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From Ideas to Impact: GRI’s Founding Research Labs Celebrate 20 Years

By Martha Reilly Good ideas can come from anywhere. Twenty years ago, they came from the Green Leafe Cafe, where Brad Parks’s honors thesis

It’s Time To Talk About World War III: GRI Sits down with Stephen Wertheim

Ahead of Stephen Wertheim’s public talk at William & Mary — hosted by GRI’s Security & Foreign Policy Initiative — the Institute’s Communications Assistant

W&M Global Innovation Challenge hosts first hybrid competition with global representation from winning teams

By Elizabeth Marcus ’26 and Reese O’Brien ’24  Two weeks ago, 110 undergraduate students from 21 universities representing seven countries across the world competed

Envisioning Shifts in U.S. Alliance Structure

By Brennen Micheal ’24 This post features a student’s reflections on “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Alliances,” a conference recently hosted by

Future Directions in Military Assistance: Analyzing the Role of Intercultural Competence

By Lilly Doninger ’24 This post features a student’s reflections on “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Alliances,” a conference recently hosted by

The Possible Path Forward: How Conflict Informs International Alliance Structure

By Ryleigh Line ’24 This post features a student’s reflections on “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Alliances,” a conference recently hosted by

Aligning Research with Global Issues: How DisinfoLab Evolves with Pressing Challenges

By Adriana Shi ’24 What began as an idea from DisinfoLab analysts transformed into four published articles on Diplomatic Courier. These pieces highlight the researchers’ report about how different factors in

My Experience Working at a Fintech Venture Launcher for Climate Resilience

The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting the

The Moon Over Mtatsminda

The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting