Last fall, Congress enacted a law that indirectly led to 29 young Arab leaders losing their scholarships to U.S.-accredited universities and dealt another blow to educational and cultural exchange programming,…
A certificate program at the School of Foreign Service offers theoretical knowledge and practical training for aspiring diplomats. By Vicki Valosik According to Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Director of Georgetown’s Institute…
Carol Madison Graham (MAAS '81) was the first MAAS graduate to enter the United States Foreign Service. She reflects on how the 1984 embassy bombing in Beirut inspired her current…
Ambassador ONG Keng Yong, who graduated from MAAS in 1983, remembers his time in Washington and sheds light on Singapore's "price taker" approach to foreign policy.
Alum Kala Carruthers Azar, who serves as Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, writes about the important role of people-to-people exchanges to American soft power.
Left to Right: Noura Kattan, Jeffrey Wu, Jake Moran, and Virginia Valenti at the Undergraduate Arab Studies Certificate Colloquium on April 15, 2019 CCAS offers a Certificate of Arab Studies…
Hannah Beswick is the Partnerships Development Specialist at the UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In this role, she builds and fosters…
Aisha Al-Sarihi, CCAS Visiting Scholar, has published a new paper with the Arab Gulf States Institute that sheds light on Saudi Arabia’s climate change governance at the national level.
March 21, 2019, 2:00pm-3:15pm, Theatre Arts Arena, Montgomery College-Rockville Campus Today’s global challenges are some of the toughest we have ever faced. Populism, authoritarianism, climate change, cyberattacks, automation, and migration…
