ISS Announces Results of Predoctoral Competition
Friday June 20, 2008—ISS is pleased to announce that its Predoctoral Fellows in Security Studies for the 2008-09 academic year will be Katherine Epstein, Paul Chamberlin, and Ryan Irwin, from The Ohio State University. ISS congratulates its successful applicants, and thanks the many other excellent candidates for their interest. It also thanks the committee of Yale graduates who selected the prize-winners: Prof. Lucy Chester GRD '02 (Colorado), Prof. William Hitchcock GRD '93 (Temple), Prof. Mark Lawrence GRD '98 (Texas-Austin), Prof. Jennifer Siegel GRD '98 (Ohio State), and Prof. Jonathan Winkler GRD '04 (Wright State).
Forthcoming Book on Nixon Features ISS Scholars
Saturday May 31, 2008—Forthcoming from Oxford University Press is Nixon in the World: American Foreign Relations, 1969-1977, edited by Fredrik Logevall GRD '93 and Andrew Preston, who was an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow at ISS from 2001-2003 and again in 2005-2006. The book includes chapters by six other ISS scholars: Jeremi Suri GRD '01, Mary Sarotte GRD '98, Michael Morgan GRD '09, Lien-Hang Nguyen GRD '08, Salim Yaqub GRD '99, and Mark Lawrence GRD '98. It is available for pre-order from Oxford.
John Lewis Gaddis Wins Teaching Prize
Monday May 26, 2008—At Class Day, held the day before Yale's Commencement, ISS Senior Faculty Member, Brady-Johnson Fellow in Grand Strategy, and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History John Lewis Gaddis received the Harwood F. Byrnes / Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize for the teacher who "has given the most time, energy, and effective effort" to educating undergraduates. Congratulations to Prof. Gaddis for this well-deserved honor.
New Issue of Yale Journal of International Affairs
Wednesday April 23, 2008—The Yale Journal of International Affairs, supported in part by ISS, has published the first issue of its third volume (for Winter 2008). Edited by William Ko, it features interviews with Robert Keohane and Robert D. Kaplan, and an article by Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., GRD '98. The Journal is available online.
ISS Posts Security Studies Predoctoral Fellowships Call
Thursday April 17, 2008—ISS has posted the call for applications for its 2008-09 Predoctoral Fellowships in Security Studies.
ISS Announces Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship Call
Sunday April 13, 2008—ISS has posted the call for applications for its 2008-09 John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Military History and Strategic Studies.
ISS Announces Postdoctoral Fellowship Calls
Wednesday December 12, 2007—ISS has posted the calls for applications for its 2008-09 Henry Chauncey Jr. '57 Postdoctoral Fellowships, and for the 2008-10 Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship with which it is associated through the Department of History.
ISS Now Accepting Applications for 2008 GS Seminar
Monday October 15, 2007—"Studies in Grand Strategy," a graduate seminar co-taught by Profs. John Lewis Gaddis, Charles Hill, and Paul Kennedy, is the centerpiece of ISS's Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. Admission to the seminar is by application only. ISS is now accepting applications for the 2008 seminar. To apply, please follow this link to the instructions and the required form.
ISS Names Participant for 2008 CQRM
Tuesday October 9, 2007—ISS is a member of the Consortium for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, which holds an annual Institute to "to enable students to create and critique methodologically sophisticated qualitative research designs, including case studies, tests of necessity or sufficiency, and narrative or interpretive work." As a Consortium member, ISS is able to nominate one Yale graduate student each year for free participation in the Institute. ISS's nominee for the January 2008 Institute is Eliot Pence IR '08.
Paul Kennedy To Speak at YPFP Inaugural Meeting
Wednesday September 26, 2007— Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, will speak on "Lessons from the Past: A Historian's Perspective of American Hegemony, Foreign Policy, and Grand Strategy" on Thursday, October 4th, 6:30 – 8:00pm, 522 5th Avenue, 7th Floor Auditorium, New York (RSVP REQUIRED). This address is the inaugural event of the New York branch of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, membership information for which is available here.
