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Model UN team named distinguished delegation at conference in DC

A Syracuse University/Maxwell team participating in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in November was named a “Distinguished Delegation” for its portrayal of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Thirteen students majoring in international relations participated as delegates in this academic conference, which drew approximately 1,000 college and university students from over three dozen countries to our nation’s capital for a simulation of global diplomacy.  
December 3, 2018

See related: Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.

Miriam Elman speaks to WAER about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science, was interviewed for the WAER story "S.U. Israeli-Palestinian Expert: U.S. Embassy Opening in Jerusalem 'Corrects Diplomatic Anomaly'." Elman says the militant group Hamas is trying to manipulate public opinion by aggravating the situation in Gaza and linking it to the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem
May 17, 2018

See related: Foreign Policy, Middle East & North Africa

It All Started Here: The Very First Model League of Nations Assembly (Model UN) Was Held at Maxwell

Almost a century ago, a Maxwell faculty member turned a top-of-the-head idea into a student exercise in diplomacy—and basically invented Model UN.

May 15, 2018

See related: Centennial, Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.

Lili Dalton ’16, US Department of State


January 1, 2017

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Foreign Policy

One Korea

How a collaboration in public management and information technology hints at the peninsula’s political future.
December 23, 2009

See related: Foreign Policy, Student Experience

The Old Rules No Longer Apply

How SU’s Institute for Security and Counterterrorism is partnering with one of the world’s most prestigious counterterrorism institutes to help understand and combat unprecedented threats.
June 20, 2007

See related: Foreign Policy, Student Experience, Study Abroad

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