New center focuses on global strategic assessment
The Jackson School of Global Affairs recently launched the Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment, an intellectual hub for teaching and research in broad areas related to global strategic assessment. The center, named for J. Neal Blue ’57, will support research that addresses challenges in diverse areas, such as national defense, diplomacy, intelligence, and international economic relations. The center is led by Phil Kaplan ’12, ’20JD.
School welcomes incoming students
On August 26, the Jackson School welcomed its new class of graduate students to Yale during the matriculation ceremony. The diverse group represents 16 countries—ranging from Colombia to Greece, Nepal to Uganda—and speaks 18 different languages. In his remarks, Jim Levinsohn, dean of the Jackson School and Charles W. Goodyear Professor of Global Affairs, observed, “It is quite a time to get a graduate degree in global affairs,” pointing to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan.
Nine senior fellows join Jackson School
Senior fellows are leading practitioners in various fields of international affairs who spend a year or semester at Yale teaching courses and mentoring students. New fellows include Sasha Brown, an expert in the ethics of AI; Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey and presidential candidate; Ivan Duque, former president of Colombia; Chris George, former executive director of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS); Dereck Hogan, former US ambassador to Moldova; Elizabeth Knup, former regional director, China, at the Ford Foundation; Theresa May, former prime minister of the United Kingdom; Emily Oehlsen, managing director of global health and wellbeing at Open Philanthropy; and Jim Sciutto ’92, chief national security correspondent at CNN.
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