Zachary Keck Wins Inaugural Foreign Affairs Student Essay Contest
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A call for entries to the 2011 Foreign Affairs student essay contest.
Foreign Affairs has selected the winner of the inaugural Foreign Affairs Student Essay Contest. Congratulations to Zachary Keck, a student at the State University of New York in New Paltz. Keck's essay predicts that China's growing needs for energy and natural resources will lead to some tension and strategic competition with the West, but that ultimately China's and the West's long-term interests are aligned. Keck will receive a prize of $500 and will be honored at a “Back to School” event and reception at the offices of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York at 1:00 pm on October 15. Students who wish to attend the event must R.S.V.P. in advance to educators@cfr.org. A confirmation will be sent.
In addition, the editors of Foreign Affairs selected five honorable mentions for students who also submitted strong responses to the essay topic, “What is likely to be the most interesting development in international politics over the next decade?” Congratulations to Zachary Franklin of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Innocent Madawo of York University in Toronto, Canada, Stefan Seltz-Axmacher of Drexel University, Santiago Sosa-Noreña of the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin Colombia, and Yiyu Wang of University of Virginia.
The Foreign Affairs Student Essay Contest was open to all undergraduates. The magazine received 270 submissions from all over the world including universities in Austria, India, and Slovenia. Next year’s contest guidelines will be disclosed in January 2011 on ForeignAffairs.com.
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