ISS Scholars Quoted in Philanthropy
Saturday September 22, 2007—Mary Habeck, Yale GRD '96, Associate Professor, SAIS; Michael Rubin, Yale College '94, Yale GRD '99, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; Ted R. Bromund, Yale GRD '99, Associate Director, ISS; and Michael Oren, Senior Lecturer at ISS in Fall 2007, are among the scholars quoted by John J. Miller in his article Clash of Cultures: How Donors Can Increase Understanding of the Middle East, in the July/August 2007 issue of Philanthropy.
Erez Manela on The Wilsonian Moment
Saturday September 1, 2007—Erez Manela Grand Strategy '00 GRD '03, the Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History at Harvard University, has published The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism (Oxford University Press, 2007). This book is the first to place the 1919 Revolution in Egypt, the Rowlatt Satyagraha in India, the May Fourth movement in China, and the March First uprising in Korea in the context of a broader "Wilsonian moment" that challenged the existing international order. While at Yale, Prof. Manela was supported by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Douglas Selvage Receives NEH Grant
Saturday September 1, 2007—Douglas Selvage GRD '98, of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach campus, has received a two-year Collaborative Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the amount of $150,000 for the translation and annotation of 2,370 pages of documents relating to the history of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1990. While at Yale, Prof. Selvage was supported by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Zvika Krieger's Cover Story in Newsweek International
Friday August 3, 2007—Zvika Krieger, Grand Strategy '05, Yale College '06, has this week's cover story in Newsweek International, Buying Culture about the efforts of Abu Dhabi to become a global arts center. While at Yale, Zvika was funded by a fellowship from the John M. Olin Foundation, awarded by ISS.
James Martin on The Battle for Kirkuk
Friday August 3, 2007—James Martin Grand Strategy '06 Yale College '07, reported today on "The Battle for Kirkuk" for the Guardian. At Yale, James was supported by fellowships from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, and the Friends of ISS, awarded by ISS.
David Ekbladh, Olin Fellow, Ends Term At ISS
Wednesday August 1, 2007—David Ekbladh, an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Military History and Strategy at ISS for 2006-2007, has left for a position as a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Ekbladh received his PhD in 2003 from Columbia University for a dissertation titled "A Workshop for the World: Modernization as a Tool in United States Foreign Relations in Asia, 1914-1973." At Yale, he taught in International Relations and revised his dissertation for publication with Princeton University Press. Dr. Ekbladh was ISS's last Olin Postdoctoral Fellow; ISS will publish a comprehensive list of all its Olin Fellows in its 2006-2007 Annual Report.
Jeremi Suri on Henry Kissinger
Friday July 27, 2007—Jeremi Suri GRD '01, has published Henry Kissinger and the American Century (Belknap Press, 2007), which the Atlantic Monthly describes as "Eschewing polemics...this work explores what shaped and nurtured the phenomenon that was Henry Kissinger." At Yale, Dr. Suri was supported by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Gretchen Heefner in Western History Quarterly
Friday July 27, 2007—Gretchen Heefner GRD '08 has published
"Missiles and Memory: Dismantling South Dakota's Cold War" in the Summer 2007 number of the Western History Quarterly. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation and the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University, awarded by ISS.
Joshua Walker on Turkish Elections
Wednesday July 25, 2007—Joshua Walker Grand Strategy '05 International Relations '06, now a PhD candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School, reported on July 25, 2007 on "Turkey's Boring Elections" in the Jerusalem Post. At Yale, Joshua was supported by a fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Tragic Death of Former Olin Postdoctoral Fellow
Tuesday July 24, 2007—Dr. Timothy Moy, who was a John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Military History and Strategy at ISS in 1992-93, drowned while on vacation in Hawaii while trying to rescue Luke, his 12 year old son. Luke was last reported in serious condition in a Honolulu hospital. At the time of his death, Tim was an associate professor in the history of science and technology at the University of New Mexico. ISS would like to extend its deepest sympathies to Tim's wife, son, and extended family.
James Martin on Border Brinkmanship
Friday July 20, 2007—James Martin Grand Strategy '06 Yale College '07, reported on July 20, 2007 on "Border Brinkmanship" between Turkey and Iraq for the Guardian. At Yale, James was supported by fellowships from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, and the Friends of ISS, awarded by ISS.
Whitney Haring-Smith on Terror in Britain
Thursday July 19, 2007—On July 19, 2007, Whitney Haring-Smith '07, who was twice supported as a Grand Strategy Fellow in summer internships by fellowships from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, awarded by ISS, published "British treat terror like weather" in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Haring-Smith in Spring 2007 declined a Marshall Scholarship to accept a Rhodes.
James Kirchick on Overthrowing Mugabe
Tuesday July 17, 2007—James Kirchick, Grand Strategy '04, Yale College '06, published "Should Great Britain Invade Zimbabwe?" (subscription required) on July 17, 2007 in the New Republic Online. At Yale, James was funded by fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation and the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, both awarded by ISS.
Amir Afkhami on Our Friends in Iraq
Monday July 16, 2007—Amir Afkhami, GRD '03, was supported at Yale by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS. On July 16, 2007, with Michael Soussan, he published "How will we treat our friends in Iraq?" in the Providence Journal. Dr. Afkhami now teaches at the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health and Health Services of the George Washington University Medical Center
ISS Announces Results of Predoctoral Competition
Sunday July 1, 2007—ISS is pleased to announce that its Predoctoral Fellows in Security Studies for the 2007-08 academic year will be Paul Rubinson (University of Texas-Austin) and Andrew Scott (Cambridge University). Mr. Rubinson's work centers on scientist in the anti-nuclear movement; Mr. Scott studies Anglo-American relations in the 1970s. ISS congratulates its successful applicants, and thanks the many other excellent candidates for their interest. It also thanks the committee of Yale graduates who selected the prize-winners: Prof. Lucy Chester GRD '02 (Colorado), Prof. William Hitchcock GRD '93 (Temple), Prof. Mark Lawrence GRD '98 (Texas-Austin), Prof. Jennifer Siegel GRD '98 (Ohio State), and Prof. Jonathan Winkler GRD '04 (Wright State).
Amir Afkhami on Chemical Ali
Monday June 25, 2007—Amir Afkhami, GRD '03, was supported at Yale by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS. On June 25, 2007, with Michael Soussan, he published "Condemning 'Chemical Ali' is not enough" in the International Herald Tribune. Dr. Afkhami now teaches at the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health and Health Services of the George Washington University Medical Center
ISS Concludes 2007-08 Fellowship Competition
Thursday May 17, 2007—ISS has concluded its internal fellowship competition for support for Summer 2007 and the 2007-08 academic year. ISS made 45 awards (18 to undergraduate and 27 to graduate students), with a total value of $257,287. The funds for these awards came from a variety of sources, including the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University, the Friends of ISS, and the Travel Fellowship in Honor of Professor Robin W. Winks. ISS will publish a full accounting of its fellowships in its forthcoming Annual Report for 2006-07.
Paul Kennedy to Speak on "The Mission of the UN"
Tuesday February 27, 2007—Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, will give the Pierson College 2007 Dirk Gleysteen Memorial Lecture on "Lives in Peace and War: International Civil Servants and the Mission of the UN," on February 28, at 4:00 pm, in LC 101, 61 High Street. Prof. Kennedy published The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations with Random House in 2006.
Charles Hill on Faculty and the Government
Friday February 16, 2007—Prof. Charles Hill, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy, was interviewed by the Yale Daily News for its article "Fewer Faculty Advise Government." Prof. Hill ended a distinguished career in the US Foreign Service by serving as Executive Assistant to Secretary of State George P. Shultz from 1984-1989.
Paul Kennedy to Speak on "Youth and War"
Saturday February 10, 2007—Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, will speak on "Youth and War: Revisiting W.H. McNeill's Theses," on April 27, at 2:00 pm, in 77 Prospect Street, Room A001, as part of the "Demography & Population" Seminar Series, sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. The author of many works of history, Prof. Kennedy was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to History and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in June 2003. He is currently writing a study of the British imperialist author, Rudyard Kipling, as well as a collection of essays on naval history.
ISS Opens Fellowship Competitions
Tuesday January 30, 2007—ISS is now accepting applications for its "Program in Grand Strategy Fellowships," its "Smith Richardson Foundation Fellowships," and for "The Travel Fund in Honor of Professor Robin W. Winks." The deadline for the first two competitions is February 23, 2007; for the Winks fund, it is April 6, 2007. For further information on all fellowships, see the Student Grants & Fellowships Database.
Paul Kennedy Comments on Presidential Libraries
Friday January 12, 2007—Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, comments on Presidential Libraries on the TNR blog. The author of many works of history, Prof. Kennedy was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to History and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in June 2003. He is currently writing a study of the British imperialist author, Rudyard Kipling, as well as a collection of essays on naval history.
Grand Strategy Crisis Simulation in Chronicle
Monday January 8, 2007—In the January 12, 2007 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, reporter David Glenn writes (subscription required) on "Who Lost Moldova?," on the crisis simulation conducted for the "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar in December 2006. The seminar and simulation are part of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University.
Mark Lawrence GRD '98, Clay Fellow, Wins AHA Prizes
Friday January 5, 2007—Mark Lawrence GRD '98, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas-Austin, and in 2006-08 a Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellow at ISS, has won both the George Louis Beer Prize (in recognition of outstanding historical writing in European international history since 1895) and the Paul Birdsall Prize (offered biennially for a major work in European military and strategic history since 1870) at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association for his Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam (University of California Press, 2005). At Yale, Mark was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS. Congratulations to Mark on his outstanding accomplishment.
Yale Bulletin & Calendar on Brady-Johnson Program
Friday December 15, 2006—The Yale Bulletin & Calendar reported in its December 15, 2006, issue on the creation of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale in an article titled "Gift from alumni to expand Grand Strategy Program. In the article, President Levin states that "The University is grateful to Mr. Johnson and Mr. Brady for their foresight and generosity in building the foundation of this initiative. Their contribution will allow this vital program to expand its breadth and reach today and into the future."
James Kirchick on Zimbabwe in Baltimore Sun
Thursday December 14, 2006—James Kirchick, Grand Strategy '04, Yale College '06, has published "Zimbabwe proves Kirkpatrick right" in the Baltimore Sun. At Yale, James was funded by fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation and the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, both awarded by ISS.
Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy Created
Monday December 11, 2006—At a ceremony held today, President Richard Levin and ISS were proud to announce the creation of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University. The result of a generous donation from Nicholas F. Brady '52 and Charles B. Johnson '54, the Program has funds to support new senior faculty and practitioner positions, junior faculty involvement, postdoctoral fellowships, undergraduate and graduate student internships and research, and core costs for the next 15 years. This site will shortly be revised to reflect the Grand Strategy Project's new name. For more information, please see the official Yale press release.
Sean McBride Reviews Biography of Earl Warren in SF Chronicle
Sunday December 3, 2006—Sean McBride Med '08, Grand Strategy '05, has published a review of Jim Newton, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made (Riverhead, 2006), in the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. McBride concludes that Newton is correct to argue that "Warren's primary theoretical problem was how best to reconcile the 'rules' of the Constitution to the 'ideals' of the Declaration of Independence."
ISS-Funded Students Win Two Rhodes, Marshall
Saturday December 2, 2006—Amia Srinivasan '07, a member of the 2006 "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar who was supported in Summer 2006 by a fellowship from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, awarded by ISS, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Whitney Haring-Smith '07, who has twice been supported as a Grand Strategy Fellow in summer internships by fellowships from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, awarded by ISS, declined a Marshall Scholarship to accept a Rhodes. Read the official Yale press release
YJIA Fall/Winter 2006 Released
Friday December 1, 2006—The Fall/Winter 2006 number of the Yale Journal of International Affairs, Editor-in-Chief Evan McCormick IR '07, a member of the 2006 "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar, has been published. The YJIA, funded in part by ISS, contains, among other articles, an interview with Williamson Murray '63 GRD '75, a member of the Iraqi Perspectives Project, on "Saddam's Table Talk," an interview that derives from Dr. Murray's visit to speak privately to the seminar in Spring 2006. The YJIA is available in print and on-line.
