Web Video Initiative
The Elliott School's Web Video Initiative capitalizes on our robust events program that brings hundreds of scholars, policymakers, diplomats, journalists, and other world leaders to the GW campus each year. Our goal is to share our extraordinary on-campus resources with the broader community to advance understanding of important international issues.
Chen Guangcheng and the 2012 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
May 9, 2012
Robert G. Sutter, professor of practice of international affairs, discusses the 2012 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues and the impact of the controversy over Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng....
Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace
May 9, 2012
Mary Kaldor, Director, Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, The London School of Economics and Political Science
This lecture is about the need for a shift from a twentieth century security paradigm based on the concept of national security and defending borders from foreign enemies,...
Roma and Racism: International Responses to a Civil Rights Struggle in Europe
May 3, 2012
Erika Schlager, Counsel for International Law, U.S. Helsinki Commission Susan Ball, OSCE Coordinator, Deputy Director Office of European Political and Security Affairs, Department of State Zeljko Jovanovic, Director of Roma Initiatives, Open Society Foundations Moderated by Joelle Fiss, Senior A...
GW Celebrates 250,000 Alumni Milestone
April 30, 2012
This May's GW Commencement will mark a milestone in the lives of the Class of 2012 and for the university at large — May 20, 2012 will mark the first time that the university community includes more than a quarter million living alumni....
Ambassadors Forum: Ultimate Allies: Israel and the United States
April 30, 2012
Michael B. Oren, Ambassador of Israel to the United States
From the high-tech and bio-medical sectors to military cooperation, bilateral relations between Israel and the United States continue to deepen. Ambassador Oren discusses the unique relationship held between the two nations, their shared...
The Importance of the National Laboratories
April 19, 2012
J. Stephen Rottler, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Science & Technology at Sandia National Laboratories
In this talk, Mr. J. Stephen Rottler explores the importance of the national laboratories to the United States using research and development examples from Sandia National Lab...
The Legal Dimensions of the Arab Spring
April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012
The Institute for Middle East Studies presents the 2012 Annual Conference: The Legal Dimensions of the Arab Spring. This interdisciplinary conference examines the importance of several key legal and constitutional issues in the dramatic events in the region over the last year.