School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News

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October 30, 2024

U.S. Elections: What to Watch

The American presidential election — Trump versus Harris — is around the corner. AUC Faculty broke the politics down to help us understand the differences between both candidates when it comes to Middle East policy, Arab American interests, and U.S. domestic policy.

September 26, 2024

Capacity Building Training on Financial Mechanisms for International Environmental Conventions

The online sessions last until October 2, 2024 and focus on introducing participants to financial mechanisms for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), exploring the shortcomings of current frameworks, and examining the relationship between trade, subsidie

September 1, 2024

USAID Pioneers Short-Term Training in Environmental Sustainability

In collaboration with partners from the School of Engineering and Science Services Center (ESS) and the Business School’s Executive Education, the program was launched on September 21 with opening remarks by Hossam Kabbani, executive director of Engineering and S

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August 11, 2024

GAPP Executive Education launches the Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) - Training for Employment (TFE) Phase II: Rabeha

On Sunday, August 11, 2024, Mohamed Fahmy Menza, Senior Director of GAPP Executive Education, provided the opening speech of the first session via a recorded audiovisual contribution.

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October 16, 2024

10 Takeaways from Rashid Khalidi’s Talk on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi speaks on Palestine at AUC, sharing ideas about the inevitability of resistance, the need for Arab states to take more action, and the recent birth of a Western narrative for the Palestinian cause.

September 29, 2024

Political Economy of the Global South Conference 2024 Hosted by the Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism Program

Organized its first Political Economy of the Global South( PEGS) conference.

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October 14, 2024

Reporting in Conflict Zones

AUC faculty and alumni interviewed 18 Palestinian journalists in Gaza to produce an award-winning research paper on war reporting.

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October 9, 2024

Faculty on Gaza: Tough Questions About the Future

One year into the war in Gaza, an AUC faculty panel addressed the humanitarian crisis and the future of Gaza. Moderated by Khaled Ezzelarab, the event featured Rabab El Mahdi, Karim Haggag, and Hani Sayed.

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September 30, 2024

Lebanon in Crisis: Faculty Insights

In Lebanon, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 6,300 injured by Israeli strikes in an expansion of the war in Gaza. We asked AUC faculty members who study the region to share their thoughts.

September 29, 2024

Dean Noha El-Mikawy chats with Jan-Werner Mueller

Jan-Werner Mueller, professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University, co-founded the European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin.

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September 25, 2024

Classmates from Columbia

Three Columbia University graduate students decided to spend a semester abroad at AUC. Find out what brought them from New York to Cairo.

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September 9, 2024

Youth for Impact

Political science senior Ibrahim Elsharkawy was part of the official delegation representing Egypt at the High-Level Global Forum on Youth Peace and Security in Amman, Jordan.

September 16, 2024

Global Digital Universities Conference Kicks Off at AUC

Marking the first time for the event to be held in Egypt, AUC is hosting the 2024 Digital Universities Arab World conference including more than 300 industry leaders from over 24 countries spanning four continents.

September 18, 2024

A Warm Welcome to Our New Faculty

A warm welcome to all our new faculty! With research interests from international policy to visual storytelling, we are thrilled to have incoming faculty this fall who are experts in a range of disciplines.

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