Our Mission
 

The Ridgway Center believes that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. From this starting point, the Center investigates and analyzes past and emerging security problems. It seeks to generate original research and intellectual capital to address the vast array of problems that the US and the international community face.
  

The Ridgway Center at the University of Pittsburgh

The Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to generating scholarship that educates the next generation of security analysts. Its purpose is to produce original and impartial analysis that informs policymakers who must confront diverse challenges to state and human security.  

Matthew B. Ridgway

Matthew B. Ridgway, whose name the center bears, is best remembered for salvaging the United Nation's effort during the Korean War. His military career began in 1917, when the Army commissioned him as a Second Lieutenant immediately after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By 1930, Ridgway had become an advisor to the Governor General of the Philippines, and within a few years, he rose to the rank of Assistant Chief of Staff of the 4th Army. Read more.

 

Ridgway Announces 2013-14 Fellowships

06/07/2013

GSPIA’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that Erin Butkowski and Edward Masten have been selected as recipients of the Ridgway Fellowship for the fall 2013 semester and Adam Caudle and Richard Grubb for the spring 2014 semester.  These scholarships are awarded by the Ridgway Scholarship Selection Committee and are provided by the University Center for International Studies (UCIS).  Congratulations to these students! Read more.

Gormley Discusses Drone Technology in NBC News Report

05/29/2013

GSPIA Senior Lecturer Dennis Gormley discusses the implications to the United States in the manufacturing of drones with NBC News reporter Keir Simmons. Read article.

Jennifer Murtazashvili Provides Perspective on Boston Bombing Suspects

04/22/2013

Assistant Professor Jennifer Murtazashvili discusses Boston Bombing suspects' Chechen background with local media. Read more.
 

Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies
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