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Ciorciari on 5 global regions likely to make big news this year, and potential diplomatic implications

Jan 24, 2023

Over the past few years, deepening ideological and strategic divisions in many parts of the globe have suggested the arrival of a new Cold War. The coming year may reveal much about this new phase of world politics, with profound diplomatic...

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Weiser Diplomacy Center announces new diplomacy fellows

Nov 3, 2022

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...

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This year in international policy at the Ford School – fall 2022

Sep 27, 2022

An impressive slate of core and visiting faculty help make the Ford School a hub for engagement with the foreign policy community and a national leader in international policy education. The Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and International Policy...

Photo of Stephen Biegun (right) speaking with Ambassador Mel Levitsky (left) at a reception in the Rackham Building

Publication

Cavaillé: Far-right parties find favor where immigrants, citizens vie for same public housing in Europe

Jun 23, 2022

In Europe, far-right parties have emerged as the most vocal defenders of restricting welfare benefits to citizens only. Why do voters find such a policy platform attractive? A new study examines the role played by competition between natives...

In the Media

Levitsky comments on deforestation in the Amazon

Dec 10, 2021 BBC Brasil

Melvyn Levitsky commented on the mismatch between Brazil’s promises at COP-26 and actual deforestation figures released a few days after the event. "It's embarrassing for Brazil to have these numbers showing up. Did they hide them during the...

State & Hill

The ongoing Eurozone experiment, the fortunes of the European Economic, Monetary Union

Dec 18, 2012

For many of us, the year 2006 was part of a different time. Our retirement accounts were increasing in value. Our house values were going up, up, up. Without much difficulty, we could borrow money to buy houses, make home improvements, or buy cars,...

Marina Whitman spoke with Crain's Detroit Business on future of business, post-election

Nov 26, 2012

Marina Whitman spoke on a panel of nonprofit and private sector executives, organized by Crain's Detroit Business and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, which focused on issues facing businesses in the wake of the recent presidential...

Marina Whitman spoke with Crain's Detroit Business on future of business, post-election image

Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Shaping a career in the Foreign Service to focus on humanitarian assistance: The statecraft of expeditionary diplomacy

Mar 20, 2023, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT

Janae Cooley (BA '98) will discuss her 23 years of service as a diplomat, including disaster relief work at the State Department.

Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

The global implications of the war in Ukraine

Oct 13, 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

1120 Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

A panel of former ambassadors hosted by the Weiser Diplomacy Center and the American Academy of Diplomacy will focus on the implications of the war in Ukraine globally and for NATO, Europe, Russia and China.

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CANCELED: Shale politics in Europe: Policy and protest

Apr 8, 2015, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom

This event has been canceled.

PubPol 750.005

PubPol 750.005: Topics: U.S. Diplomacy in Europe

Tuesday, Thursday

Winter 2023 1:00-2:20 pm EDT

Instructor: Ambassador Mark Pekala

Christina Romer: The aftermath of financial crises: It doesn't have to be that bad

Apr 8, 2014 1:21:51

Christina Romer examines financial crises of the past and explains implications for what Europe and other areas should do today, and for what policies should be used in future crises. April, 2014.

Leszek Balcerowicz: The future of Europe

Oct 26, 2011 1:21:49

Leszek Balcerowicz looks at challenges that face Europe now and into the future. October, 2011.