School of Policy and International Affairs

SPIA students were honored along with over 500 others at the Graduate School Commencement on May 3rd. Before the Hooding Ceremony, students, faculty, family, and friends gathered at the mall for a toast recognizing the graduates. Pictured (left to right): Front row: Tyler-Ann Harris, Vitaliia Tomakhiv, Alan Chang, CAPT Jim Settele. Middle row: Guzalya Zakhirova, […]

UMaine News profiled MA Global Policy student, Vita Tomakhiv, who recently filmed a documentary titled, “The Dimension of War: Those Who Hold the Independence of Ukraine.” During the project, Tomakhiv interviewed four Ukrainian soldiers serving on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war. The UMaine News profile can be accessed here.

SPIA student Victoria Markiewicz traveled to Harare, Zimbabwe with Dr. Nicholas Micinski, “look(ing) at the local implementation of global governance of climate migrants and cooperation between state and non-state actors on the ground to address these issues.” SPIA and The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation provided funding to support their research. Expedition Date: Summer […]

On May 2, 2023, members of SPIA’s Development in Practice research team presented their work to U.S. government contractors (MSI & DAI) and the United States Institute of Peace. Development in Practice is an annual course led by Dr. William B. Farrell, where SPIA students have the opportunity to address relevant issues in contemporary geopolitics […]

Shunsuke Sato, a second-year MA in Global Policy candidate, recently co-authored a paper analyzing the potential effects for Japan if it ratifies the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor State Arbitration (the “Mauritius Convention on Transparency”). Titled, Transparency in Investment Arbitration: Its Importance for Japan, the paper was the product of an eight-week […]

Majd Zeidan, a first-year UMaine graduate student, discussed the ongoing conflict and refugee crisis in his home country of Syria on the WZON AM620 Pulse Morning Show today. Listen to the podcast of the interview (link here ). Zeidan is from Hama, Syria. He entered SPIA’s MA Global Policy program after receiving an MBA from […]

UMaine’s Department of University Relations profiled several SPIA students interning around the world this summer.  Article re-posted below (link here). World Affairs Through The Eyes of Interns Ian Henderson, a second-year UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs student from Hampden, Maine, who is pursuing a master’s degree in global policy, wanted an international internship […]