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Friday, October 07, 2022

McCain Institute executive director discusses character-driven leadership with ASU students

Evelyn Farkas, a trailblazer for national security and foreign policy in the U.S., has spent the past three decades standing up for democracy. “Democracy to me means freedom,” Farkas said. “The freedom to express yourself politically, the freedom to express yourself economically, and it was something that my parents didn’t have when they were born.” Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies recently hosted Farkas, executive director at the McCain Institute for...

Thursday, September 22, 2022

ASU professor's historical documents available at Library of Congress

During his 44 years at The Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr. investigated and led coverage of some of the most significant events of the 20th century. Downie, the Weil Family Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was an editor for The Post’s investigation of the Watergate scandal, which resulted in President Richard Nixon’s resignation, covered the Jonestown massacre in 1978 and, as executive editor, oversaw The...

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Policymakers talk meaning of CHIPS Act to national economy, security

America’s share of global semiconductor production has fallen from 37% in 1990 to just 12% today. During the same period, semiconductor use has risen to define almost every aspect of life. “To use your phone, to use your computer, to turn your car on, you need microchips. And right now, we are heavily dependent on foreign nations for them,” said U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, adding that such dependence represents economic and security risks to the country. Sinema was speaking at "CHIPS for...

Thursday, September 08, 2022

ASU-supported project presents blueprints for changes to US foreign service

It has been nearly 100 years since the U.S. foreign service was created through the Rogers Act, which fundamentally reformed America's foreign services in the years following World War I. Since the formation of the U.S. foreign service, America has had 17 presidential administrations, experienced a population swell of nearly 300% and watched the world’s political geography radically change. Over the years, numerous studies and reports about modernizing the U.S. foreign service have been...

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

McCain Institute honors life, legacy of John McCain

When Barry Goldwater passed away in 1998, the five-term U.S. senator from Arizona and former presidential candidate left some mighty big shoes to fill. But John McCain stepped into them almost effortlessly, becoming a presidential contender and leader who was known throughout the world as a war hero and a tireless diplomat who fought for his country in and out of uniform. The McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University recently launched a social media campaign...

Thursday, June 23, 2022

What is coastal America's future?

Rising sea levels are becoming more frequent along coastal America, and have been accelerating more than ever before, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Climate change has not only contributed to a significant increase in high-tide coastal floods, powerful hurricanes and years of drought for some, but also negatively impacted the quality of life for thousands of vulnerable residents that otherwise don’t have the means to relocate inland. A mix of creative...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Kateryna Smagliy: Fighting for democracy

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in ASU Thrive’s special photography issue, celebrating a day in the life of inspiring people across the ASU community. WASHINGTON, D.C. — One week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Kateryna “Katja” Smagliy moved to Washington, D.C., for her post at the embassy of Ukraine. Previously, the McCain Institute selected her as a 2019 McCain Global Leader to focus on strengthening democracy in her country. She calls the late Sen. John McCain one of...

Monday, June 20, 2022

ASU alum testifies before US Senate Judiciary Committee on DACA, her American dream

Last week, Arizona State University alumna Dalia Larios testified before the United States Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety about her personal experience as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipent. Sen. Alex Padilla of California called the hearing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and more than 20 years that have passed since the first introduction of the DREAM Act. The testimonials were...

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Inaugural roundtable event asks what a new US Foreign Service might look like

Earlier this year, Arizona State University’s Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab convened ambassadors and foreign service experts to discuss actionable steps that can be taken to revive, reform and reimagine the U.S. Foreign Service for the 21st century in an online open discussion, “The American Diplomacy Project – Phase II.” The discussion was organized as part of the Inaugural ASU Washington Diplomatic Roundtable, a quarterly event connecting ASU with the Washington foreign...

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