what will you be doing in 2014?

The deadline to apply for the Spring 2014 term is quickly approaching… It’s a week away!  If this is the right time to pursue a graduate program, then go for it.  Why wait until the fall if you can begin in the spring?  (re-read the “J-Termer Experience” post) For admissions requirements, please click here.  If you…

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Apply for Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships

Students can apply online now for the 2014 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships competition! The Pickering Fellowships help talented students  — highly motivated and academically excellent college juniors and graduating seniors or college graduates — who want to pursue a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. We invite you to share…

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It’s not a duel but rather a dual degree

​If you are a student hoping to complement your international relations and public affairs education, you may be interested in  SIPA’s dual degree programs.  SIPA has longstanding partnerships with a number of Columbia’s graduate schools. Over  the years SIPA has formed partnerships with other schools within the Columbia community and around the world  to offer…

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What I did this summer

I spent my summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My professional and academic interests are on politics and development in Latin America, particularly on innovation in the public sector. My decision to spend my summer in Rio de Janeiro came as a mixture of academic and personal curiosity. On one side, I was familiar with…

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the flexibility (and foundation) of human rights and humanitarian policy

The Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration (HRHPC) provides a unique perspective into today’s moral normative framework affecting international politics and policies, to the extent that these are driven by a human rights value system.  Engaging issues of international security, development, and social justice, a rights-based perspective increasingly informs the work of international organizations and…

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