Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jeffrey Fields, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman “approved an operation … to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” according to a scathing new report from the Biden administration. Yet President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not sanction the Saudi government, calculating that any direct punishment could risk Saudi Arabia’s cooperation in confronting Iran and in counterterrorism efforts.
Like his predecessors, Biden is grappling with the reality that Saudi Arabia is needed to achieve certain U.S. objectives in the Middle East.
Woodward Featured in New Book on Warfare
John D. Woodward Jr., Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston university, is featured in the newly released book
First Platoon is described as “an urgent investigation into warfare, good, and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time.”
In the book, author Annie Jacobsen documents the implementation of biometric technologies by the United States Department of Defense (D0D) during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As part of her research, she interviewed Woodward on his service as the Director of the DoD Biometrics Management Office from 2003 to 2005.
GarÄeviÄ Speaks During Eastern Mediterranean Security and Diplomacy Seminar
Ambassador Vesko GarÄeviÄ, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, participated in the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Diplomacy Seminar. The event was a collaboration between Emmanuel College’s Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies (IEMS), The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law and Diplomacy, the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania.
GarÄeviÄÂ took part in two panels:
The Western Balkans and the Great Power Challengers, on January 13 and the concluding panel,
GarÄeviÄ Publishes Op-Ed on Balkans and EU Membership
Ambassador Vesko GarÄeviÄ, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published a
Deutche Welle (DW) op-ed on the Balkans and their hopes of membership in the European Union (EU).Â
The article, titled “Ðалкан: Регион изгÑбен во лавиÑинÑÐ¾Ñ Ð½Ð° ÐУ (The Region Lost in the EU Maze), discusses the relationship between Western Balkans (WB) countries and the EU, the role of the United States, and misdoings of the regional political elites. It argues that the WB/EU relationship resembles a slow fade – like partners who don’t fully trust each other, although they still talk about their common future. It highlights the importance of the U.S. as a corrective factor to the EU policies in the region.
CSE Hosts Discussion on European Perspectives of the U.S. Elections
On December 6, 2020, the Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a panel discussion titled “European Perspectives on the U.S. Elections.”
This virtual round table discussion with European Studies faculty at Boston University on the U.S. Elections was hosted by Daniela Caruso, Professor of Law, Jean Monnet Chair, and Director of the Center for the Study of Europe, and moderated by Graham Wilson, Professor of Political Science and Director of BU’s Initiative on Cities. The other speakers were Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations; Cathie Jo Martin, Professor of Political Science; Kaija Schilde, Associate Professor of International Relations; Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science; and Joseph Wipp