Learning by doing—on a global scale
May 22, 2020
In 20 years of global experiences, roughly 600 Ford School students have traveled to 18 countries, not including internships or study abroad. The lessons they bring back with them have helped shape…
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Levitsky predicts impeachment for Brazil’s Bolsonaro
May 14, 2020
Brazil’s Supreme Court on April 28 ordered an investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro after popular Justice Minister Sérgio Moro resigned and accused him of firing the country’s Federal Police…
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Ambassador Susan Rice visits the Ford School on MLK Jr. Day
January 23, 2020
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Ford School hosted Ambassador Susan Rice, former United Nations Ambassador and former U.S. National Security Advisor, for a conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr…
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Weiser Diplomacy Center launch series makes a big splash
October 23, 2019
The Ford School’s new Weiser Diplomacy Center officially launched this fall with visits from an all-star lineup of leaders in foreign affairs.
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Withdrawing from the Flores Agreement could keep immigration lawyers in dark, Vieux says
September 5, 2019
Immigration policy has been rapidly changing for the past few years. From increasing caseloads to fast-paced legal changes and their implications on clients, immigration lawyers have a lot to juggle…
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Slate of prominent speakers launches Weiser Diplomacy Center
August 26, 2019
A lecture by Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for North Korea, will kick off a series of talks planned for the fall at the new Weiser Diplomacy Center housed at the Gerald R. Ford School…
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Yusuf Neggers discusses latest research with VoxDev
May 31, 2019
Ensuring voters are well informed about candidates’ backgrounds is a hot topic of late, and in India that focus is on past criminality. There, upwards of nine percent of legislators have faced…
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Lou Fintor new U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence
February 4, 2019
Lou Fintor is the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.
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Professor Melvyn Levitsky warns that the end of INF treaty “could lead to a new arms race”
February 4, 2019
The U.S. and Russia are inciting collective déjà vu. With the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, memories of the Cold War are returning to the zeitgeist.
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When interests clash, John Ciorciari says hybrid courts are “prone to crash”
November 19, 2018
When done well, international tribunals play an integral role in governmental cooperation and the promotion of human rights. But this is a tricky balance, and the costs—both in financial and human…
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