The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of

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It grants degrees at both

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and graduate levels. Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continuously operating school for international affairs in the United States, predating the

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by six years. SFS was established by

Edmund A. Walsh Edmund Aloysius Walsh (October 10, 1885 – October 31, 1956) was an American Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and career diplomat from South Boston, Massachusetts. He was also a professor of geopolitics and founder of the Georgetow ...

with the goal of preparing Americans for various international professions in the wake of expanding U.S. involvement in world affairs after

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. Today, the school hosts a student body of approximately 2,250 from over 100 nations each year. It offers an undergraduate program based in the

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, which leads to the

Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, graduate lev ...

(BSFS) degree, as well as eight

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graduate programs. Based in

, the school also maintains campuses in

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, and

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. SFS is a founding member of the

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(APSIA), a consortium of the world's leading public policy, public administration, and international affairs schools.

History

20th century

With the help of Georgetown University president Fr. John B. Creeden, S.J., Fr. Walsh spearheaded the founding of the School of Foreign Service and its establishment was announced on November 25, 1919. The school's use of the name “Foreign Service” preceded the formal establishment of the U.S. Foreign Service by six years. The school was envisioned by Fr. Walsh to prepare students for all major forms of foreign representation from

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diplomatic Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents, especially historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, pr ...

. In 1921, it graduated its first class of

(BSFS) undergraduate students. The following year, the school began to offer the first international relations graduate program in the United States, the

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(MSFS). In August 1932, the SFS was moved to the

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, a

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. In 1958, two years after the death of Fr. Walsh, the school was renamed after him and moved to the Walsh Building in a ceremony dedicated by

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in honor of Fr. Walsh. In 1936, the SFS Division of Business and Public Administration launched the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree. In 1957, under the leadership of Fr. Joseph Sebes, S.J, the division was spun off from the SFS, becoming the School of Business Administration — later renamed

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in honor of Robert Emmett McDonough (SFS'49). In 1962, the

Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initially named the Center for Strategic and Inte ...

(CSIS) was founded at Georgetown University as a

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to conduct policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world. When

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retired from his position as U.S. Secretary of State in 1977, he declined offers of

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from

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, Penn, Columbia, and

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, and decided to teach at Georgetown SFS instead, making CSIS the base for his Washington operations. In 1986, the university's

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voted to sever all ties with CSIS.Jordan, Mary. "GU Severs Ties With Think Tank: Center's Academics, Conservatism Cited". ''The Washington Post''. 18 October 1986. p. B1. Intercultural Center 08 2009 Georgetown U 6992

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Since 1982, the school has been housed in the

Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center The Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center commonly known as the Intercultural Center or ICC is a seven-story mixed use building on the main campus of Georgetown University named for Edward B. Bunn. The center was built in 1982 as the Photovolta ...

(ICC) on Georgetown's main campus. In 1989, the Salaam Intercultural Resource Center, which is located on the top floor of the ICC, was opened in a ceremony presided by President

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. The center is a gift by Hany M. Sala'am and has housed the school's MSFS program since 1989. Opening of The Salaam Intercultural Resource Center

In 1975, the

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(CCAS) was launched as the first academic institution in the United States to focusing exclusively on the

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. CCAS is a National Resource Center on the

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(NRC-MENA) and funded by Title VI grants from the

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, in addition to donation from

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(GCC) governments. In 1999,

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(MSFS'87) dedicated a new facility for the center. In 1978, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) was founded to bring together diplomats, practitioners and scholars to study diplomatic statecraft theory and practice. Past ISD fellows include Georgian deputy prime minister

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and Chinese foreign minister

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. From 1975 until 2016, the ISD also awarded the ''Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting'' to journalists in recognition of their distinguished reporting on foreign policy and diplomacy. In 1992, following the

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and the

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, the SFS launched the Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program to train future leaders of transitional states from Eastern Europe and

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. Notable fellows include Latvian finance minister

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, Kazhastan deputy prime minister

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, and Lithuania president Dalia Grybauskaite, who was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Georgetown University in 2013. In 1995, the Security Studies Program (SSP), which was founded in 1977 as the National Security Studies Program (NSSP) and hosted at the

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headquarters in

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, was moved to Georgetown's main campus and incorporated into the SFS.

