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The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is pleased to present the second issue of the Pardee Magazine. Building on last year’s inaugural edition, this issue reflects the school’s enduring commitment to rigorous, interdisciplinary, problem-driven research and education focused on the world’s most pressing challenges.
Empire by Law: The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System in the Middle East, published in 2026 by Columbia University Press, reexamines the late Ottoman Empire's role in shaping the modern Middle East and the international order that emerged after World War I. In this new book, professor Aimee Genell traces how contests over autonomy, sovereignty,...
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies welcomed (Ret.) Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield ('87), the School's inaugural Distinguished Fellow, for an informal coffee chat with Dean Scott Taylor on September 24, 2026. Joined by Pardee students, faculty, and staff, Chatfield looked back on her journey from a first-year Boston University student to one of...
Sanne Verschuren, Assistant Professor of International Security at the Pardee School of Global Studies, has published a new article in the Journal of Strategic Studies on September 21, 2026, examining an enduring puzzle in international security: why states repeatedly pursue collaborative military technology projects despite their frequent failures. In her article,“Why interstate arms collaborations fail: The...
For students of international relations, forced displacement is often discussed through statistics, policy debates, and headlines. But through their internships with Displaced International, a group of Pardee School students had the opportunity to engage with the issue from a more human and comparative perspective. This fall, Eleez Omar ('27), Ameera Saba ('27), Luisa Sinisterra ('28),...
