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Transportation and trade ministers, and senior officials from all Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries gathered in Detroit to discuss 2023 priorities for the bloc – inclusive trade, green transportation, and energy transitions. The...

"One positive international experience can flip a switch, change a student's academic and professional trajectory. You never know what that experience might be," says Dan Ellis, assistant director of the International Policy Center (IPC). He and...

The Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) is excited to announce four impressive recipients of the 2022 WDC fellowship.  The four 2022 fellows, Jacob Gillis (MPP ’24), Gerardo A. Méndez Gutiérrez (MPP ’24), Gabriel Sylvan (MPP ’24), and Oieshi Saha (MPP...

For the third year in a row, University of Michigan students tackled policy-relevant questions posed by the U.S. State Department officials in Diplomacy Lab (DipLab) projects.  In the Winter 2022 term, graduate and undergraduate students formed...

When the global pandemic locked down international travel and postponed her fellowship in 2020, Sierra Stephens (BA ‘20) took time to reflect on her long-term goals. She turned her car into a camper and set out to explore national parks in the...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) joined the Ford School community to discuss the war in Ukraine for the fourth annual Vandenberg Lecture. Ford School Dean Michael Barr and Professor John Ciorciari moderated the...

A warm welcome to Shannon Farrell, who will serve as the new Diplomat in Residence (DIR) for the North Central region. She will sit at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and will offer advice and guidance to...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a persistent problem all over the world. Some of the worst countries for GBV are located in Latin America. For example, Argentina  recorded the third-highest number of femicides in 2018, a rate of 1.1 per 100,000...

Lou Fintor is the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor served as U.S....

Service History Assistant secretary for financial institutions, U.S. Treasury Department (2009-10) Special advisor, President of the United States (1999-01) Deputy assistant secretary for community development, U.S. Treasury Department...

Robert Axelrod, the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, will begin a one-year Jefferson Science Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State this August.Axelrod will assist with Secretary of State John Kerry’s Shared Prosperity...

Topics: Africa In Context: Diplomacy, Democracy, and Development

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and underdevelopment.

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and underdevelopment.

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and underdevelopment.