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year on Fulbright fellowships in Germany and China,
respectively. Nathan Brown was a Wilson Center
Fellow, as well as a Carnegie Scholar, in 2009-10.
Emmanuel Teitelbaum spent 2009-10 at the U.S.
Institute of Peace as a senior fellow in the prestigious
Jennings Randolph Fellows Program. Alasdair
Bowie will spend 2010-11 on a Fulbright fellowship in
Vietnam. Gregg Brazinsky and Henry Farrell received
fellowship awards from the Wilson International
Center for Scholars for 2010-11.
LeADiNG GW PRioRiTY iNiTiATiVeS
As The George Washington University continues to
enhance its reputation as a leading research university,
members of the Elliott School faculty have been
appointed to lead several university-wide initiatives.
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Barbara Miller led a task force exploring how the
university could leverage its resources to advance the
cause of women and girls worldwide. The task force,
consisting of GW faculty, staff, and students, met over
several months and presented its recommendations
to President Steven Knapp in April 2010.
Professor Nicholas Vonortas, director of the Center
for International Science and Technology Policy,
chaired the task force reporting on a prospective
Science Policy Institute at GW. Such an institute
would unify and strengthen GW’s capabilities
related to science policy.
Barbara D. Miller, associate dean
of faculty affairs and professor of
anthropology and international affairs
Nicholas S. Vonortas, director, Center for
International Science and Technology
Policy
Gregg Brazinsky, associate professor of history and
international affairs
Dean Michael e. Brown was appointed the head
of a university-wide task force charged with drafting
a plan for a Global Security Initiative at GW. The
committee examined the university’s already strong
resources in the area and developed a plan for
deepening them even further.
These committees are all part of a GW-wide effort
to build strong cross-disciplinary and cross-school
research programs.
Michael E. Brown, dean, Elliott School of
International Affairs
STAYiNG AHeAD oF THe CURVe:
RiSiNG PoWeRS iNiTiATiVe
The dramatic development of China and India is
already reshaping global politics. However, these
countries, together with Russia, Japan, Iran, South
Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN), are not fully understood by the
academic and policy communities. The Elliott
School’s Rising Powers Initiative is a major new
research project that aims to help scholars and
policymakers better grasp the internal foreign policy
dynamics and debates in these key actors.
Led by Sigur Center for Asian Studies faculty Deepa
Ollapally, Henry R. Nau, and Mike Mochizuki, the
Rising Powers Initiative is funded by generous multiyear
grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New
York and the MacArthur Foundation. The initiative
consists of two main projects: the MacArthur project
examines how identity affects regional cooperation
or conflict in Asia; the Carnegie project analyzes
contending worldviews on global engagement and
U.S. leadership. Both projects are notable for their
intensely collaborative nature—the project leaders
have assembled a core research team of 23 leading
experts, drawn equally from the United States and
other key countries.
Participants in the Carnegie and MacArthur projects traveled to Beijing in May 2010 to take part in two
conferences co-hosted by the Sigur Center and China Foreign Affairs University. Chinese analysts served as
commentators, adding an important dimension to the discussions. The U.S. delegation also had high-level
meetings at the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
In January 2010, the Rising Powers Initiative sponsored
a series of lively, high-profile seminars in New Delhi,
co-hosted by three of India’s most prominent foreign
policy think tanks. These events engaged more
than 100 influential figures from India’s foreign policy
establishment, media, and academia, as well as major
political figures including Brajesh Mishra, former national
security advisor, and Manish Tewari, chief spokesperson
for the ruling Congress Party.
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