The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive coursework in the fields of international development,foreign policy,science and technology,and economics and finance through its undergraduate (AB) degrees,graduate Master of Public Affairs (MPA),Master of Public Policy (MPP),and PhD degrees.
Baruch College is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch,the college operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs through the Zicklin School of Business,the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,and the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington,D.C. CSIS was founded as the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University in 1962. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political,economic and security issues throughout the world,with a focus on issues concerning international relations,trade,technology,finance,energy and geostrategy.
Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. is an American political scientist. He and Robert Keohane co-founded the international relations theory of neoliberalism,which they developed in their 1977 book Power and Interdependence. Together with Keohane,he developed the concepts of asymmetrical and complex interdependence. They also explored transnational relations and world politics in an edited volume in the 1970s. More recently,he pioneered the theory of soft power and explained the distinction between it and hard power. His notion of "smart power" became popular with the use of this phrase by members of the Clinton Administration and the Obama Administration.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the professional public policy school of Syracuse University,a private research university in Syracuse,New York. The school is organized in 11 academic departments and 13 affiliated research centers and offers coursework in the fields of public administration,international relations,foreign policy,political Science,science and technology policy,social sciences,and economics through its undergraduate (BA) degrees,graduate Master of Public Affairs (MPA),Master of Arts (MA),and PhD degrees.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C. with campuses in Bologna,Italy and Nanjing,China. It has consistently been ranked one of the top graduate schools for international relations in the world. Foreign Policy has rated it among the top three programs globally since 2005,earning third,second,and first place across different years' editions.
Ashton Baldwin Carter was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science &International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a non-profit educational organization of graduate schools of international affairs,with 40 members and 29 affiliates around the world.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City. It is consistently ranked the top graduate school for international relations in the world.
The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica,California. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND. The 2018–19 student body includes 116 men and women from 26 countries around the world.
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations,foreign policy,and international development of the George Washington University,in Washington,D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
The Maryland School of Public Policy is one of 14 schools at the University of Maryland,College Park. The school is located inside the Capital Beltway and ranks 16th nationally for schools of public policy according to U.S. News &World Report (2012).
The Schar School of Policy and Government - SSPG,is the public policy school of George Mason University headquartered in Arlington,Virginia roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Washington,D.C.,with a satellite campus in suburban Fairfax County,Virginia. Established as Northern Virginia's first public policy school,the school's political science curriculum has a professional development and applied (praxis) emphasis on public administration and national security at both the undergraduate and graduate levels,in addition to a traditional liberal arts education,while also maintaining an active role within all five major subfields of political science known as political philosophy,political methodology,comparative politics,international relations,public policy and public administration.
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver is a professional school of international affairs offering undergraduate,graduate,and doctoral degrees. It is named in honor of the founding dean,Josef Korbel,father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
The International Relations Council (IRC) is a non-profit non-partisan educational organization in Kansas City,Missouri,and a member of the World Affairs Councils of America. As an educational nonprofit,the IRC works in partnership with a range of businesses,universities,community organizations,K-12 schools,and other interested individuals to grow a global perspective and find international connections within the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The IRC works to foster interest in and understanding of international affairs among the citizens of Kansas City through the development of various programs and events. As a membership organization,the IRC welcomes individuals and families,businesses,universities,and other organizations to join as IRC members in order to help sustain global-affairs education in the Kansas City community and receive various benefits.
Lee Andrew Feinstein is an American policy-scholar,and former diplomat and senior official at the US Departments of State and Defense. Feinstein held senior positions on leading Democratic presidential campaigns in 2008. He served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2009 to 2012,appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the US Senate. Feinstein is currently the inaugural dean at Indiana University's Lee H. Hamilton and Richard G. Lugar School of Global and International Studies. His nonpartisan scholarship has been recognized by leading Republicans and Democrats.
The Institute for Security Policy and Law (SPL),formerly known as the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT),is a multidisciplinary research institute based in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the Syracuse University College of Law. SPL was established in 2003 by Prof. William C. Banks with the goal of support an interdisciplinary approach to questions of national security and counter-terrorism law and policy.
William Charles Banks is an American law professor and legal scholar in constitutional law,national security law,and counterterrorism law. He is a Professor of Law Emeritus at Syracuse University College of Law and Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Emeritus at SU's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is also the current Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law &National Security.
Danny Edward Sebright is the president of the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council,a Washington,D.C.-based business advocacy organization committed to fostering stronger trade and commercial ties between the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
