Chris Janiec

Former GPI Global Intern

Bio

Chris Janiec joined the GPI Global Internship in August 2007. He was also a graduate student at the New York University Center for Global Affairs, and he holds a B.A. in journalism with a minor in political science from Northeastern University. He served as intern and correspondent for Boston Globe and the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts, also contributing to several smaller publications. Janiec spent the summer of 2002 as the leader of a group of students traveling and teaching English in China and was an intern in the Brussels office of Human Rights Watch in early 2004. His research interests at NYU include contemporary Chinese issues, international law in space, and the role of religion in peacekeeping operations.

Featured Work

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/1062694623/">Capt. Darrick Lee</a>, U.S. Air Force (PD).

OCT 29, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: United States Experiments with African Command

Was it auspicious timing or a bad omen that Somali pirates hijacked a Ukrainian arms shipment the day before the U.S. military launched AFRICOM, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/5809939090/">NASA Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html">PD</a>).

JUN 11, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rising Powers in Space

Balancing development and security in outer space will be an important international challenge in coming decades as rising powers force realignment here on Earth.