On May 21, 2013, the Center for Civic and Global Leadership (CCGL) held its First Annual Fellows Symposium.  Following introductory remarks by CCGL Director Sean Wetmore and each of the three program directors, Howard Hoege of the Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy at the University of Virginia delivered the Keynote Address.  Following this, attendees adjourned to the refectory to view the Symposium presentations of each Fellow.

The presentations created by the IR Fellows Class of 2016 represented months of work.  It was by no means a demonstration of all we had done throughout the course of the year; instead, it was a presentation by each individual Fellow illustrating some of the research they had done on a particular subject of interest.

Thomas Ferguson’s presentation was entitled “Economic and Social Development in Malawi”:

In addition to his work on this subject, Thomas led discussions during the course of the year on the following articles from the journal Foreign Affairs:

• Brimley and Ratner, “Smart Shift: A Response to ‘The Problem of the Pivot'”;
• Dmitriev and Treisman, “The Other Russia”;
• Drezner, “Rebooting Republican Foreign Policy”;
• King, “The Scottish Play”;
• Mehta, “How India Stumbled”;
• Morse, “Cleaning Up Coal”;
• Ross, “The Problem with the Pivot”; and
• Vandewalle, “After Qaddafi.”

This was all in addition to their regular coursework.  Each IR Fellow maintained excellent grades during the course of his or her ninth grade and participated in other aspects of school life as well.  Thomas, for example, won the ninth grade English award.

Sophie Kidd’s presentation was entitled “Education for Girls and Women in Afghanistan and Pakistan”:

In addition to her work on this subject, Sophie led discussions during the course of the year on the following articles from the journal Foreign Affairs:

• Altman, “The Fall and Rise of the West”;
• Ash, “The Crisis in Europe”;
• Baram, “Deterrence Lessons from Iraq”;
• Friedburg, “Bucking Beijing”;
• Gershenfeld, “How to Make It in America”;
• Kenworthy, “It’s Hard to Make It in America”;
• Lomborg, “Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now”; and
• Morgan, “America’s Misguided Approach to Social Welfare.”

This was all in addition to their regular coursework.  Each IR Fellow maintained excellent grades during the course of his or her ninth grade and participated in other aspects of school life as well.  Sophie, for example, won the ninth grade theater award.

Pablo Vazquez’s presentation was entitled “The Effect of China’s Economic Growth on the United States”:

In addition to his work on this subject, Pablo led discussions during the course of the year on the following articles from the journal Foreign Affairs:

• Allison, “The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50”;
• Benard, “How to Succeed in Business”;
• Camín and Casteñeda, “Mexico’s Age of Agreement”;
• Campbell, “America the Undertaxed”;
• Caverley and Kapstein, “Arms Away”;
• Li, “The Life of the Party”;
• Nathan and Allison, “The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50”;
• Norquist and Campbell, “Are Taxes Too Damn High”?”;
• Sharma, “Broken BRICs”?; and
• Zakaria, “Can America Be Fixed?”

This was all in addition to their regular coursework.  Each IR Fellow maintained excellent grades during the course of his or her ninth grade and participated in other aspects of school life as well.  Pablo, for example, won the highest award given to ninth graders: the Massey Award.

Hannah Wheaton’s presentation was entitled “Kurds and a Possible ‘Kurdistan'”:

In addition to her work on this subject, Hannah led discussions during the course of the year on the following articles from the journal Foreign Affairs:

• Bergsten, “Why the Euro Will Survive”;
• Gustafson, “Putin’s Petroleum Problem”;
• Hiltermann, “Revenge of the Kurds”;
• Kahl and Walz, “Iran and the Bomb”;
• Mallaby, “Europe’s Optional Catastrophe”;
• Teppermann, “Barak’s Last Battle” and “Turkey’s Moment”; and
• Waltz, “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb.”

This was all in addition to their regular coursework.  Each IR Fellow maintained excellent grades during the course of his or her ninth grade and participated in other aspects of school life as well.  Hannah, for example, had recently soloed during a choral presentation.

Jessica Williams’ presentation was entitled “Stable and Democratic Political Development in Egypt”:

In addition to her work on this subject, Jessica led discussions during the course of the year on the following articles from the journal Foreign Affairs:

• Berman, “The Promise of the Arab Spring”;
• Hadley and Podesta, “The Right Way Out of Afghanistan”;
• Gordon, “Trading Up in Asia”;
• Jones, “The Mirage of the Arab Spring”;
• MacKenzie, “Let Women Fight”;
• Nathan and Scobell, “How China Sees America”;
• Sacks, “God’s Politics”; and
• Neumann, Hadley, and Podesta, “Afghan Endgame.”

This was all in addition to their regular coursework.  Each IR Fellow maintained excellent grades during the course of his or her ninth grade and participated in other aspects of school life as well.  Jessica, for example, won the ninth grade athletics award.