Two global struggles – Cold War II and the fight against climate change – are colliding. By agreeing to hold a virtual summit before the end of this year,
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Reuben E. Brigety II, vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, Carla Koppell, senior advisor for diversity, equity, and inclusion and distinguished fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, and Jamille Bigio, senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, discuss how insufficient leadership, outdated curricula, and alienating school climates leave future foreign policy experts ill-prepared to address the social forces contributing to fragility and unrest globally, and provide their recommendations for a comprehensive educational strategy that improves national security and strengthens U.S. diplomatic capacity.
Read the CFR discussion paper on the topic, authored by all three speakers, here.
Racism raises its ugly head once again at Sewanee. At a lacrosse game this past weekend Sewanee students used the n-word against the rival team from Emmanuel College. Just a month ago Reuben E. Brigety II, the first African-American vice chancellor (president) of the school revealed his home and his family had been subjected to abuse.
Over the weekend, another incident rocked Sewanee. On Sunday night, Brigety disclosed that a few Sewanee students attending a weekend lacrosse match had shouted the n-word and other racist epithets at a visiting team from Emmanuel College in Georgia. The visiting squad included African American, Asian American, Native American, White and Latino men, Brigety wrote. The Sewanee roster appears to be mostly White.