by Thomas Hill | Mar 20, 2015 | events |
On Tuesday, the Office of Internships and Career Services along with the Basque Research Team hosted the visit of Ander Caballero, from the Basque Delegation to New York City. After sharing about his transition from the private sector, Ander spoke on internship possibilities at the Delegation office in New York.
Ander also met with the School’s Basque Research Team. The team shared their plans for future projects, including a study abroad seminar to the Basque Country, with Ander and received positive feedback.
by Thomas Hill | Mar 12, 2015 | events |
Ander Caballero is a Delegate of the Basque Country to the United States with an extensive background in international business, economics and law.
Mr. Caballero will speak about his insights and experiences with the Basque Country Delegation and a continuing research cooperation with the School’s Basque Research Team. He will also share first-hand information about exciting internship opportunities! Following the formal presentation Mr. Caballero will join members of the Basque Research Team in a discussion about their ongoing projects.
by Thomas Hill | Mar 9, 2015 | events |
Left to Right: Front Row: Thomas Hill, Lehendakari Ibarrexte, Borislava Manojlovic. Standing: Gorka Espiau, Anna Guryanova, Andrea Bartoli, Ryan Triche, Emily Green, Amaia Agirre
On Wednesday, March 4th the School of Diplomacy welcomed former President of the Basque Government and Senior Fellow of the Agirre Lehendakaria Center (ALC), Juan Jose Ibarretxe and two additional Senior Fellows, Gorka Espiau and Amaia Agirre. The trio visited Seton Hall ahead of their yearly conference which was to be held at Columbia University the following Thursday and Friday. The Basque guests were greeted by Seton Hall’s Basque Research Team (BRT), led by Dean Andrea Bartoli and Dr. Borislava Manojlovic, both who are members of the ALC.
Meant as session for informal dialogue, junior members of the BRT: Emily Green, Anna Guryanova, Thomas Hill, and Ryan Triche had the opportunity to share with the ALC assemblage their particular interests in the Basque Country. The visiting ALC members greeted the BRT with enthusiasm and openness as they answered their many questions. Although their time at Seton Hall was short, they promised to follow up with members of the BRT when they came to Columbia University for Sustainable Human Development Conference.
by Thomas Hill | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog |
With the recent victory of Alexis Tsipras and his anti-austerity party Syriza in Greece, eyes are now watching the direction the Spanish may take in their upcoming December elections. A new political party with a politically savvy young leader is taking Spanish politics by storm. Recently CNBC aired a segment called “Who is Pablo Iglesias”. In their piece they discussed Iglesias’ visit to the United States and his near miraculous rise in Spanish polls over the last year. As the leader of Spain’s left-wing political party PODEMOS (We Can), founded in 2014, the highly educated Iglesias is garnering support from many in Spain, particularly the youth. His anti-austerity views have become popular with a population who is exhausted of chronic unemployment. With Spain’s current rate of unemployment at 23.7% and with a youth unemployment rate over 50%, the country’s current conservative party faces the real possibility of losing the December elections to PODEMOS backed candidates.
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