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Meet Anka Whelan, a Global Affairs and Eurasian Studies double major who graduated this spring, in 2025. As an accelerated master's student, she will complete her MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution with a concentration in the Dynamics of Violence here at George Mason. With her interdisciplinary education and strong understanding of the Russian language and culture, she hopes to bring this expertise into the field of international security, where she can research and analyze the war in Ukraine and its human rights and security implications.

Dr. Johanna Bockman, Associate Professor of Global Affairs, presented her ongoing research project titled "Beyond Debtors as Undisciplined, Ignorant Others: Socialist Yugoslavia as Creditor and Debtor" on March 19 to other residential program fellows, faculty, and staff.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Leena Halabi, BA Global Affairs; Russain and Eurasian Studies '14, with the 2024 Distinguished Alumni award in Russian and Eurasian studies. Halabi is a social media analyst with Voice of America.

The Fall 2023 cohort of CHR Residential Fellows have spent the semester addressing various aspects of the annual theme Democracy, Disposability, and Repair.

The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth recounts the fall of Estonian freedom when, for five decades, it was trapped in the Soviet Union. Eventually, following a mostly-peaceful revolution, Estonians regained their freedom and reformed their nation quickly to become one of the freest nations on earth.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Michael D. Marino, BA Russian Studies '11, with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award in Russian and Eurasian Studies. Marino is the director of class giving, Columbia College Fund, at Columbia University. He holds a BA in Russian studies from George Mason University (2011) and a MEd in college student affairs administration from the University of Georgia (2015). 

On November 8th, the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center will convene four poets, to read and discuss their work on the Arlington campus’s Mason Exhibitions art gallery. Edited by poets Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky, this anthology is a critical reminder of the struggles Ukrainians are facing in light of war, and serves as a beacon of hope, determination, and reckoning for Ukrainians across the globe in their continual fight for democracy.