In this week's edition, Pardee School faculty weigh in on the biggest global stories of last year, Associate Dean William Grimes represents the GDP Center at the T20 meetings in Tokyo, Dean Adil Najam is appointed to Pakistan's Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, Prof. Jayita Sarkar publishes an article on sub-state organizations, Pardee School students create a group to engage with the United Nations, and Pardee professors in the media on an American charged with espionage in Russia, political shakeup on the Horn of Africa, and Brexit.