21st century

In 2002, the school studied the feasibility of opening a campus in Qatar Foundation's

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. In 2005, the School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) was officially opened and welcomed its first class of undergraduate students. In 2015, the school was renamed to Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) as it broadened its remit to include executive masters and professional programs. In 2005, Saudi prince

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gave $20 million to the school's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding to promote interfaith understanding and the study of the

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. The gift was the second-largest ever given to Georgetown at that point, and the center was renamed in his honor.Caryle Murphy
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''Washington Post'' (December 13, 2005). In 2011, following the

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, U.S. Secretary of State

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launched the

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(GIWPS) and served as its founding chair. In June 2023, the administrators announced the plan to rename the school in honor of the late

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...

, who served as a professor at SFS both before and after her tenure as U.S. secretary of state. It attracted criticism due to Albright's controversial legacy and the lack of consultation with the school's community members. In October 2023, Georgetown announced that it was no longer considering renaming the school after Albright. In November 2023,

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announced Georgetown's partnership with the

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to open a satellite campus in the country. In January 2025,

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(GSAP) campus was launched in

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, to offer graduate masters and

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programs.

Academics

Undergraduate program

The Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree is offered by the School of Foreign Service. The degree is rooted in the liberal arts. Following completion of the core requirements, students declare one of the following interdisciplinary majors: * Culture and Politics (CULP) * Global Business (GBUS) * International Economics (IECO) * International History (IHIS) * International Political Economy (IPEC) * International Politics (IPOL) * Regional and Comparative Studies (RCST) * Science, Technology, & International Affairs (STIA) There is also a joint degree — Bachelor of Science in Business and Global Affairs — offered in partnership with the

(MSB).

Graduate program

Graduate students can pursue eight interdisciplinary graduate degrees in the school: *

(MSFS) with concentrations in: ** Global Business, Finance & Society (GBFS) ** Global Politics & Security (GPS) ** International Development (IDEV) ** Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) *

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in Security Studies (SSP) * Master of Global Human Development (GHD) * Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) * Master of Arts in

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(MASIA) * Master of Arts in German and

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(MAGES) * Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (MAERES) * Master of Arts in

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(CLAS) There are two joint executive degrees offered in partnership with Georgetown's

: the Global Executive MBA offered in collaboration with the

ESADE Business School ESADE Business School is a private Postgraduate education, graduate-level business school located in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of ESADE (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela ...

in Spain and the INCAE Business School in Costa Rica, and the MA in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP). The school's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy also offers the Executive Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA) at the SFS campuses in

, and

. SFS is a member of the

(APSIA), a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs. Additionally, exceptional undergraduate SFS students can apply for the accelerated bachelor’s/master’s dual-degree program, which allows enrollment in one of the graduate programs (e.g. BSFS/MSFS, BSFS/MASIA, etc.) during the final undergraduate year and completion of both degrees in approximately five years.

Certificates

Georgetown offers a number of undergraduate and graduate certificate programs:

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Asian studies Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies. The field is concerned with the Asian people, their cultures, languages, history and politics. Within the Asian sphere, Asian ...

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and

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, international business diplomacy ( honors program),

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, Muslim-Christian understanding,

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, justice & peace studies,

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& East European studies, social & political thought, and

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Rankings

Georgetown's programs in international relations have consistently ranked among the best in the world in surveys of the field's academics that have been published biennially since 2005 by ''

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''. In 2014 and in 2018 ''Foreign Policy'' ranked Georgetown's master's programs first in the world and its bachelor's programs fourth. In 2024, Georgetown's master's programs were ranked first by all three groups of respondents: international relations faculty, policymakers, and

staffers. Its bachelor's programs were ranked first by policymakers and think tank staffers and third by international relations faculty. In a ''Pipeline to the Beltway'' survey of makers of American foreign-policy from 2011, Georgetown ranked second overall in the quality of preparation for a career in the U.S. government, regardless of degree earned. In 2023, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Georgetown fifth for graduate studies in global policy and administration. In 2024, ''

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'' ranked Georgetown first in the United States for international relations.

Student life

There are a vast array of clubs and student organizations at Georgetown that students from the SFS join. The elected representative organization of the SFS is the SFS Academic Council (SFSAC), which advocates for the SFS student body and works with the Dean's Office to address student concerns, spearhead new initiatives, and coordinate events. The School of Foreign Service also sponsors a flagship

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academic publication, the ''

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'' (GJIA), which is published by

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and run by undergraduate and graduate students.

Campuses

The School of Foreign Service main campus, which is part of the main campus of

, is located in the Georgetown neighborhood in

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In 2005, it opened another campus, the School of Foreign Service in Qatar (also known as SFS-Q or GU-Q), in Qatar Foundation's

. In 2025, the school opened a facility in

, Indonesia, known as

(GSAP), in partnership with the

. Many SFS undergraduates spend a minimum of one semester or a summer abroad, choosing from direct matriculation programs around the globe as well as programs of other universities and those run by Georgetown, including SFS-Q, GSAP and

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List of deans

Notable people

Notable faculty

Jan Karski Jan Karski (born Jan Kozielewski, 24 June 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish soldier, Polish resistance movement in World War II, resistance-fighter, and diplomat during World War II. He is known for having acted as a courier in 1940–1943 to ...

, Polish Catholic nobleman, diplomat and military officer *

, Professor of Diplomacy, 1977 * Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright, the Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy * George John Tenet, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy *

Victor Cha Victor D. Cha (, born 1960) is an American political scientist currently serving as president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is a former Director ...

, Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs *

David M. Edelstein David M. Edelstein is an American political scientist and international relations scholar. He is currently vice provost for education at Georgetown University. Education Edelstein holds a B.A. from Colgate University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from ...

, Vice Provost for Education * Lev Dobriansky, Professor of Economics *

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim (; born 10 August 1947), also known by his abbreviation as DSAI and PMX, is a Malaysian politician who is the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice P ...

, Distinguished Visiting Professor

Notable alumni

Abdullah II of Jordan Abdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is traditionally reg ...

(1987), King of

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* Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, mother of the Emir (King of Qatar), co-founder and chair of the

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Adel al-Jubeir Adel al-Jubeir (; born 1 February 1962) is a Saudi diplomat serving as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2018. He also serves as a Member of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia and has been the Climate Affairs Envoy since 2022 ...

(1984) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of

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* John R. Allen, former commander of International Coalition in

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, President of

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(1983), White House chief strategist and

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under

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(1987),

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and former

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(1986), U.S. secretary of the Navy nominee in the

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* Jean-Charles Brisard (born 1968), French international consultant * Bill Bryant, Seattle port commissioner from 2008 to 2015 * George Casey (1970),

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(1959), 46th

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(1983), former president of the

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(1988), U.S. solicitor general and acting

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Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

(1968), 42nd

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* Anne Dias-Griffin (1993), hedge fund manager * Stéphane Dujarric (1988), Spokesman for UN Secretaries-General

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder a ...

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister ...

and

António Guterres António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth and current secretary-general of the United Nations since 2017. A member of the Socialist Party (Portugal), ...

* Richard Durbin (1966), U.S. senator from

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Felipe VI Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed For ...

(1991),

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Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first Secre ...

(1982),

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Dexter Goei Dexter Gregory Goei (born 1971) is an American businessman who is former CEO of Altice USA, a subsidiary of multinational telecoms company Altice N.V. Early life Dexter Goei was born in 1971, the son of Dr. Gordon Goei, an obstetrician/gynecol ...