Two ISS PhD Candidates Win Teaching Prize
Friday November 10, 2006—Justin Zaremby '03 GRD '09 and Carolyne Davidson GRD '09 were recently honored for their outstanding ability to instruct and inspire Yale undergraduates by receiving Prize Teaching Fellowships. Mr. Zaremby, stated one student nomination, "stands out as the exemplification of everything a TA should be"; Ms. Davidson, the 2006-07 Birgit Baldwin '82 Memorial Fellow, was lauded for her "energy and infectious enthusiasm." Both Mr. Zaremby and Ms. Davidson have been funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS; Ms. Davidson has also received support from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation.
Katie Scharf Performs in "Professors of Bluegrass"
Friday November 10, 2006—Katie Scharf '00 LAW '06 GRD '10, who took "Studies in Grand Strategy" in 2005, plays the fiddle in the campus group "Professors of Bluegrass", featuring Yale College Dean Peter Salovey GRD '86 on bass. Aaron O'Connell GRD '10, who took "Studies" in 2002, was formerly a member of the group: he is now conducting dissertation research on a fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
ISS Student Ends Term As Deputy Policy Director
Friday November 10, 2006—Whitney Haring-Smith '07 was Deputy Policy Director for New Haven Mayor John DeStefano's unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. Mr. Haring-Smith has twice received fellowships from the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, awarded by ISS: the first for a Summer 2006 internship in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere affairs; the second for research in the Middle East and South Asia on the US's regional partners in the liberalization of the Middle East.
NYRoB Features Three ISS Authors
Monday October 16, 2006—The November 2, 2006 issue of the New York Review of Books (subscription required for some content) features Prof. Paul Kennedy's review of Niall Ferguson's "The War of the World," David Gilmour's review of Maya Jasanoff's "Edge of Empire," and Christopher de Bellaigue's review of Ray Takeyh's "Hidden Iran." At Yale, Dr. Jasanoff Yale GRD '02 was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS, and Dr. Takeyh was a John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in 2002-03.
Michael Rubin on ISS on National Review Online
Friday October 13, 2006—Michael Rubin, Yale College '94, Yale GRD '99, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, comments on ISS and its Grand Stratgy Project on the The Corner on National Review Online. At Yale, Dr. Rubin was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Isaiah Wilner To Speak at Yale Bookstore
Friday October 6, 2006—Isaiah Wilner '00 GS '00, former editor of the Yale Daily News, will speak on Tuesday, October 10, at 6:00 pm at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway and York Square, on his recently-published biography of Briton Hadden, the co-creator of Time magazine, The Man Time Forgot (HarperCollins, September 2006). The book originated in a paper written in Prof. Gaddis's "Art of Biography" seminar.
James Kirchick Wins Churchill Student Essay Competition
Monday September 25, 2006—James Kirchick, Grand Strategy '04, Yale College '06, has won the Sir Martin Gilbert Churchill Student Essay competition, sponsored by the Churchill Centre in Washington, DC, for his entry on Churchill's 1906 essay on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. At Yale, James was a student in Fall 2005 in "Grand Strategies of the British Empire," taught by Dr. Bromund, and was funded by fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation and the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, both awarded by ISS.
Paul Kennedy Contributes Chapter on Trafalgar
Friday September 15, 2006—Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, has contributed a chapter on "The Meaning of Trafalgar in World History" to David Canndine, ed., Trafalgar in History: A Battle and Its Afterlife (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2006). The author of many works of history, Prof. Kennedy was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to History and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in June 2003. He is currently writing a study of the British imperialist author, Rudyard Kipling, as well as a collection of essays on naval history.
