News from IR ...

The International Relations Program is searching for a new Chair.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University seeks applications and nominations for the position of Chair of International Relations, a program ranked among the top ten MA programs in international relations (IR) by a study published by Foreign Policy magazine. For more information about the position, please click here.

Classnotes from the Class of 2005
20 members of the class of 2005 (those who graduated in December 2004, May 2005, June 2005 and August 2005) sent in updates on their lives that are detailed in the second volume of the MA-IR Classletter.  To view the classletter please visit the following URL:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ir/files/2005ClassLetterV1I2.pdf

The classletter will be compiled and sent out twice a year.  To submit your update for the next issue of the classletter, please click here. 01/20/06

Survey Ranks Maxwell Top-Ten in International Relations. In a recent survey, featured in the November/December issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Maxwell was ranked as a top-ten master's program in international relations for students aspiring to policy careers. For the study, faculty members from the College of William and Mary surveyed more than 1,000 international relations scholars throughout the country. Maxwell's I.R. program ranked ninth nationally. The full FP article about the rankings is available online. 12/19/05

Stuart Brown interview in FDIC Outlook

Summer 2005.  The summer edition of FDIC Outlook features an interview with International Relations Professor Stuart Brown, in which he discusses global financial imbalances.

Classnotes from the Class of 2005
25 members of the class of 2005 (those who graduated in December 2004, May 2005, June 2005 and August 2005) sent in updates on their lives that are detailed in the first ever volume of the MA-IR Classletter.  To view the classletter please visit the following URL:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ir/files/2005ClassLetterV1I1.pdf

The classletter will be compiled and sent out twice a year.  To submit your update for the next issue of the classletter, please click here.

Congratulations to the Class of 2005!

Brown Article Featured in Foreign Affairs

6/14/05  An article co-authored by Stuart Brown, professor of economics and international relations and senior research associate in the Moynihan Institute, appears in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs. The article, titled "The Overstretch Myth" and co-authored by David Levey, asserts that the United States' current account deficit and foreign debt are not dire threats to its global position. U.S. power, Brown claims, "is firmly grounded on economic superiority and financial stability that will not end soon." The full article is available online. Earlier, an adapted version of the article appeared in the February 19, 2005, issue of the International Herald Tribune. That article is also available online.  Stuart Brown is also featured in the July/August 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs in the Review and Response section, which involves a debate over the US current account deficit.

Samanthé Eulette awarded the Pickering Fellowship

5/18/05 For the second time in two years, and undergraduate IR major has been awarded the prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship by the U.S. Department of State. Samanthé Eulette, a rising junior International Relations major here at SU was one of only 20 students across the country who has been awarded the Pickering Fellowship this year, out of an applicant pool of 572 candidates.  She plans to participate in the Maxwell in Washington Program down in DC this fall.  The staff and faculty here in IR send our heartfelt congratulations out to Samanthé.

IR Curriculum Proposal

This proposal was recommended by the IR Task Force, which conducted the ten-year review of the MA-IR Program.  The Proposal was submitted to the Arts and Sciences Curriculum on October 1st.  After the Committee reviews the proposal, it will be voted on by the University Senate and sent to the State of New York for review.

Eliza Orlins named as contestant on this Fall's CBS Survivor Series in Vanuatu

08/27/04 Orlins is currently a senior at Syracuse University, where she is working toward a dual major in international relations and political science, with a minor in Chinese.  She is a Dean's Scholar and has made Dean's List every year.  She is in the process of applying to law school and intends to be a public defender after graduation.  She's a member of Alpha Phi Sorority and was the vice president of New Member Recruitment, for which they won the award for best overall recruitment at their national convocation.  You can watch Orlins compete against the other 17 "castaways" in the remote waters of the South Pacific for a million-dollar prize.  For more information, visit the following URL:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor9/survivors/bios/eliza.shtml