(1993), CEO of Altice *

Christopher Grady Christopher Watson Grady (born 28 November 1962) is a United States Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who is currently serving as the 12th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 20 December 2021. From 21 February 2025 to 11 April 2 ...

, Vice Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff *

Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė (; born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Li ...

, President of

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Alexander Haig Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (; 2 December 192420 February 2010) was United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabine ...

(1961),

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under

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(1974–79) *

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in 2008 * James Matthew Jones (1983), global health expert and philanthropist * James L. Jones (1966), U.S. national security advisor under

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* Eugen Jurzyca, Minister of Education of

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* John F. Kelly (1984), Retired Marine general, the 5th

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and

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in the

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(2001) Opinion Editor, New York Times *

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, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014 *

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(1986),

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...

(1968),

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from 2001 to 2010 *

David Malpass David Robert Malpass (born March 8, 1956) is an American economic analyst and former government official who served as President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Internatio ...

(1982), President of the

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(1996),

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and former deputy national security advisor, Secretary of Veteran's Affairs in Biden administration *

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(2010),

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Commentator;

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to President Trump *

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(2009), attorney and U.S. health official *

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(1989), Director of U.S.

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and

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under

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(1994),

under

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, CEO of the

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* Sandra Oudkirk, first female director of the

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political scientist * Pat Quinn (1969),

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(1943), actor, film producer,

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winner *

Tony Ressler Antony P. Ressler (born October 12, 1960) is an American businessman. He co-founded the private equity firms Apollo Global Management in 1990, and Ares Management in 1997. Ressler is also owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, acquiring them ...

(1981), billionaire and owner of the

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(1986), former

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(2008–2009) *

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(1997), Founder of

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(1980), Chairman of the American Institute of Taiwan, 2002–2004; businesswoman *

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(2003), civil rights writer and lawyer *

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(1984), Former president,

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, member of the board of directors of

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, first female president of

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* Courtney Stadd Courtney Stadd (1981),

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chief of staff from 2001 to 2003 * Daniel Sullivan (1993), U.S. senator from

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George Tenet George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Pr ...

(1976),

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from 1997 to 2004 *

Matthew VanDyke Matthew VanDyke (born June 11, 1979) is an American international security analyst, foreign fighter, media personality, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the non-profit organization Sons of Liberty International (SOLI). He first gained fame ...

, freedom fighter and Prisoner of War (POW) in the

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* Marcus Wallenberg, a banker and industrialist *

Margaret Weichert Margaret Weichert is an American businesswoman, inventor, and government executive, was Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget from February 28, 2018 until March 25, 2020. Concurrently, she was Acting Director at t ...

(1989), deputy director for management in the

, Director of the

U.S. Office of Personnel Management The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is an independent agency of the United States government that manages the United States federal civil service. The agency provides federal human resources policy, oversight, and support, and ...

Nawaf Obaid Nawaf Essam Ahmad Obaid (Arabic: نواف عصام احمد عبید) is a Saudi Arabian political scientist, and a former foreign policy and media advisor. He currently serves as the CEO of the Essam & Dalal OBAID Foundation (EDOF) in Geneva, a ...

(1996), political scientist and former Saudi foreign policy advisor *

Igor Danchenko Igor Yurievich Danchenko (born May 5, 1978) is a Russian citizen and U.S. resident currently residing in Virginia who works as a Eurasia political risk, defense and economics analyst. Together with Clifford Gaddy he analyzed Vladimir Putin's 1996 ...

(2009), geopolitical analyst known for sourcing the

Steele dossier The Steele dossier, also known as the Trump–Russia dossier, is a controversial political opposition research report on the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump compiled by counterintelligen ...

Anthony Clark Arend Anthony Clark Arend is an American international relations scholar. he is department chair of the Department of Government at Georgetown University, and Professor of Government and Foreign Service. Education Arend received a Ph.D. (1985) and ...

(1980), professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University

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