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Comoros’ Next Chapter

How can a post-conflict country reinvigorate its economy? SAIS alumnae Stephanie Liu (’12) and Jamie Lee (’13) produced this short segment on Comoros’ private-sector revitalization for the World Bank.

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Africa Economics Governance & Law Interviews Security & Conflict

An Interview with Vanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow at the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution, discusses her research on piracy, enforcement and illegal fishing with Assistant Editor Bartholomew Thanhauser.

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Economics Events Governance & Law Policy & Politics Security & Conflict

SAIS Review of International Affairs Summer/Fall 2013 Launch Event

Please join the SAIS Review for a launch event on Monday, December 9th at 4:30 PM in the Rome Auditorium. Light refreshments will be served! RSVP to sais.review@gmail.com OR on our Facebook event page.

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Asia Pacific Economics North America Policy & Politics

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.

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Asia Pacific Book Reviews Economics Governance & Law North America Policy & Politics

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.”

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Asia Pacific Economics Governance & Law Interviews North America Policy & Politics

The Global Leadership Vacuum: An Interview with Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group

The SAIS Review’s Editor-in-Chief, Joshua Grundleger, and Senior Editor, Sean Creehan, recently sat down with Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting firm. Dr. Bremmer discussed the outlook for 2012 and the hidden risks that face the international system. Dr. Bremmer created Wall Street’s first global political risk index and has […]

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Economics Europe Policy & Politics

Britain, Europe, Scotland – and the Economist

Ted R. Bromund, Adjunct Professor with the Strategic Studies Program at SAIS, and Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, examines the rise of Euroscepticism in post-war Great Britain.

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Asia Pacific Civil Society Economics Interviews Middle East North America Policy & Politics Security & Conflict

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.

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Civil Society Economics Europe Governance & Law North America Policy & Politics

Democracies Can Hit the Pause Button

Democracies on both sides of the Atlantic are facing challenges — causing chatter amongst pundits about decline or dissolution.

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Asia Pacific Economics North America Security & Conflict

Misperceptions, Part III: Defense Cuts, An Alternative to the Sequester

My first post noted that the sums being considered for defense cuts, even in the case of the sequester, are actually quite low, particularly when compared to some of the other historical builddowns (post-Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War). The second noted that the reasons often given for exempting defense from government wide belt-buckling have […]