Ambassador Kamissa Camara participated as a panelist in “America’s Evolving Relationship with the U.N.” at the 11th America’s Role in the World Conference, held at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies in Bloomington, Indiana....
Ambassador Susan D. Page participated in two engagements focused on the continuing war in Sudan, mass atrocities, and the urgent need for international action.
Amid evolving global political, economic, and security challenges, a new policy brief from the University of Michigan's Weiser Diplomacy Center and two prominent nongovernmental organizations based in Washington, D.C., calls on leaders in the United ...
Ford School professor Javed Ali tells The New York Times that President Trump's choice of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence could "further diminish the standing of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence."
Over spring break, annual policy study trips took undergrads to Brussels for the BA Global Engagement Seminar (above) and graduate students to Colombia for the International Policy in Practice seminar (below).
Ford School professor Javed Ali , former National Security Council senior official, gives insight to a broad network of media about the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran post-Khamenei.
Javed Ali says that as the Trump administration works on its Venezuela policy, it is thinking through all the options that are on the table, "and the last one I would think they want to do is to do a replay of Iraq in 2003."
Experts from the University of Michigan are available to share insights on U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the weekend arrest of its president, Nicolas Maduro, during a raid. Maduro is expected to appear before a judge in New York on Monday to fac...
Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster gives his strategic vision for approaching current international crises in the 7th annual Vandenberg Lecture
The Ford School and the Weiser Diplomacy Center welcomed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to Ann Arbor for a conversation about her personal journey as an activist.
Ford School Professor Javed Ali commented to Al Jazeera about the growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean: Based on all of the developments that have happened in the Caribbean over the past month, there seems to be a two-pronged approach. Th...
The Ford School is pleased to announce the 2025 Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) fellows: Tooba Bilal (MPP ‘27), Annie Citron (MPP ‘27), Claire James (MPP ‘27), and Sowmya Raman (MPP ‘27).
Following recent cease-fire deals between Israel and Hamas, many networks have turned to the Ford School’s Javed Ali for insights on the next steps to achieving peace between the two. Ali spoke on various implications of the deal, such as returning t...
"The full implementation of all 20 points, this is going to take a long period of time, and there's going to have to be a very aggressive level of oversight and monitoring and verification," the Ford School's Javed Ali told CBS Detroit on the Israel-...
The three day Ambassadors Forum brought distinguished diplomats and policy experts to Ann Arbor for discussions on America’s role in NATO, the EU, and the future of diplomacy. U-M students, faculty, and Ann Arbor high schoolers had the opportunity to...
Ambassador Kamissa Camara, professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Ford School, was recently invited to give the inaugural keynote lecture at the prestigious Sciences Po College in Reims, France. At the Ford School, Ambassador Camara ...
In July, Ambassador Kamissa Camara, professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Ford School of Public Policy, was invited to participate in the inaugural Executive Education program at the African School of Governance (ASG), a new pan-Afr...
Former Ambassador Kamissa Camara, professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Ford School of Public Policy, was one of 85 subject matter experts convened at the NATO Strategic Direction – South Hub Conference on “Terrorism: A common asymm...
Grant writing and proposal development, once useful skills, have become essential for international development professionals, according to Ford School lecturer Amy Beck Harris. “As international organizations undergo sweeping changes, the actual ski...
