at American U. Aims to Prepare Next Generation of Foreign Policy Experts
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American University History and International Studies Professor Max Paul Friedman has won the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.
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To help put the last year into perspective, we asked experts from the School of International Service to list what they believe will be remembered as historic in the years to come.
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The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policy wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?
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