Vote for Joshua Walker for Today Show Wedding
Wednesday September 13, 2006—Joshua Walker Grand Strategy '05 International Relations '06, now a PhD candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School, and his fiancee Chauntee, a performer on the national tour of "The Lion King," are finalists in the Today Show's "Today Thows a Wedding" competition. Read about Josh and Chauntee, and watch and vote for them on the Today Show's site. You can also read about Josh and Chauntee in a Yale Daily News story published September 11, 2006.
Paul Kennedy Lunches with the FT
Friday September 1, 2006—Financial Times reporter Daniel Dombey lunched (subscription required) with Prof. Kennedy at Wilton's in London. Prof. Kennedy wore a blue cravat and a green jacket, turned down the "buttery, very, very delicious" Montrachet in favor of the Pouilly Fume, and discussed his Rise and Fall of the Great Powers and his recently-published The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Prof. Kennedy is the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale.
Irshad Manji, ISS Visiting Fellow, Ends Term at Yale
Thursday August 31, 2006—Irshad Manji has ended her term as an ISS Visiting Fellow. She is the author of The Trouble With Islam Today (St. Martin's Press, 2004). She spent the semester writing and making a feature film about Islam. Among the ideas it will showcase is “ijtihad,” Islam’s lost tradition of independent thinking. You can read her latest op-ed in the New York Times, published August 16, "Muslim Myopia", on her site.
Paul Kennedy on 'The Book That Changed My Life'
Friday August 25, 2006— Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, has written an entry on Geoffrey Barraclough's An Introduction to Contemporary History in The Book That Changed My Life, forthcoming on October 17, 2006, from Gotham Books. You can order the book, the profits of which will go to Read to Grow, from R.J. Jullia Booksellers.
James Kirchick on S. African Health Minister
Tuesday August 22, 2006—James Kirchick, Grand Strategy '04, Yale College '06, has published "Dr. Beetroot's Rot", on the 'alternative' AIDS therapies promoted by the South African Health Minister at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, in The Weekly Standard. At Yale, James was funded by fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation and the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, both awarded by ISS.
Jeffrey Mankoff on Islamofascism
Monday August 21, 2006—Jeffrey Mankoff Grand Strategy '05 Yale GRD '06, has published an op-ed on the History News Network, titled "Calling Al-Qaeda Fascist Doesn't Make It So." At Yale, Jeffrey was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Michael Oren, ISS Postdoctoral Fellow, On Duty in Israel
Saturday August 19, 2006—Dr. Michael Oren, an ISS Postdoctoral Fellow in Spring 2006, is serving as a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. See photos of him on Michael J. Totten's blog. Dr. Oren is the author of the prize-winning Six Day of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Oxford, 2002).
Fernande Raine on Human Rights in Sur
Friday August 18, 2006—Dr. Fernande Raine, Yale GRD '00, has published an article on "The Measurement Challenge in Human Rights" in Sur-International Journal on Human Rights, no. 4 (2006). Dr. Raine is Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. At Yale, Dr. Raine was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Katherine Southwick on Northern Uganda in IHT
Sunday August 13, 2006—Katherine Southwick Yale College '00, Grand Strategy '04, Yale LAW '05, has published a letter to the editor on the northern Ugandan peace process titled "Peace in Uganda" in the International Herald Tribune. Ms. Southwick is currently a judicial clerk for the Hon. Charles P. Sifton of the Eastern District of New York.
Andrew Preston, Olin Fellow, Ends Term at ISS
Tuesday August 1, 2006—Andrew Preston, an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Military History and Strategy at ISS for 2005-2006, has left ISS for a position as University Lecturer in History and Fellow of Clare College at Cambridge University. He is the author, among other works, of The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam, Harvard University Press, 2006. At Yale, he taught in International Relations and International Studies, and conducted research for his book Holy Warriors: The Religious Influence on American War and Diplomacy, forthcoming from Knopf.
