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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 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>
 
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>
  
Curiosity: the Edmund Walsh... SFS is headquartered in... the Walsh building! on the GU campus.
 
  
 
==Former Deans==
 
==Former Deans==
*[[Keogh]] &ndash; was a "former" CIA operative who transformed the SFS in to a prime recruiting ground for the CIA and similar organizations.
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*[[Dean Keogh]] &ndash; was a "former" CIA operative who transformed the SFS in to a prime recruiting ground for the CIA and similar organizations.
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
*[[Georgetown University]] &ndash; SFS is one department within this university
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Centers at the SFS include:
*[[CSIS]] &ndash; a think tank where many SFS reside
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[[Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding]] (ACMCU) |
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[[BMW Center for German and European Studies]] (CGES) |
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[[Center for Contemporary Arab Studies]] (CCAS) |
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[[Center for International and Regional Studies]] (CIRS) at SFS-Qatar |
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[[Center for Latin American Studies]] (CLAS) |
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[[Center for Security Studies]] (CSS) | [[Mortara Center for International Studies]]
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===See also===
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*[[CSIS]] - Important hawkish think tank associated with Georgetown.
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*[[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]


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

Notes

  1. Patrick McNamara, A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and the Politics of anti-communism (Fordham University Press, 2005) p.5
  2. ibid., p. xv
  3. ibid., p. xvi
  4. ibid., p.141