9/11: 20 Years Later

Whether they were working, in school, or not yet born, students and faculty say the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001, continue to shape the world today.

Members of the War and Peace Fellows, a program run by the Dickey Center, speak about the horrific loss of more than 3,000 lives, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the tension between liberty and security, the rise of Islamophobia, and the personal impact of 9/11 and its aftermath.

Panel Discussion: The Fall of Afghanistan and What’s Next

Jason Lyall, the James Wright Chair of Transnational Studies and director of the Political Violence FieldLab, Daniel Benjamin, President of the American Academy in Berlin, and Martin Kobler, former German ambassador to Pakistan and former deputy special representative with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, participated in a panel discussion on the rapidly changing political situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday, August 24th. The recording of the webinar will be available for viewing later this week on the Center's YouTube channel.

Dartmouth '25s Apply to Become a Great Issues Scholar!

Dartmouth '25s! Spend your first year exploring the world’s greatest issues. Become a member of Great Issues Scholars and join a community of over 90 other freshman all interested in global affairs. Apply here by Sept. 12th

Burkins Named Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies

Melody Brown Burkins, Guarini '95, '98, the associate director for programs and research at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, has been named director of the Institute of Arctic Studies.

Burkins begins her new role on July 1, as Ross Virginia, the Myers Family Professor of Environmental Studies, passes the helm of the internationally renowned program to his longtime student, colleague, and friend.

Victoria Holt Named Dickey Center Director

Victoria K. Holt, vice president of the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy research institute focused on international affairs, has been named the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. (Photo courtesy of the Stimson Center)