In a recent article in Truthout, CSE Visiting Researcher John Logan argues that states should designate grocery workers as “Essential Personnel” without delay. He argues: Grocery workers are essential workers on the front lines in the battle against coronavirus. Other states should follow the lead of Minnesota, Michigan and Vermont by reclassifying food retail workers […]
In a recent op-ed in Social Europe, our founding director, Vivien Schmidt, addresses the European Union’s response to the coronavirus. She explains why, after a decade of harsh austerity programs, the EU must manifest real solidarity – muddling through will not do.
Vivien Schmidt, Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and Cathie Jo Martin, Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at the Pardee School and Professor of Political Science at Boston University, were recently interviewed on European integration and global political […]
Kaija Schilde, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, recently completed her new book The Political Economy of European Security (Cambridge University Press, November 2017). The book, available now in the United Kingdom and for pre-order in the United States, draws on industry documents, interviews, interest group data, original survey, and […]
On November 30, 2017, Prof. William Keylor will be delivering a keynote address at an international conference in Rome on 1917: The Beginning of the American Century. Italy and the United States in War and Peace. His talk will be titled “Have the Ideas of Woodrow Wilson on Foreign Relations Stood the Test of Time?”
Prof. William Keylor has an article in the review of the Institute for Strategic Research in the French Defense Ministry, based on a talk he gave in France last year, just before the US presidential election. It is about the Obama legacy in foreign policy. [Download article]
Walking through the dark shades of Europe and the US. A talk with Franco “Bifo” Berardi about disillusions, ruptures and changes by Silvia Mazzocchin, @silvimabu. “The European Union is a dead man walking. It’s a sort of zombie, unable to decide the most important things” are the words of Franco Berardi during the meeting “In […]
The event that we eagerly look forward to each year has finally arrived; the Global Programs Photo Contest. Last year 311 of you submitted a total of 806 photos! It was not easy choosing the 12 finalists; there were so many amazing shots. As we anticipate the judging won’t be getting any easier this year, […]
Daniela Caruso, long time professor at Boston University School of Law, has been awarded the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair. A teaching post combined with an Erasmus+ grant, the Jean Monnet Chair is offered to highly qualified professors and senior lecturers with a wide experience base and deep focus on European integration studies. The Jean Monnet […]
Igor Lukes, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discussed Henry Kissinger’s February trip to Moscow in a recent interview. Lukes was quoted in a Feb. 19 interview on Radio Liberty entitled “Lunch With Putin: Take a Long Spoon.” From the translated segment: Kissinger is very fond of all sorts […]