Dr. Dennis Hickey presented a paper “Friend or Foe: Washington, Beijing and the Dispute over Arms Sales to Taiwan,” with co-author Lilly Kelan Lu, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina and graduate of the MGS program. In addition to his paper presentation, Dr. Hickey and dozens of other conference participants learned a valuable lesson in fire safety when their hotel was evacuated.
Dr. Ashley Leinweber presented a paper entitled “Mobilization of the Muslim Minority in Post-Conflict D.R. Congo: A Comparison of Social Service Provision and Democratic Participation.”
Dr. Sara Henary presented her paper, “Statesmanship in a Democratic Age: A Study of Trollope’s ‘Palliser’ Novels” (pictured below).