"AGS Issue Roundups": Every Month, an Insight Into a Current Issue of International Affairs

AGS recently launched a series of monthly talks and discussions about current issues of international affairs, entitled "Issue Roundups". They are one-hour sessions consisting of a review of the chosen topic by an AGS professor with specific expertise, followed by a Q&A and informal debate. Issue Roundups are open to all AGS students, alumni and faculty. 

The inaugural session in November focused on the regime change in Tunisia following the fall of Ben Ali and the October legislative elections. Also related to the Arab Spring revolution, the December session addressed the regime change and legislative elections in Egypt. These first two sessions were conducted by Professor Mariam Habibi, who heads the Middle East graduate concentration at AGS.

"The AGS Issue Roundups take the debate beyond reports and articles. They give an intriguing personal insight to an IR topic and pose next steps and challenges about the subject." says Ryan Godfrey, AGS Class of 2012, a student in the dual degree program in International Peace and Conflict Resolution/International Relations and Diplomacy with Arcadia University.

The next issue roundup will take place in January.