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Our student-led, faculty-advised campus chapters serve as the national foundation of our programming. Our chapters host debates between our speakers, who are some of our nation’s most distinguished scholars and practitioners, and local professors on major ideas and current events in foreign policy, national security, and economic statecraft. The debates serve as a backbone of programming around which chapters also hold frequent discussion groups on relevant policy topics and run reading series on key U.S. foreign policy books. Students often leverage their interaction with our speakers — enhanced by pairing the existing public debate with an exclusive dinner for chapter officers with the speaker — into internships and even jobs. Serving as an AHS chapter officer helps students gain valuable leadership skills and acts as a status symbol for future employers.

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CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

The Chapter of the Year is selected from the top 4 scorers in each academic year. Additionally, speaker evaluations and the assessment of the national staff contribute to award selections. Except in unusual circumstances, the same chapter will not win the same award in consecutive years.

2019-2020: DUKE UNIVERSITY

In the 2019-2020 school year, AHS at Duke University held 6 debates and discussions with AHS speakers, which were attended by over 250 students. Additionally, the chapter organized over 20 student group discussions on topics ranging from Brexit to the Taiwanese elections. The chapter has a committed general membership of over 20 students, a mailing list with hundreds of subscribers, and close relationships with Duke's academic departments and other student organizations. While the chapter is long established on campus, this was a historically successful year for its members! 

Past Winners

2014-2015: University of Wisconsin, Madison

2013-2014: Ohio State University

2012-2013: Duke University

2011-2012: Ohio State University