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Teaching U.S. Foreign Policy in Russia

Web Admin — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:34:36 +0000

Dr. Maija Harkonen, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, received a stipend from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia, to teach a course on U.S. foreign policy. The three-week course, “U.S. Foreign Policy and Russia: Challenges and Opportunities,” took place in November 2017. Dr. Harkonen had fifty Masters-level students […]

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U.S.-Russian Relations Under Trump Administration: What Does Russia Expect?

Web Admin — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:20:07 +0000

Text: Maija Harkonen Photographs: Bill Wood U.S.-Russian Relations: Recalibrating Expectations “One of the great achievements of Soviet-American relations of the 20th century was that we finished the Cold War without a big conflict,” said Professor Tatiana Shakleina from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia, during her visit to St Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). […]

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Past Events from 2003 – Present

Web Admin — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:35:41 +0000

Download the PDF of past events

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Justice & Inequality Roundtable

Web Admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:59:10 +0000

Text: Maija Harkonen with Kevin Kelley and Cecile Walton Research: Yonah Zeitz Photos: Bill Wood Issues of Criminal Justice: Race- or Poverty-based? “We cannot survive without sound law enforcement. At the same time, we need law enforcement that is appropriately respectful of individual rights and liberties and is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner,” stated the […]

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VOTE! Elections and Social Media

Web Admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:57:28 +0000

Text: Linden Goff, Madeline Roth, Cecile Walton Pictures: Sandra L. Robbins Social Media and Elections Since the presidential election of 2008, known as “the Facebook election” due to the Obama campaign’s mastery of the platform, social media’s prevalence as a political tool has only increased in frequency and importance. This new and dynamic dimension to […]

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Privacy, Ethics and UAVs: Was George Orwell a Prophet?

Web Admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:29:32 +0000

Download or Print PDFs: Patuxent Defense Forum Program Privacy, Ethics and UAVs Was George Orwell a Prophet?

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The City of Baltimore in Focus

Web Admin — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:03:07 +0000

The Baltimore forum organized by the Center for the Study of Democracy, United Not Divided: Economic Inequality and the Opportunity Gap, dedicated the second day of the two-day event for exploring the challenges that the City of Baltimore faces. At the forum, politicians, educators, civic leaders, students, social service professionals and community members discussed misguided […]

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The 2016 Thomas Penfield Jackson Award for Civic Responsibility and Democratic Citizenship

Web Admin — Mon, 02 May 2016 14:14:57 +0000

Michael Abrams, a graduating senior with a major in English and minors in History and Film & Media Studies, was selected as the recipient of the 2016 Thomas Penfield Jackson Award for Civic Responsibility and Democratic Citizenship. Michael has published a history paper in Proto, an undergraduate research journal, and has given research presentations at […]

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Baltimore Forum Tackles Problems of Inequality

Web Admin — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:11:57 +0000

Is the American Dream really slipping away from Americans of modest and less than modest means? The fear that many in the country will no longer be able to get ahead by striving and hard work alone found solid support from a group of academics, elected officials, and policy foundations at a two-day conference in […]

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High Price of Inequality

Web Admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:35:17 +0000

“Inequity deprives us all and prevents us from reaping the benefits of our differences,” President Tuajuanda Jordan remarked in her welcoming address at the Inequality Workshop, held on Friday, February 26, on the SMCM campus. The event was organized by Student Ambassadors who volunteer at the Center for the Study of Democracy, organizing civic events […]

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