The Wagner Review is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 Executive Board. The board is responsible for setting the vision, tone, and standards of Wagner’s academic journal and for fostering stimulating intellectual discourse through The Review‘s online and public presence. To apply, please submit your resume via email to wagner.review@gmail.com with a  word document or [...]

You watched the first presidential debate with us last fall – come join The Wagner Review and Wagner Policy Alliance again as we watch President Obama lay out his key priorities for the coming year in the first State of the Union address of his second term. Check out the details below – we hope [...]

In the spirit of presidential debate season, The Wagner Review and the Wagner Policy Alliance have agreed to a contest of their own. Prior to the first presidential debate, Associate Dean Fritzen posed the question below to both organizations. Both organizations have drafted an op-ed in response to the prompt. We now invite you to [...]

For many, presidential debates are peak moments in the electoral season. The popularity and importance of debates highlights a fundamental dynamic of our political system and cultural ethos – Americans like a good fight. But despite the emotional response many of us may have to strong debate performances, some of the characteristics and rhetorical acumen [...]

The Wagner Review is pleased to present an event with Ahmed Rashid, esteemed Pakistani guerrilla-turned-journalist, this Thursday in the Rice Conference Room at Puck. Mr. Rashid has produced some of the boldest and most insightful looks into conflict and insecurity in Central Asia over the last decade. What: Ahmed Rashid, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US: Looking Beyond the US Election [...]

Every one of us has expertise and opinions – deeper on certain subjects, more shallow on others, but all built on a diverse set of unique life experiences and learned knowledge. Many of these perspectives are shared on campus – animated conversations in Puck’s lobby, dynamic presentations inside our classrooms, or casual words exchanged in [...]

By Zach Worthen The time has come for America to lead from the front on one of the great human rights battles of our generation. America’s checkered domestic policies towards gays betray our claim to be a defender of human rights, and our international policies ring hollow in light of our own discrimination. In December [...]

The Wagner Review invites you to our 2012 Launch Event! Join us for a celebration of the release of our 2012 edition and a conversation with selected authors. The event will include author presentations and a panel discussion featuring professors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Dan Smith. Professor Shankar Prasad will moderate. When: Friday, April 13th, 5-6:30PM [...]

Wake up, Wagner!  Group papers and finals have (no doubt) snapped you out of your tryptophan-induced haze.  But don’t be scared — there’s a potential reward at the end of the semester. …And no, it’s not just winter break. Submit your work for this year’s edition of The Wagner Review by Thursday, December 15th!!  We’ll consider papers written for any Wagner class. For [...]

By Zawadi Rucks Ahidiana In July 2009, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) introduced the next generation of federally funded neighborhood-based housing interventions, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.  As the successor to the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program, the Choice Neighborhoods legislation aims to improve public housing and low-income neighborhoods.  Based [...]