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Nine years after graduating from Yale Jackson, Kristrún Frostadóttir returned to New Haven as Prime Minister of Iceland — and the world's youngest sitting head of government — for a fireside chat with Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment director Phil Kaplan.

A group of young Ukrainian women joined Yale World Fellows Federica Du Pasquier and Leon McCarron on a “peace walk” in Northern Ireland, using nature and dialogue to reflect on trauma, identity, and the meaning of peace.

Elhanan Miller on the power of religious and cultural dialogue in building bridges between Jewish and Muslim communities, and how Elhanan’s Arabic-language media project aims to foster empathy across deep political divides.

Peace Fellow Jaser Abu Mousa, a Palestinian political analyst and development specialist, speaks about his life, career, and hopes for peace in the Middle East.

Just a generation ago, Filipinos lived under the dictatorial rule of Ferdinand Marcos. Elisa Cruz ’26 spent last summer in Manila to research the ways cultural institutions are fighting the nation’s collective denialism over these events to adequately address systemic social issues.

Agnes Sjöblad ’26 details her summer research on the reasons for her native Sweden’s drastic shift from military neutrality to joining NATO. She found that the shift wasn’t as drastic as she first thought.

The Jackson School of Global Affairs officially welcomed its new class of graduate students to Yale on Monday, August 25, 2025.

In his latest book, Yale historian David Engerman examines six economists, all from South Asia, who helped shape international development — including efforts to reduce poverty and inequality worldwide.

Mengistu Assefa-Dadi explores the roots of conflict in the Horn of Africa, the decline of regional leadership, and the critical role of grassroots peacebuilding and local resilience in driving long-term stability.

Retired General Timothy Haugh, the former commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, will join the Blue Center as a Senior Fellow for fall 2025, where he will teach a seminar on intelligence, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.