A record three Dartmouth students—two alumni and one undergraduate—have been named 2021 Schwarzman Scholars. Delia Friel '20, Danny Li '19, and Colleen O'Connor '19 join 142 other top students from around the world who will receive a fully funded scholarship to study at the new Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Read More
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Back in 2007, Ezzedine Fishere was finding it hard to balance his job as a diplomat with his passion for writing. He'd risen in the Egyptian foreign service, becoming advisor to the foreign minister, but his job required him to deal with difficult people, sometimes murderers or war criminals. "You have to have your armor up all the time," said Fishere, who found he couldn't switch gears to write after hours.
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NATO countries as well as other American allies are expressing a loss of confidence in American leadership. Many observers blame Donald Trump – and indeed, his tweets, flip remarks and disdain for US allies would seem to justify this charge. But American alliances confront problems that are far more fundamental. Given profound changes in both global and domestic politics, a debate about the future of these alliances is not only predictable but necessary. Read More
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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on July 17 signed a bill, championed by a Rochester teen with help from Sen.
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"Democracy in the United States and Europe is threatened in ways few imagined possible only a short time ago,"
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