USC Dornsife News

David Kang of international relations has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant to analyze East Asian security issues, defense spending and United States foreign policy.

Inaugural USC Dornsife-Farhang Foundation Iranian Studies Initiative lecture features Rudi Matthee, who speaks on Iran’s ideal of self-sufficiency.

A new book by international relations’ Brian Rathbun focuses on 1920s Europe to illustrate diplomacy and its ripple effect on negotiating styles today.

Senior Engie Salama writes about how traveling to Spain with a USC Dornsife interdisciplinary program turned her into a real Valencian.

International relations alumnus Justin Arana chronicles the water crisis in rural villages of Mozambique in his new documentary produced by Sharon Stone. The movie premieres tonight at the Hollywood Film Festival.

Senior Kapil Talwalkar, who emerges as a ‘revelation’ in a play, draws from his international relations major when seeking artistic ways to inspire change.

A fun pastime filming ski trips turned into a dream career for alumnus Caleb Farro, who coordinates extreme sports shoots throughout the world for GoPro.

In a Problems Without Passports course, Wayne Glass of international relations leads a group of undergraduates to Washington, D.C., to study nonproliferation and weapons of mass destruction.

This November marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. A new book by professor Mary Elise Sarotte traces how the event that marked the end of the Cold War in Europe was not just the result of actions by the United States.