Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD)

The contours of diplomatic engagement are changing rapidly, as are the environments in which diplomacy is crafted, honed, and practiced. New media have changed the pace and content of political awareness and provided new tools for diplomacy. For the list of articles under the ISD Working Paper series, written by Anthony Olcott, Shanthi Kalathil, and others, click the link for Current Studies.

GEORGETOWN YOUNG LEADERS SEMINAR IN QATAR

Global Trends and the Middle East, North Africa and Indian Ocean

Call for Nominations 

The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar & Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service are organizing the first Georgetown Young Leaders Seminar in Qatar. The event will be held at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Qatar, April 20–23, 2012.

Modeled on the Georgetown Leadership Seminar (GLS) in Washington, DC, the Young Leaders Seminar in Qatar is an executive education and networking program focused on international affairs for emerging leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors in the Middle East and North Africa and countries nearby on the Indian Ocean.

ISD Yahoo! Fellow

Call for Applications for the 2012-2013 academic year

The fellowship is supported by the Yahoo! International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet Fellowship Fund, which was established in 2007-08 at the School of Foreign Services (SFS) at Georgetown University with the help of a $1 million gift from Yahoo! Inc. Every year, the fund supports one fellow attached to the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) and two junior fellows from the MSFS graduate program at SFS to do research on how international values apply to the development and use of new communications technologies, especially in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).

ISD Junior Fellowship in Diplomacy

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy is soliciting proposals for its Junior Fellowship in Diplomacy program for the 2012–2013 academic year. The program provides selected BSFS and MSFS students an opportunity to pursue independent study projects that focus on recent and current diplomatic problems, issues and questions. Information on this fellowship can be found on the Academics, Junior Fellows, page of this website. [Application information]

Europost Interview with ISD Yahoo! Fellow

Severine Arsene discusses the role of the Internet as a political tool, the nature of European civil behavior, her new book Internet et politique en Chine, and the Arab Spring. Full text available here.