International Relations – Quo Vadis? By Mr. Alexander Likhotal, former President of Green Cross International, Deputy Spokesman and Adviser to the President of the USSR, President Mikhail Gorbachev, and GSD Faculty member Next semester I will be teaching at GSD the course in IR “World Politics: Trends and Transformations”. The academic discipline of IR is…
‘Have a message’, by Mr. Stefan G. Ziegler, Humanitarian Practitioner, Lecturer and Trainer I am honoured to be part of a small but intriguingly special university institute and particularly among my colleagues in the faculty. My background is based on praxis. Of course, I did have the chance to study sociology of development and international…
Marching in our gowns and reflecting on our life! By Hassan Aboulenein, Student Body President 2016 – 2017 Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, class of 2017 A couple of months ago, I was asked to write up a blog covering the last three years of my life in Geneva and precisely at the Geneva…
From local politics to dreaming of contributing internationally By Ms. Fawzia Koofi Member of Parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan and Vice President of the National Assembly When I first came to politics in 2005, my core focus was not international relations; representing one of the remotest provinces located in Pamir and HindoKush mountains connecting Wakhan corridor;…
From May 6th to May 9th GSD organised a Study Trip to Krakow, Poland. Students had the opportunity to visit many places in few days; such as Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, the Schindler’s Museum, the Salt Mine and the Krakow’s city tour. Please see here some of the responses from students of the study trip: ‘Krakow was an impressive place,…
‘Geneva and the field’ – By Gilles-Emmanuel Jacquet, lecturer at GSD Geneva is a very unique city by its size and its role in international relations as it hosts 34 international organizations, 255 permanent missions and delegations representing 175 countries [1] as well as hundreds of international and local NGOs. Every year more than 2500…
Keeping Humanity Afloat (Picture) – GSD’s humanitarian endeavours By, Siofra Sharpe, Head of Humanitarian Affairs GSD “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.” – Winston Churchill What would a school of Diplomacy and International Relations be without a humanitarian heart, a desire to develop real projects for…
‘Activities in and around Geneva’ by Ms. Jade Robert, Master of Arts in International Relations 2016-2017 There are plenty of them! I would like to first talk a bit about the ones related to my studies, before talking about leisure options in Geneva. By being part of the GSD community, it gives you the opportunity to…
High Noon Inauguration? By Dr. Colum de Sales Murphy, President of Geneva School of Diplomacy Welcome to the new Geneva School of Diplomacy blog. Though we are often asked at GSD to comment on world affairs, this blog is new – today is our “inaugural”. I am writing it from my office on our beautiful…