http://wws.princeton.edu/ Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs News RSS en-us http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3754 Two Woodrow Wilson School faculty members were recently featured in cover stories in the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) on topics of national and international interest. Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3754 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3745 “Africa: Towards Strong, Sustained, and Inclusive Growth” was the focus of a public lecture by Mthuli Ncube, chief economist and vice president of the African Development Bank, at the Woodrow Wilson School on April 9, 2012. Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3745 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3725 The first round of the French presidential elections were held on April 22. In a field of ten candidates, incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande emerged as the top two vote getters and face one another in a runoff election on May 6. In advance of this second round of voting, a group of experts participated in a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson School on May 1, 2012, to examine the election, the issues, the role and importance of the media, and the candidates themselves. The discussion was cosponsored by the European Union Program, the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA), the Center for French Studies, and the Woodrow Wilson School. Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3725 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3718 WWS' Seyed Hossein Mousavian was the topic of the Reuters article, Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3718 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3690 Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, was honored on April 19, 2012 in New York, by the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law with the Louis B. Sohn Award for Public International Law Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3690 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3686 The 2012 Princeton Lectures in Politics and Public Affairs welcomed famed American political scientist and historian, Ira Katznelson, to the Princeton University campus in late March. The lecture series, “The People and the State: Reflections on American Political Development,” was co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School, the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) and Princeton University Press (PUP). Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3686 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3669 WWS' Anne-Marie Slaughter was quoted in the Bloomberg article, Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3669 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3657 Phil Barnett ’79, Democratic staff director for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, presented a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School on April 4, 2012, titled “The Politics of Climate Legislation: Failed Attempts and the Prospect for Future Legislation.” The discussion was part of the School’s “Energy and Environment” thematic lecture series. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3657 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3652 April 3, 2012 marked the deadline for Woodrow Wilson School seniors to turn in their theses. And true to Woody Woo tradition, at 4:30 p.m., the seniors celebrated their achievement by jumping into the Fountain of Freedom pool outside Robertson Hall. Watch the video here: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3652 http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3612 India has one of the fastest-growing economies on earth. Over the past three decades, socialism has been replaced by pro-business policies as the way forward. And yet, in this “new” India, grinding poverty is still a feature of everyday life. Some 450 million people subsist on less than $1.25 per day, and nearly half of India’s children are malnourished. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://wws.princeton.edu/news/viewstory.xml?id=3612