Center for the Global South

The Center for the Global South "was founded in 1992 at American University's School of International Service (SIS). The Center is a multi-dimensional intellectual resource which examines critical issues affecting the poorer developing countries of the world, increasingly characterized collectively as the South. Since its founding, the center has become a point of reference for a broad audience of leaders from government, business, civil society, and academe. Through conferences, seminars, and summer institutes, the center has examined issues related to global development, the environment, human rights, women, population, the changing international legal order, regional cooperation, security, and the new roles for the United Nations and other international and regional organizations in the post-Cold War era.

"Under the leadership of its director, Clovis Maksoud, the center is dedicated to studying the challenges facing the global South and advancing strategies to address them."

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Staff (2002)
Accessed November 2008:


 * Kinda Sarrage - Program Coordinator
 * Ewa Marie, Graduate Assistant
 * Majed Sayess, Student Assistant
 * Lina Ramos, Student Assistant
 * Ruxy Lazarescu, T.A. for Dr. Maksoud
 * Myrna Fahkry-Tuttle, Law School TA for Dr. Maksoud

Academic Council (2002)
Accessed November 2008:


 * Cornelius Kerwin, Chair - Acting Provost, American University
 * Steve Arnold - Department of International Development, School of International Service
 * Samih Farsoun - Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
 * Louis W. Goodman - Dean, School of International Service
 * Mary Gray - Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
 * Dara Khambata - Department of International Business, Kogod College of Business Administration
 * Susan Kinsey - Dean, International and Special Programs
 * Sanford Ungar - Dean, School of Communication
 * Clovis Maksoud, ex officio - Director, Center for the Global South

Advisory Board (2002)
Accessed November 2008:


 * Queen Noor of Jordan, Chair
 * Cesar Gaviria, Secretary-General, Organization of American States, Vice Chair
 * Mohsin A. Alaini, former Ambassador of Yemen to the United States
 * Tariq Almoayed, former Minister of Information, Bahrain
 * Richard Butler, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
 * Jamal Daniel, Chairman of the Board, Finial Investment Corporation
 * Mohamed T. El-Ashry, C.E.O. and Chairman, Global Environment Facility
 * Jan Eliasson, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
 * Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law & Practice, Princeton University
 * A.H. Farouki, Chairman, American International Services
 * John Howland, President, Rice Milling & Trading Ltd., Inc.
 * Raef Mourtada, Chairman, Bildex Holding Services
 * Wally N'Dow, Secretary-General, Second UN Conference on Human Settlements
 * Lisbet Palme, Chair, UNICEF, Sweden
 * John R. Petty, American University Trustee
 * A.M. Qattan, Governor, Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development
 * Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
 * Edward Said, Columbia University
 * James Sams, President, American Development Services Corp.
 * Ismail Serageldin, Vice President, The World Bank
 * Karan Singh, The People's Commission on Environment and Development, India
 * Juan Somavia, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations
 * Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank
 * George Zakhem, Zakhem International, UK Ltd.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/acainst/cgs/