Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia

Oct 22, 2018 | blogposts

After nearly five decades of violent conflict caused by the guerrilla and paramilitary organizations, the rural population in Colombia has strongly been affected by the atrocities committed by these groups. Today, Colombia has 7.7 million Internally Displaced Person...

The Settlement of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

Sep 25, 2018 | blogposts

A refugee is a person fleeing her/his country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion. Close to 4 million Afghani refugees left their country as a result of...

Saving the Climate Crisis with a new Border Carbon Adjustment proposal

Sep 17, 2018 | blogposts

During the summer, the Graduate Institute held the lecture “Does our Alarming Climate Crisis Demand Border Adjustments Now?” by John S. Odell, Professor Emeritus of International Relations with the University of Southern California, who researches the governance of...

Disarmament that saves lives

Aug 23, 2018 | blogposts

‘Disarmament that saves lives’ was the second event of a series organized to build on the Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda ‘Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament’. This town hall-oriented initiative aimed at taking forward the...

Research Findings: Investigating Twiplomacy

Jun 16, 2015 | blogposts, Guest Column, Programs, Teaching

NOTE: This post was written by Dylan Ashdown, Ana Figueiredo, Mia Riley, and Alyssa Pack. Dylan Ashdown is a Dual MA student in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations pursuing a MA in Diplomacy and International Relations and a MA in Strategic...