This two part series will look at Muslims in France to provide insight into the alienation, victimization, and frustration that is radicalizing some French Muslims to committing the recent terrorist attacks in France.
Authors Jan Brecht-Clark and Rohullah Osmani discuss how a lack of transportation infrastructure--railroads, highways, and civil aviation--are limiting economic development in Afghanistan.
Tenzin Norgary, a Senior Fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute, reviews Sulmaan Wasif Khan's recent book "Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands."
Authors Natalia Cote-Muñoz and Verónica Alma Rosario map out an overview of the causes of statelessness of Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic, noting that despite some progress, barriers for nationalization remain high.
The massacre on January 7, 2015, at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and its violent aftermath has sparked debate in Tunisia. SAIS PhD candidate Sabina Henneberg discusses the implications.
J. Patrick Zubin, a second-year MA student at SAIS, discusses the effects of automation on the information economy and labor in this book review of Jaron Lanier's "Who Owns the Future?"
What's wrong with big data? Is its use causing more mistakes? Professor Mark White discusses the negative implications of the newest trend in research with SAIS Review Assistant Editor Kyle Johnson.
What happens when you put dozens of energy specialists, technology experts and government policymakers in a room? Senior Editor Lauren Caldwell discusses open government data initiatives -- including datapaloozas, data jams and hackathons -- with a Department of Energy Presidential Innovation Fellow.
SAIS graduate Jennifer Fishkin contradicts several assumptions about the Egyptian uprising, evaluates the prospects for change, and discusses the consequences for today's regime in Egypt in this provocative paper.
Cristina Garafola and Bao-chiun “Jingbo” Jing assess the potential for improved cross-Strait relations under China's new leader Xi Jinping and Taiwan's incumbent president Ma Ying-jeou.
Bernard Geoxavier examines the upcoming changes in Beijing's leadership process, informed by his research at the Hopkins Nanjing Center on the domestic political determinants of Chinese foreign policy.
Ivan Khilko analyzes the political situation in Russia following Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin.