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Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 3:40 p.m.

Exiled Honduran president to speak at Elliott School Wednesday

by Amanda Dick

The coup-removed President of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, will speak about his efforts to restore peace and order in Honduras in the Elliott School on Wednesday morning.

Zelaya was forced into exile on June 28 by soldiers who forced him onto a plane to Costa Rica. The Honduran Congress supported the move the same day and voted the former president of congress, Roberto Micheletti, to replace him.

Zelaya has traveled around Central America and the United States since his exile, speaking about the coup d’etat and his efforts to reclaim his title.

The event will be held in the City View room of the Elliott School from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Attendees must RSVP to the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program and the Center for Economic and Policy Research at lasp@gwu.edu.

Aaron Wodin-Schwartz, program assistant for the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program, said the event is open to the public, but any students who RSVP at this time will be put on a waitlist. If there is room on the day of the event, Wodin-Schwartz said, waitlisted persons will be allowed in.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 7:40 p.m.

Madeleine Albright will discuss genocide prevention on campus Tuesday

by Sarah Scire
Albright, center, was on campus in September for an event co-hosted by CNN.

Albright, center, was on campus in September for an event co-hosted by CNN. Hatchet file photo.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will discuss how policymakers can prevent genocide at the Elliott School of International Affairs on Tuesday.

Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State, will participate in the event “Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers” on Tuesday from 6 to 7:30p.m. at 1957 E Street.

Albright was last on campus when GW brought five former secretaries of state together in September as part of a CNN program entitled “The Next President: A World of Challenges.”

Karl Inderfurth, director of the graduate program in international affairs and an Emmy-winning television correspondent, will moderate the discussion. Inderfurth, who serves as a John O. Rankin professor of international affairs, teaches a course titled “Secretaries of State and the Practice of International Affairs.”

Tuesday’s event is currently sold out. To be added to a waiting list, RSVP with name and contact information to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:46 p.m.

NATO ambassador will speak at Elliott School graduation ceremony

by Sarah Scire

NATO Ambassador Kurt Volker will participate in the Elliott School of International Affairs graduation ceremony on May 15, the school announced this week.

Volker, who was named the U.S. representative to NATO this fall, is an alumnus of the Elliott School, graduating in 1987 with a master’s in international affairs. He guest lectures in graduate-level courses at GW once a semester, according to the Elliott School Web site.

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Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Elliott School gets $1 million from Kuwait government

by Nat Grossman

Update: Elliott Schools spokesman Menachem Wecker says the money will be used to support teaching, faculty and student research, conferences, and visiting scholars.

The Institute for Middle East Studies in the Elliott School received a $1 million gift from the government of Kuwait, the University announced yesterday.

It is not known if the Institute has decided how the donation will be spent.

This is not the first gift Kuwait has given GW. In 2006, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences gave $3.4 million to establish the Kuwait professorship now held by Edward Gnehm, the former U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.

In September, Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was awarded the President’s Medal by University President Steven Knapp in a ceremony at the Elliott School.

Knapp thanked Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, for his support of GW and the Institute.

“His Highness’s generosity will help us continue to build one of this nation’s premier centers for the study of this important region,” Knapp said in a news release.

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Friday, June 20, 2008 11:39 a.m.

Former Senior Adviser to the Iraq Study Group Named Director of MIPP

by Danielle Meister

Chris Kojim, professor of the practice of international affairs, former senior adviser to the Iraq Study Group and the deputy director of the 9/11 Commission, was named director of the University’s Master of International Policy and Practice, according to a news release.

Kojim, who joined the faculty after a stint as a visiting professor from Princeton University, has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence policy and coordination at the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, a staffer on the house Foreign Affairs Committee and the director of the University’s U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Institute.

“In its first 10 years, the MIPP program has had great success in providing its students with an excellent academic complement to their professional experience,” Kojim said in the news release. “I look forward to building upon that tradition.”

The MIPP program was established in 1998 as a program within the Elliott School, and offers professionals the training to solve international problems of the 21stcentury. Michael Brown, dean of the Elliott School, said the school is very excited to have Kojim “at the helm of the MIPP program.”

“(Kojim’s) work with the Iraq Study Group and the 9/11 Commission gives him extraordinary insight into some of the most important international affairs challenges facing the United Statues and the world today,” Brown said in the news release. “His expertise and experience will be huge assets to the program.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:14 p.m.

Sen. Chuck Hagel to speak at Elliott School

by Andrew Ramonas

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will discuss his new book, “America: Our Next Chapter,” at the Elliott School on Wednesday.

Frank Sesno, a SMPA professor, an Emmy award winning journalist and special correspondent to CNN, will lead the discussion. During the talk, Hagel and Senso will confront the state of American democracy, the presidential campaign and U.S. foreign policy, according to a news release.

(Hatchet File Photo)

Although a Republican, The New York Times has called Hagel a “hero to liberals” and his book is intent on answering some of America’s most pressing issues, such as the health care crisis, immigration and Social Security.

Other topics that are expected to be discussed on Wednesday are Iran, China’s growing economy, control of U.S. debt, India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities, according to the Harper Collins Web site.

The event will be at 5:00 p.m. in Lindner Family Commons, Room 602.

-Justine Karp

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Friday, March 28, 2008 10:22 p.m.

Rove speaks at Elliott School, draws protests

by Andrew Ramonas

Republican political strategist Karl Rove defended the Iraq War and told students that the Republican Party will win the presidential election amid protesters and avid Republicans tonight at the Elliott School.

While Rove, the former chief of staff to President George Bush, stood behind the Bush administration’s claim that there weapons of mass destruction in Iraq during the late 1990’s, five students stood up in protest. Four students held a sign with the words “war crimes” written on it while another student shouted about the Nurenburg trials that led to the development of international criminal law.

“That’s intelligent,” Rove joked in response.

After the event, which was sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation, The Hatchet was granted an exclusive interview with Rove.

In the interview, Rove offered some advice to aspiring political strategists.

“Take every communications, writing and literature course you can,” he said. “To be effective, you must have all your communications skills developed.”

In regards to the election, Rove did not explicitly say who he thought the Democratic presidential nominee would be, but highlighted the success Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has had over Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

“Hillary has a tough up-hill battle to fight,” he said. “She needs to get 60 percent of each comming vote.”

On the Republican side of the presidential race, Rove said Sen. John McCain’s biggest problem is his monetary issues.

“McCain needs to raise more money,” Rove said of the Arizona senator. “He is significantly out-raised by the Democrats and must be careful about spending.”

Rove said he, unlike some of his predecessors, loved working at the White House. But, the best thing he has done “was to leave DC at the age of 23 and make a political name for myself.”

Check out The Hatchet’s fully story on the Rove event online for Monday’s Hatchet.

-Danielle Meister

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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 2:17 p.m.

Nader to Speak at GW Tommorow

by Eric Roper

Presidential candidate Ralph Nader (right) will hold the first campaign rally with his new vice presidential running mate at an event in the Elliott School tomorrow. He is scheduled to reveal the name of the candidate several hours earlier at noon in the National Press Club.

“The press conference is the actual announcement, and the event at GW is basically the VP running mate’s coming out party,” said Chris Driscoll, interim media director for the campaign. He added they are anticipating about 300 people to attend, mostly local residents.

“The event is mainly for the public to come see our VP running mate,” he said. Both Nader and the vice presidential candidate will give speeches.

Driscoll added that they chose GW because “it was just purely convenient.” The campaign is based in the District, and the Elliott School had an appropriate size auditorium.

Doors to the Harry Harding Auditorium (room 213) open at 6:00 and the event begins at 6:30. Admission is $2.

UPDATE: EVENT ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND HERE

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