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Weiser Diplomacy Center continues its practical approach to international affairs

Sep 27, 2023

Four current and former army officers stood before a set of maps on a screen in the Betty Ford auditorium, giving background on the on-going diplomatic standoff in Cyprus. The audience consisted of 24 undergraduate and graduate students from the...

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The Ford School: On the map

May 3, 2023

Here are just a few of the international learning opportunities that Ford School undergraduate and graduate students have undertaken since 2020—travel courses, research projects, internships, externships, and simulations—all preparing students for...

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From grounded to global

May 3, 2023

"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...

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Students simulate negotiations in the Arctic Circle

Sep 27, 2022

Geopolitical tensions are rising in the Arctic Circle, with disputes over territory and resources, environmental issues, and Indigenous People's way of life. In early September, nearly 30 undergraduate and graduate students from across the...

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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...

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Weiser Diplomacy Center hosts International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise for second consecutive year

Oct 20, 2021

Thirty-two Ford School students participated in the second annual International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise (ISCNE) on October 1 and 2, co-hosted by the U.S. Army War College and the Weiser Diplomacy Center. Designed for graduate students,...

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Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

U.S. Army War College policy simulation: Competition in the Arctic

Sep 9, 2022, 2:00-7:00 pm EDT

Sep 10, 2022, 9:00 am-5:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall classrooms

Center for Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College will host a policy simulation at the Ford School this fall. In this exercise, students will learn about the competition in the Arctic region and be tasked with using diplomacy to address a variety of urgent issues.

U.S. Army War College policy simulation on Jammu and Kashmir region

Oct 1-2, 2021, All Day

Ford School, various classrooms

Through this International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise students will learn about the conflict in the Jammu and Kashmir region and be tasked with using diplomacy to address a variety of issues regarding this long-standing conflict.