Category North America
Author Valentin Sierra demonstrates how ICT adoption by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can spur long-term gains in firm productivity, competitiveness, and facilitate economic development in Latin America.
Countering Jihadism in America: A Policy Review
Author Jason Margaritis surveys the state of counter-extremism policy in the US, specifically examining the “Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the US” (PVE) strategy outlined by the Obama administration in June 2011. Margaritis then examines the limitations and consequences of the strategy.
Reaching a modus vivendi? Foreign Policy Responses toward Allende’s Chile in the United States and West Germany
Author Christoph Erber provides a retrospective analysis on the increased emancipation of Bonn’s foreign policy from Washington in the 1970s using West Germany's foreign policy toward Allende's Chile as a case study.
An Interview with Yaniv Barzilai
SAIS alumnus Yaniv Barzilai, a foreign service officer at the United States Department of State, discusses his recent book, 102 Days of War - How Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda & the Taliban Survived 2001.
Gauging the Foreign and Domestic Impacts of Snowden’s Revelations
Tyler Owens, a second-year MA student at SAIS, discusses the effects of the NSA spying scandal on data security and international public opinion.
The 2012 Presidential Election and U.S.-China Relations
In her op-ed, Molly Silver examines the candidates' rhectoric on China and its implications for U.S.-China relations.
In A G-Zero World, It’s Every Nation For Itself
Devin Stewart reviews Ian Bremmer's new book, "Every Nation For Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World."
The Global Leadership Vacuum: An Interview with Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group
Strategic Vision: An Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski
The SAIS Review chats with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski about his new book, Strategic Vision, and some of the most pressing issues—American decline, Iran, and China—facing today’s policy-makers.
Democracies Can Hit the Pause Button
Democracies on both sides of the Atlantic are facing challenges -- causing chatter amongst pundits about decline or dissolution.