Minh Luong on NoK Missile Launch
Saturday July 15, 2006—In an article in Newsweek International written by Zvika Krieger, Grand Strategy '05, Yale College '06, Minh A. Luong, ISS's Assistant Director and the Director of Ivy Scholars, analyzes the causes of the failure of North Korea's recent missile launch.
Frederick Kagan on the US Need for Military History
Tuesday July 4, 2006— Frederick Kagan Yale College '91, Yale GRD '95, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has published "Why Military History Matters". In it, he states "Public policy foundations, private donors, and federal granting agencies must recognize that the support of military history is an essential precondition for long-term success in the War on Terror, as it is in any protracted struggle--and even in the pauses between wars called peacetime."
Paul Kennedy on Theodore Roosevelt in Time Magazine
Sunday July 2, 2006—Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, has published "Birth Of A Superpower", on Theodore Roosevelt and the rise of the US Navy, in the July 3, 2006 issue of Time magazine.
Paul Kennedy's Book Reviewed in Financial Times
Friday June 30, 2006—On June 23, 2006, the Financial Times published a review of The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations, by Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, describing it as "a sweeping historical tour of this unique institution."
Andrew Preston's Book Reviewed in The Economist
Thursday June 29, 2006—The June 22, 2006 number of the Economist reviews The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam by Andrew Preston, who was an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow at ISS from 2001-2003 and again in 2005-2006. The review (subscription required) praises Dr. Preston's "fresh insight."
Kimberly Kagan on Roman Grand Strategy
Tuesday June 27, 2006—Kimberly Kagan, Yale GRD '00, an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow at ISS in 2004-2005, has published "Redefining Roman Grand Strategy" in The Journal of Military History, vol. 70, no. 2 (April 2006): 333-362. An abstract of Dr. Kagan's article is available here. Her book The Eye of Command was published on January 10, 2006 by the University of Michigan Press.
Marko Attila Hoare on Occidentalism in Democratiya
Monday June 26, 2006—Marko Attila Hoare, Yale GRD '00, an Advisory Editor of Democratiya and a Senior Research Fellow at Kingston University, London, has published a review of Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies, by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit (Atlantic Books, 2005), in the June-August 2006 issue of Democratiya. At Yale, Dr. Hoare was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Frederick Kagan on US Military in Foreign Affairs
Monday June 26, 2006—Frederick Kagan Yale College '91, Yale GRD '95, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has published a cover article, "The U.S. Military's Manpower Crisis", in the July/August 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs. At Yale, Dr. Kagan was funded by fellowships from the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Photos of BBQ Hosted by Paul Kennedy
Saturday June 24, 2006—On May 2, Prof. Paul Kennedy hosted a barbeque at his house for his graduate students and Teaching Fellows. Charles Edel, Grand Strategy '06, Yale GRD '11, took the pictures that are available in this on-line album. John Kent, Grand Strategy '05, Yale GRD '06, was the Texas Grillmaster. Charles and John can be seen on the left and right, respectively, in the first photo.
Michael Rubin on US & Iran in Weekly Standard
Friday June 23, 2006—Michael Rubin, Yale College '94, Yale GRD '99, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has published "Bubba Dubya?" in the June 19, 2006 issue of the Weekly Standard. At Yale, Dr. Rubin was funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
James Kirchick on UK & Islamic Extremism in TNR
Thursday June 22, 2006—James Kirchick, Grand Strategy '04, Yale College '06, has published (free subscription required) "Fatal Flaw", a review of Londonistan by Melanie Phillips (Encounter Books, 2006), in The New Republic. At Yale, James was funded by fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation and the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, both awarded by ISS.
Paul Kennedy Publishes Book on the United Nations
Tuesday June 20, 2006— Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and the Director of International Security Studies at Yale, has published The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations with Random House. The author of many works of history, Prof. Kennedy was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to History and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in June 2003. He is currently writing a study of the British imperialist author, Rudyard Kipling, as well as a collection of essays on naval history.
Phil Rucker on Baseball and Father's Day in WaPo
Monday June 19, 2006—Phil Rucker, Grand Strategy '05, Yale College '06, is now a Staff Writer for the Washington Post, where his article, "The Draw of the Diamond," was published today.
