Recently, CCTV-13 news channel reported that Turkey declares the ambassadors of ten western countries as “persona non grata”. In an interview with CCTV, Dr. Selçuk Çolakoğlu - GAD Professor and director of Turkey's Asia Pacific Research Center - said that this move may exacerbate tensions among Turkey and western countries, and Turkey may come to the threshold of the biggest diplomatic crisi...

GAD faculty members Prof. Zhao Xiaobin and Dr. Edoardo Monaco are now available to supervise/co-supervise relevant research projects of prospective MPhil and PhD students in Economics. Interested applicants may visit the Graduate School website at https://gs.bnbu.edu.cn/graduate1/Research_Postgraduate_Programme/economics.htmand directly contact their supervisors at https://dhss.bnbu.edu.cn/en/Pro...

UIC vigorously promotes scientific research to improve education quality while encouraging students to embrace new academic aspects and enhance their research capabilities through subject research. As a result, plenty of undergraduate graduates of 2021 have published papers in international journals, academic monographs, and international conferences. Among them is Zhang Zhen from Government ...

There is so much more to a major than its name! A major is an intellectaul journey of 4 intense years through subjects that will shape your future skillset, culture and competence.It is therefore important that the choice of major is based on a careful analysis of the courses that a student will actually take. Graduate schools - where about 70% of all UIC and GAD students tend to go when they c...

From July 26-30, GAD faculty Dr. Edoardo Monaco Associate Professor and GAD Programme Director, Ms Helen He Assistant Instructor and student intern Holly, Ms Linda Wang, vice secretary-general, and Ms Syying, international coordinator joined the “Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions' (BRS) Conferences of the Parties (COPs) 2021" as official observers.These three conventions promote a coo...

Looking back at her undergraduate years, Rachel Pan Bijun maintains that enrolling in GIR (now GAD) in 2014 was one of the best decisions she ever made: she is still amazed by the breadth and scope of the classes she took, which allowed her to explore various important subjects such as Political Economy, Sustainable Development and International Organizations. While in GIR/GAD, Rachel could acq...

On June 15 and 16, a delegation of 10 GAD students and two Assistant Instructors (Ms. Helen He Xi and Ms. Cinnamon sun Yuan), headed by Dr. Edoardo Monaco, Director of the GAD Programme, attended the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) “Leaders’ Summit 2021”.The UNGC platform – the largest of its kind, involving currently more than 12,000 firms worldwide – gathers businesses (from small a...

After completing a number of courses in GIR, Mia Wang Yuemeng discovered her interests in International Development, and became determined to acquire in-depth expertise in this field after graduation. At present, Mia is pursuing an MSc in International Development Studies at Utrecht University, in the Netherlands.Mia in the Netherlands“The experience in GIR (now GAD) provided me with a window ...