$2 Million Grant to The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs Supports Programs Addressing Pressing Global Issues
Carnegie Corporation of New York today announced a $2 million award to the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. The award supports research and scholarship that advance understanding of important global issues and recognizes the Elliott School’s emergence as a leading professional school of international affairs. The grant was awarded as part of Carnegie Corporation’s focus on exploring U.S. relations with pivotal powers in a changing global environment. It will support three major research programs within the Elliott School, each of which capitalizes on the Washington, D.C.-based institution’s unique capacity to apply theory to real-world policy questions. Two programs, the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) and the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), are both discipline-based international networks of scholars and experts. The third program is the Worldviews of Aspiring Powers Project (APP), which focuses on identifying and tracking internal foreign policy debates in China, Japan, India, Russia and South Korea. The APP is part of the Elliott School’s Rising Powers Initiative. […]
