Alumni Spotlight: April Nigh (MSFS ’12)
March 18, 2013April Nigh graduated from Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program in May 2012. Prior to Georgetown, she spent eight years in Beijing, China running programs for international non-profit organizations, including the Jane Goodall Institute China and Junior Achievement China. After graduation, April served as a Market Researcher at the USDA Agricultural Trade... [Continue Reading]
Beijing’s Next Move
March 6, 2013China once again made headlines last year when the papers announced that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had purchased large amounts of real estate in the middle of New York City, including parts of the Empire State building and other historic landmarks. Rather than being an isolated incident, however, this was simply the latest... [Continue Reading]
The U.S. Government Should Debrief Dennis Rodman
March 5, 2013“Call me, Mr. Obama.” That was North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s message to the White House, according to the most unlikely diplomatic emissary, former NBA star Dennis Rodman. Could you imagine an odder couple? The cross-dressing, body-piercing “bad boy” of basketball sitting with a boy dictator who rides astride a renegade nuclear weapons state.... [Continue Reading]