State of the Senior Thesis Event, May 2026
Students with Memorial Lecture in Honor of General William Crouch '63 guest speaker, General Vincent Brooks, October 2025
Dr. Yoshiko Herrera during Keck Center-sponsored Athenaeum talk on Russia's War on Ukraine, November 2025
Keck Center Director Prof Hilary Appel and students with Ministry of Security Chief of Staff, Lila Petersen, during the Center's spring break study trip to Mexico City, Mexico
CMC Professors Jean-Pierre Murray, Jenny Taw, Hicham Bou Nassif, and Hilary Appel at Keck Center event: US Foreign Policy in an Era of Great Power Politics, February 2026
Students with author and Keck-Sponsored Athenaeum Guest Speaker, G. John Ikenberry, April 2026
IR students Riley Green '24, Anjali Thakore '25, and Adrian Flynn '25 representing the Keck Center/CMC at the 65th Air Force Academy Conference (AFAC) in Colorado Springs, Fall 2023
Keck-sponsored Athenaeum guest speaker, James Stocker, during his talk on Lebanon's Political-Security Challenges, March 2026
IR Honor Thesis students after defending their theses, Spring 2024
Author and 2026 Adams Family Distinguished Lecturer, Ambassador Michael McFaul, with students during dinner portion of his visit, April 2026
Government Professor Lisa Koch delivering the keynote lecture in memoriam of Professor Ed Haley, Fall 2023
At the Keck Center with Richard Johnson '01, former DOD official and expert on arms control, Spring 2025
An intimate discussion at the Keck library with Fiona Hill on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Spring 2022
Keck Center Director Prof Hilary Appel and students with Tecnologico de Monterrey Prof Mariana Maragaldi de Sousa '01 during the Center's spring break study trip to Mexico City, Mexico
Keck Center Program Assistants speaking with newly admitted CMC students at Inside CMC, April 2026
Peter and Becky Adams, Prof Hilary Appel, and Keck Board Chair Larry Schmadeka '87 attending the annual Adams Family Distinguished Lecture, given by Ambassador Michael McFaul, April 2026.
Dr. Sumit Ganguly speaking with student attendees at his guest speaking engagement on The Unresolved Question of Kashmir, September 2025
Professor Jessica Zarkin speaking on US-Foreign Policy in Latin America, February 2026
Students and faculty in Okinawa, Japan during Keck Center Asia study trip, May 2026
Meeting at the UN/ESCAP in Bangkok, Thailand during Keck’s Student Thailand Trip, Winter 2023
Christian Oestlien '99 presenting at Keck's Careers in Tech Event, alongside Keck Program Assistants Sam Johnson-Saeger and Sajah Ali
2026 International Relations Graduating Seniors and faculty at Keck Center Celebration, May 2026
Students and faculty in Taipei, Taiwan during Keck Center Asia study trip, May 2026
Tim Lee and Ethan Chen '26 at the Class of 1971 Student Conference on US Affairs at West Point in October 2025
Members of the Keck Center Board of Governors (Miemie Winn Byrd '89 and Kate Castenson '10) at the CMC Leads Conference speaking with student, Hayden Beauchemin '26
Members of the Keck Center's Distinguished Board of Governors (L to R) with Prof Hilary Appel (center): Miemie Wyn Byrd '89, Jennifer Miller '97, Richard Johnson '01, Christian Oestlien '99, Larry Schmadeka '87, and Kate Castenson '10, April 2026
Professors Jenny Taw and Minxin Pei speak with Keck Center Program Assistant Manager, Sam Johnson-Saeger '26, during Athenaeum reception, September 2025
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