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| REPORTAGE |
UD institute to expand understanding of foreign and national security policy
Skopje, January 11 2010 (HIM)
Eighteen scholars and specialists from around the world will learn more about the foundations of U.S. foreign and national security policy in a six-week institute now underway at the University of Delaware. Supported by a $290,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State, the Study of the United States Institute on U.S. National Security is a partnership effort led by UD’s Institute for Global Studies and Mark J. Miller, Emma Smith Morris Professor of Political Science and International Relations at UD. It is the fifth institute in the past eight years that UD has been selected to host.
“This institute represents an exciting and long-term collaboration between the Institute for Global Studies, Professor Miller, and theDepartment of Political Science and International Relations and is directly linked to the Path to ProminenceTM, extending our global reach, serving as a resource for scholars from around the world, and engaging the campus community in active discussion of world affairs,” said Lesa Griffiths, associate provost for international programs.
According to Miller, who serves as academic director, the current institute will focus on understanding the implications of the advent of the Obama Administration in the context of the challenges of the post-Cold War era and the period since 2001. Through lectures, workshops, and site visits, the participants will study the U.S. military and military education and apply international relations theory to American policy-making.
“The institute’s goals are to deepen the understanding of the foundations and formulation of U.S. foreign and national security policy and U.S. views on U.S. national security and defense requirements among participating foreign specialists, while building ties among these specialists, scholars at the University of Delaware, and experts at other academic and research organizations in the United States,” Miller notes.
The participants, who all possess considerable expertise about the United States, are selected by the U.S. Department of State and include primarily university professors, but also military officers, government officials, and diplomats.
The 2010 participants hail from 17 countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Macedonia, Mauritius, Norway, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, and Taiwan, and an occupied territory, the West Bank.
Exposing the participants to a variety of disciplinary and political viewpoints is a key objective of the program. In addition to lectures and panel presentations at UD, field trips are taken to Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., in addition to the Army War College and West Point.
“I have found each institute to be deeply rewarding,” Miller says. “The learning is two way. The entire faculty of the Department of Political Science and International Relations has played a key role in the successful track record of our institutes in recent years. We will endeavor to ensure another successful outcome in 2010,” he notes. “It is my hope that the strategic partnership that has developed between the Institute for Global Studies and my department through these programs portends a higher profile for global studies at the University of Delaware in the future.”
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