Editor’s Farewell
Dear Reader, A year ago, the Pardee Atlas: Journal of Global Affairs was founded by a group of intellectually curious and passionate graduate students. While I had originally planned on being a member of the Editorial Board, I accepted an opportunity to be the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the publication. Creating a new student organization is […]
Back 2 School Featured Papers – Week 6
Dear Reader, This week is our 6th and final week of the Back 2 School initiative. Back in August, the Atlas put out a call for term papers from Pardee School Graduate students. The goal was to provide an opportunity for students to publish term papers they may have worked on for classes taken while […]
Back 2 School Featured Papers – Week 5
Dear Reader, Fake news. In today’s global media-scape, the term has become a divisive buzz word and a political cudgel. Popularized by President Donald Trump, fake news has a storied history dating back to Mark Antony and Octavian. Contrary to popular belief, fake news is as old as Western Civilization. No surprise then that it has […]
Back 2 School Featured Papers – Week 4
Dear Reader, Happy Halloween! While this weekend you may be in the mood for some tricks, here are four treats from Pardee Graduate students! Our authors this week are: Isak Kulalic (MAIA 2022), Alexander Smith (MAIA 2022), and Luke DeTore (MGP 2022). Kulalic examines Russia’s influence campaigns in the Balkans and its long term impacts […]
Back 2 School Featured Papers – Week 3
Dear Reader, According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, crisis is defined as “an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending”. A crisis can be a blackhole of volatility where decision makers are left with limited time to make critical choices. This week’s three papers feature unique crises that […]
Back 2 School Featured Papers – Week 1
Dear Reader, After a month long submission window, I am pleased to present term papers submitted by current Pardee School of Global Studies graduate students! Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing excellent academic works from the Pardee graduate community. We received a wide variety of submissions and we hope to publish every […]
Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader, In the 16th century, an engraver and cartographer named Abraham Ortelius was posed a question by a merchant. While maps had existed for some time, they were considered large, bulky, and possesed varying quality. In cooperation with the famed cartographer Gerard Mercator, Ortelius’ response to such a question was the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, […]
Introducing The Pardee Atlas Website!
The Pardee Atlas Editorial Board and I are pleased to announce the launch of The Pardee Atlas: Journal of Global Affairs new website! After months of work, the website is finally being brought out of staging and into the public eye. This launch is in coordination with our recent “Back 2 School” submission initiative. Showcased […]