Dekan FISIP UI Dr Arie Setiabudi Soesilo M.Sc, melakukan kunjungan ke beberapa Universitas di Amerika Serikat diantaranya Gorgetown University, John Hopkins University, dan School of Public Policy, USC. Kunjungan ini dilakukan untuk melakukan kerjasama akademik antara FISIP UI dengan berbagai Universitas di Amerika Serikat.
Dalam lawatannya ke Amerika Serikat, Dekan FISIP UI, berjumpa dengan beberapa orang diantaranya adalah Prof. Joel Helman (Dean, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University); Dr. Sudhir Shetty (Regional Chief Economist, East Asia & Pacific, World Bank);Dr. Vikram Nehru (past Chair of Southeast Asian Program, Carnegie Endowment Institute & Senior Professor School of Advanced International Affairs, John Hopkins University, Washington DC); Prof. Hugh Sullivan ( Director, Advancement Asia, School of Advanced International Studies John Hopkins Univ); Assoc. Dean Carol Rush (School of Public Policy, USC); Joyce Mann (Director of International Education Programs School of Public Policy, USC); Joanna Yu (Academic Director International Public Policy & Management Program School of Public Policy, USC). Pertemuan berikutnya dengan Prof. Richard Drobnick (Director International Business Education MBA Program and Ass. Dean for International Outreach, Schoolof Business, USC).