Peter Westwick, Olin Fellow, Ends Term At ISS
Monday June 19, 2006—Peter Westwick, an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Miltiary History and Strategy at ISS for 2005-2006, has left ISS for a position as Visiting Researcher in History at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he will work full-time for the next two years on his history of the Strategic Defense Initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Westwick is the author, among other works, of Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004, forthcoming from Yale University Press in Fall 2006.
Grand Strategy Students Help Found New Publication
Monday June 19, 2006—The Globalist Foundation, a network of student-run international-affairs magazines at premier universities around the globe, is pleased to announce the launch of the Beirut Globalist at the American University of Beirut. Rawen Huang, Grand Strategy '06, Yale College '07, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Globalist Foundation, and Eleonora Sharef, Grand Strategy '06, Yale College '07, is its Editor-in-Chief. If you would like to donate to the Globalist Foundation, which will soon have 501(c)3 status, please contact it.
Peter Westwick, Olin Fellow, Advises Prize-Winning Essay
Monday May 22, 2006—Peter Westwick, an Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Military History and Strategy at ISS for 2005-2006, advised Gregory Mulvey Yale College '06 for his senior essay on "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy of the United States During the 1960s," which earlier this month was awarded the Percival Wood Clement Prize by the Department of History. Dr. Westwick is the author, among other works, of Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004, forthcoming from Yale University Press in Fall 2006.
Robert Ponichtera Directs Liberty's Promise
Saturday May 20, 2006—Liberty's Promise is an Alexandria-based nonprofit that helps low-income legal immigrants in Northern Virginia ages 15 to 21 become politically active in America through internships and civics classes. Its President and Executive Director is Dr. Robert Ponichtera, Yale GRD '95, who was funded at Yale by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS. The Washington Times published a story on Liberty's Promise on May 20, 2006.
Amir Afkhami Aids Launch of New French Party
Tuesday April 11, 2006—Amir Afkhami, GRD '03, was funded at Yale by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS. He is on the Board of the Euro-American Liberty Institute, which in March helped to launch Alternative Liberal, a new French political party. An article on the new party appeared in the Wall Street Journal on April 11, 2006.
Joshua Foer Wins US Memory Championship
Saturday March 11, 2006—Josha Foer, Grand Strategy '03, Yale College '04, won the 2006 USA National Memory Championship. He published an article on "How to win the U.S. memory championship", "Forget Me Not", in Slate on March 16, 2005. His victory was reported in the Washington Post on March 13, 2006.
Anton Orlich Wins USA Today Media Contest
Tuesday December 27, 2005—Anton Orlich Yale GRD '06, has won the 9th Annual USA TODAY Media and Entertainment Prognostication Contest. At Yale, Anton, a doctoral candidate in Political Science -- and a former Republican candidate
for the Arizona State House of Representatives -- has been funded by fellowships from the Smith Richardson Foundation, awarded by ISS.
Zvika Krieger Wins OPC Scholarship
Wednesday December 14, 2005—Zvika Krieger, Grand Strategy '05, Yale College '06, has won the 2006 Emanuel R. Freedman Scholarship from the Overseas Press Club (OPC) Foundation. Based on research done in Summer 2005 on a fellowship from the John M. Olin Foundation, awarded by ISS, Zvika's submission tells the story of Maryam Sayeed, a young Egyptian activist. On the OPC site, you can see a photo of the 2006 OPC winners, and read about Zvika's submission.
John Lewis Gaddis Awarded National Humanities Medal
Thursday November 10, 2005—ISS Senior Faculty Member and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History John Lewis Gaddis was presented with the 2005 National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush in a ceremony in the Oval Office. On the National Endowment for the Humanities site, you can read the official citation, and on the White House's site, you can see a photo of President George W. Bush and Laura Bush with Prof. Gaddis. The report of the Yale Daily News on November 10, 2005 is also available, as is the November 18, 2005 story in the Yale Bulletin and Calendar.
