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Prior to working at the Council on Foreign Relations, Ayres steered policy for U.S. embassies as the deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, the release states.
A foreign policy scholar and researcher will become the Elliott School of International Affair’s next dean, according to a University release Monday.
Alyssa Ayres, a senior fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, will become the school’s first permanent female dean beginning Feb. 1, the release states. Ayres will take over a position currently held by Ilana Feldman, who will return to her position as a faculty member in the Elliott School, according to the release.
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WORLD NEWS 2020 – The Year in Review
JANUARY
• An estimate 25,000 people converge on Manhattan’s Foley Square and make their way to Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza, chanting “No Hate, No Fear,” where they hear from community leaders and organizations urging Jewish pride and unity in the face of escalating antisemitism. The march is in response to the steep rise in incidents of violence against Jews in New York City.
• James Harris, chair of the education committee of the Montclair, N.J. branch of the NAACP, slams Chassidic Jews at the town’s community forum, saying that he went to Jersey City “and I see these folks in long black suits and curly lots.”