John and Mabel de Sardon and Joan de Sardon-Glass Assistantships
This endowed award provides support to nationals of Perú and other Andean region countries that wish to pursue a professional degree at the Maxwell School and then return to public service in their home countries.
Students who are citizens of Andean region countries and have applied to one of the Maxwell professional degree programs may be eligible for this award. Maxwell School graduate professional programs, including executive graduate professional programs, nominate eligible students from their pool of admitted applicants (this award is not available for online programs).
A committee reviews nominations and makes selections based on factors that include: academic program, research interests, past experience and need. Nominations are made annually in March, and awards are offered in April for the upcoming academic year.
In general, an offer will include support for one full professional program. Dual degree seekers are eligible for nomination but will only receive support for one degree.
The full award generally includes a 20-hour per week salaried position as a graduate assistant at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs during the academic year and tuition credits to support your degree requirements. It may also include a summer stipend.
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Being a part of the de Sardon-Glass community is an honor and a responsibility. It allows us to study at Maxwell without worries and commits us to become key agents in the development of our countries.”
Nuria Esparch '00 E.M.P.A.
Senior Manager of Institutional Relations, Southern Peru Copper Corporation
Current de Sardon-Glass students
Margarita Musante
Fabiola Fatima Casaretto Ibanez
Peru
Rosa Emilia Milagros Arevalo Leon
Peru
“Coups to Save Democracy”
Nuria Esparch
June 2023
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After the last election in Peru in 2021, a group of military retirees went to the streets of Lima to ask active-duty military members to carry out a military coup to prevent the person who had won the election from taking office. The argument was to "save democracy” to avoid falling into "communism." Despite these requests – which became very explicit – the Peruvian active-duty military members remained respectful of the Constitution, ignoring calls for sedition.
This monograph – written by Maxwell alumna and former Peruvian Defense Minister, Nuria Esparch – addresses two main questions. First, why did some Peruvians want to defend democracy with a coup? Second, what has changed in the military that used to intervene in politics and now does not?
Nuria Esparch is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and has a master's degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University. Esparch is currently the Senior Manager of Institutional Relations at Southern Peru Copper Corporation. Throughout her career, she has worked in both the public and private sectors in Peru. In the public sector, Esparch was General Secretary of the Ministries of Agriculture, Labor and Employment Promotion, as well as Women and Vulnerable Populations.
In addition, she was Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Homeland Security and Vice Minister of Resources of the Ministry of Defense. She left that position to assume the Executive Presidency of the National Civil Service Authority (SERVIR), an institution she founded in 2008. In 2020 she was appointed Minister of Defense, which made her the first woman to hold this position in Peru’s history.