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Title: April 16th Event | ISD Graduate and Undergraduate Fellows in Diplomacy Colloquium

Please join us as the 2025-26 ISD Graduate and Undergraduate Fellows present their research on cutting-edge issues in diplomacy.

Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00-5:00 pm
McGhee Library

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A light lunch and refreshments will be served at noon.

Many ISD senior staff, senior fellows, and student fellows will be present for the entire colloquium. Georgetown students, faculty, staff, and other friends of ISD are invited to attend as many of the presentations as they wish.

During each 30-minute segment, the fellow will present for ten minutes, the adviser will offer a brief response, and then the floor will be open for discussion with the audience.

Schedule

12:00 Lunch

12:30-1:00 pm Ms. Elisa Pagan, Dulles Fellow, Master of Arts in European Studies
Shadow Statecraft in Transatlantic Relations: Intelligence Diplomacy and the Strategic Use of Secrets in U.S.-Europe Foreign Policy
Adviser: Ambassador (ret.) John Heffern, former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

1:00-1:30 pm Ms. Anya Karumanchi, Humes Fellow, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
Strategic Diplomacy and Structural Constraint in the Global Critical Minerals Race: U.S. Engagement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile, and Indonesia
Adviser: Dr. Kelly McFarland, Director of Programs and Research, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

1:30-2:00 pm Ms. Johanna Lichtschlag, Bunker Fellow, Global Human Development Program
Filling the Gap of Rewriting the Rules? Middle Powers Qatar and the UAE as Emerging Donors in International Development
Adviser: Ambassador (ret.) Barbara Bodine, Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

2:00 Break

2:15-2:45 pm Mr. Yoon Kyum Kim, Bunker Fellow, Master of Science in Foreign Service
Miniliteralism and Economic Security: Korea’s Strategic Portfolio in the Indo-Pacific
Adviser: Mr. Mustafa Popal, former Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State BY ZOOM

2:45-3:15 pm Mr. Paul Noone, Huffington Fellow, Master of Science in Foreign Service
Outbound Investment Security: Designing an Evaluative Framework for Policymakers
Adviser: Mr. Curtis Ried, former Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State BY ZOOM

3:15-3:45 pm  Mr. Ben Ghattan, Newsom Fellow, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
Pacific Islands Forum Diplomacy in the Wake of Foreign Investment
Adviser: Ambassador (ret.) Alex Arvizu, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs