In August 2024, the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs announced the launch of the Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment, which will support interdisciplinary teaching and research focused on generating actionable knowledge that contributes to the strategic exercise of statecraft.

The Blue Center will organize teaching and research around issues in the areas of national defense, diplomacy, intelligence, and international economic relations and will integrate academic scholars and leading policy practitioners, an innovative approach adopted by the Jackson School.

The center is made possible by a generous gift from Neal Blue ’57. In addition to funding research and teaching initiatives, the gift will also fund professorships, senior fellowships, and student fellowships.

“We are incredibly grateful to Neal for his exceptional generosity,” says James Levinsohn, dean of the Jackson School. “This center will help Jackson build on its momentum as Yale’s first new school in almost fifty years, and it will truly establish Jackson as one of the foremost programs in the country for the study of security and statecraft. This goes right to the core of our mission to prepare students for global leadership and service.”

Read more about the Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment.