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Douglas Girardot

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Douglas Girardot is the writer and editor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Before joining GPS, he worked as the assistant community editor at The Day, a newspaper in New London, Connecticut. He was a postgraduate editorial fellow at America magazine in New York City. His work as a culture writer has appeared in The Washington Post.
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Faculty

How Japan balances economic growth and a stable society

By Douglas Girardot
March 26, 2025
6 Mins read
AlumniCareer Profile

From the Pacific to the Potomac: How the MAS-IA degree transformed one alumna’s career

By Douglas Girardot
March 17, 2025
3 Mins read
GPS’ professional graduate program was a perfect fit for Jenna Shrove’s multifaceted curiosity
Students

A day in the life of Matthew Tillyer

By Douglas Girardot
February 11, 2025
4 Mins read
The BA/MIA student shares how he balances school, a government internship and staying involved in the GPS community
AlumniStudents

Navigating time: Two generations of GPSers

By Douglas Girardot
February 5, 2025
2 Mins read
Two current students and their alumni parents talk about how, despite changes in the world, the value of an education here doesn’t go away
Faculty

Deans of international affairs schools convene at GPS

By Douglas Girardot
January 31, 2025
1 Mins read
The school’s unique location also enabled members from the group to travel to Tijuana, Mexico, to understand the border’s role in trade and migration
Faculty

TikTok ban is ‘fair game,’ says expert on Chinese business and government

By Douglas Girardot
January 16, 2025
4 Mins read
But Victor Shih, director of the 21st Century China Center, also cautioned that some U.S. lawmakers’ concerns are overblown
Events

The New Yorker’s Peter Hessler delivers 2024 So Kwan Lok Distinguished Lecture

By Douglas Girardot
December 11, 2024
3 Mins read
The journalist described how changes in China have played out in the lives of the students he taught there in the mid-1990s as a Peace Corps volunteer
Students

A day in the life of fencing coach Julia Hill

By Douglas Girardot
December 9, 2024
4 Mins read
The Master of Public Policy candidate talks about how GPS is equipping her to take action against water pollution, all while coaching the sport she loves
EventsResearch

What the world’s fifth-biggest economy is missing: women

By Douglas Girardot
November 27, 2024
2 Mins read
Hosted by the 21st Century India Center, scholars converged to discuss creating economic opportunity for Indian women
AlumniCareer ProfileUncategorized

How a Master of International Affairs degree equipped two alumni to be ‘FEMA flexible’

By Douglas Girardot
November 20, 2024
3 Mins read
Matthew Matsuyama ’18 and Adriel Taslim ’18 share how GPS helped translate their passion for international affairs into careers at the disaster management agency
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