February 2023 Newsletter
Dear friends of GRI,Last month, William & Mary announced a five-year pilot partnership between GRI, the Institute for Integrative Conservation, and the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement to advance research with real-world consequences. The Applied Research & Innovation Initiative (ARII) will convene researchers from across campus and equip students to collaborate on research and get hands-on experience with external partners. The funding for this program came from two alums, Mike Foradas ’78 and Valerie Foradas, who received an honorary degree in 2021. Their support will enable more multidisciplinary collaboration as students and faculty team up to tackle pressing issues in healthcare, education, national security, biodiversity, and more. As you know, our community extends far beyond Williamsburg. In December, we worked with Chancellor Robert Gates to host the first Gates Forum, which gathered leading scholars, journalists, members of Congress, and policymakers to share insights about the role of strategic communication in foreign policy. The recommendations that emerged were made public in an event in DC. Watch the recording here to see expert panelists break down key findings from the Gates Forum’s original research papers. Best,Mike
AidData
As Beijing increasingly turns toward emergency lending, a Ford Foundation grant will enable AidData to track trends in China's overseas development program — including loan disbursements and repayments, reschedulings and defaults, and public-private partnerships.
NukeLab
In his new book, NukeLab Director Jeff Kaplow analyzes why the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the wider nuclear nonproliferation regime have been so successful — even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.
International Justice Lab and AidData
Anticipated sanctions from citizens and courts on executive governments play a critical role in protecting the press, explain IJL Director Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo and AidData Senior Research Analyst Jonathan Solis in the Journal of Human Rights.
AidData
As Sri Lanka struggles with outstanding debt, AidData's Executive Director Brad Parks assesses China's decision-making processes when borrowers cannot meet payments.
GRI Affiliate Sharan Grewal
As experts share insights into Biden's performance in the Middle East, GRI Affiliate Sharan Grewal considers how the U.S. could encourage an inclusive national dialogue and help restore democracy in Tunisia.
Teaching, Research & International Policy Project
States can instrumentalize sovereignty challenges to frame policy discussions and set agendas, as evidenced by new co-authored research from TRIP Project Post-Doctoral Fellow Shauna Gillooly and Genevieve Bates.
Exodus Project
A coordinated, comprehensive menstrual hygiene management program can help to address Venezuelan migrants’ health needs, and the U.S. should be leading this effort at the southern border, as The Exodus Project's Zoha Siddiqui and Jahnavi Prabhala propose.
GRI Post-Doc Giuseppe Paparella
Amid the risk of a China-U.S. conflict over the Taiwan Strait, and in the context of additional escalating tensions, Post-Doctoral Fellow Giuseppe Paparella considers how backdoor diplomacy has helped Beijing and Washington evade confrontation in the past.
Global Scholars Program
The first cohort of the Global Scholars Program engaged in an immersive winter break seminar in Washington, D.C. From here, the students will take on applied research roles and travel to Brussels and Paris for experiential learning opportunities.
GRI's Ryan Musto
Examples from Africa’s Treaty of Pelindaba can guide collective efforts to prevent catastrophe at Zaporizhzhia — Europe’s largest nuclear power plant — GRI's Director of Forums and Research Initiatives, Ryan Musto, explains.
American Bosnian Collaboration Project
Analysis by researchers from the 2022 ABC Project, which held classes outside, found that experiential-based activities helped Bosnian students increase their levels of Intercultural Communicative Competence.
Teaching, Research & International Policy Project
With the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army back at the negotiating table, TRIP Project Post-Doctoral Fellow Shauna Gillooly considers how peace processes can fortify existing power structures.
AidData
In a co-authored chapter for the OECD Development Co-operation report, AidData's Director of Policy Analysis Samantha Custer, Senior Research Analyst Ana Horigoshi, and Program Manager Kelsey Marshall present key findings from AidData’s Listening to Leaders Survey of Global South leaders’ views on development.
Applied Research & Innovation Initiative
Partnerships among GRI, the Institute for Integrative Conservation, and the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement will empower students to develop research skill sets and ensure a meaningful impact in the world.
Ignite
Ignite Director Carrie Dolan, who works to maximize the impact of global health resources, was named one of The Explorers Club's 50 individuals changing the world that the world needs to know about in 2023.
