Tag: International Politics

What impact will the Trump election have on the economy?

“The biggest immediate challenge to the economy will be headwinds created by policy uncertainty,” said…
Brexit vote leads to uncertainty, probably more EU exits

University of Georgia experts say the Brexit vote speaks to a “broken” European Union and…
UGA’s Portuguese Flagship Program renewed for additional 4 years

The University of Georgia’s Portuguese Flagship Program, the first Portuguese program of its kind in…
Holocaust survivor and Athens resident to speak at UGA

Holocaust survivor George Dynin will give a talk at the University of Georgia about his…
Harvard’s Werner Sollors to speak at UGA on German life after WWII

Werner Sollors, a cultural historian, author and Harvard University professor, will discuss life in Germany…
UGA’s International Agriculture Day speaker to discuss solutions to persistent malnutrition

Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell University Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition, will speak April…
UGA conference on Holocaust theatre to feature work of George Tabori

The University of Georgia departments of Germanic and Slavic studies and theatre and film studies…
Cambodian author, human rights activist to give UGA’s first Betty Jean Craige Lecture

Loung Ung, an author and human rights activist who as a child in the 1970s…
UGA to host African Studies Association Presidential Fellow

The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences African Studies Institute will host…
UGA law school lecture to address Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Alvin Y.H. Cheung will give a lecture on “Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: Perspectives from International…
UGA School of Law to host conference on children and international criminal justice

The University of Georgia School of Law will host a conference titled “Children and International…
Discussion on nuclear policy to feature under secretary, retired general

A public policy dialogue on “Nuclear Policy in the 21st Century” will be held Sept.…
UGA to debate Oxford Union Oct. 8 on campus

The University of Georgia will debate the Oxford Union Debate Society Oct. 8 at 7…
News media losing role as gatekeepers to new ‘social mediators’ on Twitter, study finds

The U.S. government is doing a better job of communicating on Twitter with people in…
Media advisory: Atlanta Consular Corps to donate papers to Russell Library

The University of Georgia Russell Library for Political Research and Studies and the Atlanta Consular…
Law conference to address corporations’ growing role in international governance

The University of Georgia School of Law will host “The New Roles of Corporations in…
Intelligence director to deliver Charter Lecture April 14

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper will deliver the University of Georgia Charter Lecture…
UGA student receives Carnegie Junior Research Fellowship

Yuliya Bila, a fourth-year Honors student at the University of Georgia, has been awarded a…
UGA contributes report on radiological security to Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague

To support the third Nuclear Security Summit, the University of Georgia Center for International Trade…
UGA law school speaker to address democracy and nonviolence in Iran

The University of Georgia School of Law’s Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy…
Discussion to be held on Chinese and American views of North Korea’s nuclear program

The Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia School of Public…
Former Chinese general to assist UGA with launch of new U.S.-China colloquium

Chinese scholar and retired Gen. Pan Zhenqiang will be at the University of Georgia Feb.…
Intelligence and national security expert to give Founders Day Lecture

In observance of the University of Georgia’s 229th anniversary, Loch Johnson, Regents and Meigs Professor…
Former Peace Corps Physician gives papers to UGA’s Russell Library

Robert J. Bielen, a former Peace Corps staff physician in the Dominican Republic, is giving…