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2022 Boren Fellowship Recipients at Duke University

3 Duke Graduate Students Won Boren Fellowship and Will Travel Abroad

April 28, 2022

The Duke Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS) assisted Duke graduate students Perla Medrano, Jacob Yongsu Ahn and Francesca Chiappetta with their Boren applications. For the first time in more than 20 years, all our three applicants got the fellowship.

Meridian Diplomacy Forum 2022

The 2022 Meridian Diplomacy Forum: Statecraft in the Evolving Frontiers

April 27, 2022

We partnered with D.C.-based Meridian International for the 2022 Meridian Diplomacy Forum, an annual conference gathering current and future diplomatic leaders from around the world. Read the recap and watch the full panels, this year dedicated to, "Statecraft in the Evolving Frontiers: Ocean, Arctic and Space."

Space Diplomacy

Averting Future Conflict in Space

April 21, 2022

At our recent Space Diplomacy Lab event, “Russia's Invasion of Ukraine from Orbit: The Role of Space Diplomacy in Modern Conflict,” Professor Frans von der Dunk (University of Nebraska College of Law) said that without new rules, chances of actual conflict in outer space are growing. Read recap on Duke Today.

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NATO Must Decide European Security Beyond the Ukraine War

April 18, 2022

Ambassador (ret.) Robert Pearson (DUCIGS' Rethinking Diplomacy fellow and Space Diplomacy Lab member) writes on The Hill that "NATO now must do more than focus on how it is helping the Ukrainians and defending every inch of NATO territory." (...) Not to do so invites further Russian efforts to intimidate and threaten all the NATO frontline states plus Moldova." Read the op-ed

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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Upend Decades of Humanitarian Aid Progress

April 12, 2022

At the 2022 Biddle Lecture on International Studies, President Lise Grande of the United States Institute of Peace met a Duke researcher who just a year ago was airlifted out of his native Afghanistan. He publicly thanked Lise Grande as "an example of protecting civilians in crisis.” Read on Duke Today.

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How Hong Kong Reached Cruising Altitude as an Aviation and Economic Nexus

March 31, 2022

John Wong, Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, took a lunchtime audience on a tour of how the city's political and economic development reflected the structure and institutions of its commercial aviation industry and how these influences facilitated the its development into a hub against the backdrop of a reconfiguring global network.

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DUCIGS - ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21

For DUCIGS and affiliated units, 2020-21 was a season as rich in programming, research, partnerships, student, and faculty support as in pre-pandemic years.

Global Working Papers.

Global Working Paper Series

A space for scholars from across the disciplines to explore international topics. Read submissions from Duke experts and affiliated scholars.​

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Graduate Working Groups on Global Issues

DUCIGS funded Graduate Working Groups on Global Issues are thematic working groups that are both interdisciplinary in their membership and student-driven in design. Read more.