International Relations

Public Diplomacy Symposium held on SU campus
By Shradha Rao
October 17, 2016 - 11:51am
Professionals spoke about non-state actors in international relations at the annual two-day event.

Each year, the public diplomacy graduate students of Syracuse University host a public diplomacy symposium. Usually held in Washington D.C., this year's event, inspired by Geoffrey Wiseman’s book, "Isolate or Engage: Adversarial States, US Foreign Policy, and Public Diplomacy," was held at SU on Oct. 13 and 14.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks about experiences amidst protest
By Maya Parthasarathy
April 11, 2016 - 10:28am
Albright discussed her 40-year career in international affairs with Maxwell Dean James Steinberg during the eighth annual Tanner Lecture.

Madeleine Albright served as the United States' first female secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 — but to her youngest granddaughter, that’s no big deal.

“Only girls are secretary of state,” Albright recalled her now 14-year-old granddaughter saying at age seven.