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| − | The '''Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service''' (known at the university as SFS) is a school within [[Georgetown University]] which specialises in international affairs. It was founded in 1919 by | + | The '''Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service''' (known at the university as SFS) is a school within [[Georgetown University]] which specialises in international affairs. It was founded in 1919 by the dean, a Catholic priest and fanatical anti-communist called [[Edmund Walsh]], who whilst at Georgetown had worked at the US War Department on a programme “designed to mobilise higher education’s resources for the war effort".<ref>Patrick McNamara, A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and the Politics of anti-communism (Fordham University Press, 2005) p.5</ref> Walsh is described by his biographer as a "proponent of American exceptionalism" who "viewed the [American] nation as a beacon of liberty and equality for the world.”<ref>ibid., p. xv</ref> During the 1930s Walsh publicly opposed Roosevelt’s New Deal measures and during the cold war he endorsed a nuclear first strike on the basis that the Soviet were inherently immoral.<ref>ibid., p. xvi</ref> Expressing an ideological zeal common amongst neo-conservatives today, Walsh advocated what he called “the argument of strength justly and righteously employed.<ref>ibid., p.141</ref> |
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==Former Deans== | ==Former Deans== | ||
| − | *[[Keogh]] – was a "former" CIA operative who transformed the SFS in to a prime recruiting ground for the CIA and similar organizations. | + | *[[Dean Keogh]] – was a "former" CIA operative who transformed the SFS in to a prime recruiting ground for the CIA and similar organizations. |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
| − | + | Centers at the SFS include: | |
| − | *[[CSIS]] | + | [[Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding]] (ACMCU) | |
| + | [[BMW Center for German and European Studies]] (CGES) | | ||
| + | [[Center for Contemporary Arab Studies]] (CCAS) | | ||
| + | [[Center for International and Regional Studies]] (CIRS) at SFS-Qatar | | ||
| + | [[Center for Latin American Studies]] (CLAS) | | ||
| + | [[Center for Security Studies]] (CSS) | [[Mortara Center for International Studies]] | ||
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| + | ===See also=== | ||
| + | *[[CSIS]] - Important hawkish think tank associated with Georgetown. | ||
| + | *[[Georgetown Security Studies Review]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 30 November 2014
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (known at the university as SFS) is a school within Georgetown University which specialises in international affairs. It was founded in 1919 by the dean, a Catholic priest and fanatical anti-communist called Edmund Walsh, who whilst at Georgetown had worked at the US War Department on a programme “designed to mobilise higher education’s resources for the war effort".[1] Walsh is described by his biographer as a "proponent of American exceptionalism" who "viewed the [American] nation as a beacon of liberty and equality for the world.”[2] During the 1930s Walsh publicly opposed Roosevelt’s New Deal measures and during the cold war he endorsed a nuclear first strike on the basis that the Soviet were inherently immoral.[3] Expressing an ideological zeal common amongst neo-conservatives today, Walsh advocated what he called “the argument of strength justly and righteously employed.[4]
Contents
Former Deans
- Dean Keogh – was a "former" CIA operative who transformed the SFS in to a prime recruiting ground for the CIA and similar organizations.
Affiliations
Centers at the SFS include: Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) | BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES) | Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) | Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at SFS-Qatar | Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) | Center for Security Studies (CSS) | Mortara Center for International Studies
See also
- CSIS - Important hawkish think tank associated with Georgetown.
- Georgetown Security Studies Review
