The DEJOY\WOS Family Foundation has proudly supported, since 2014, the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy, an interdisciplinary initiative across Duke University that creates and shares new knowledge in the grand strategy field. The program’s mission is to prepare the next generation of strategists by studying past generations and interacting with current strategic leaders. The program is building a research community of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates who are committed to deepening their understanding of America’s role in the world – past, present and future.
In May 2023, the DEJOY\WOS Family Foundation entered into a 3-year pledge agreement (2023-2025) with Duke University in continued support for the Program in American Grand Strategy. These contributions will provide funding for program enhancement such as increasing international staff rides, expanding domestic trips, maintaining an extensive speaker series and research expansion.
On May 3, 2018 former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Duke University, at an event sponsored by the American Grand Strategy Program, to discuss her new book and to offer her take on current international hot topics, including North Korea and the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Rice was the first African-American woman to serve as secretary of state from 2005-2009. She was joined on stage by Amy Zegart, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, as they discussed their book entitled “Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity.” See Duke’s Events Gallery.
