Category Policy & Politics

Governance & Law, North America, Policy & Politics, South America

Reaching a modus vivendi? Foreign Policy Responses toward Allende’s Chile in the United States and West Germany

The SAIS Review
January 18, 2017

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.

Civil Society, Europe, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics

EU Outliers: The Limitations of the EU in Reforming Illiberal Democracy in Bulgaria and Romania

The SAIS Review
October 12, 2016

Author Abigail Adams examines the primary obstacles to EU accession that faced Romania and Bulgaria, as well as the difficulties in maintaining EU standards that both countries have faced since 2007, and offers prescriptions on how to develop more successful EU accession processes.

Civil Society, Europe, Middle East, Policy & Politics

The Alienation, Victimization, and Frustration of French Muslims – Part II

The SAIS Review
July 27, 2016

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.

Civil Society, Europe, Middle East, Policy & Politics

The Alienation, Victimization, and Frustration of French Muslims – Part I

The SAIS Review
July 25, 2016

Asia Pacific, Energy & Environment, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics

Beyond COP21: Opportunities for China-India Climate Collaboration – Part II

The SAIS Review
March 4, 2016

PART II In Part I, we argued that meeting the ambitious targets agreed upon at the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) will require concerted efforts—including policy changes, technological developments, the deepening…

Asia Pacific, Energy & Environment, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics

Beyond COP21: Opportunities for China-India Climate Collaboration – Part I

The SAIS Review
March 3, 2016

This report was produced by a team of twenty Johns Hopkins University SAIS students and supported by the school’s Energy, Resources, and Environment department. It is the result of independent research, as well as two field research trips to Beijing and New Delhi.

Asia Pacific, Book Reviews, Civil Society, Policy & Politics

Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China’s Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands

The SAIS Review
January 4, 2016

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."

Book Reviews, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

ISIS: The State of Terror

The SAIS Review
November 9, 2015

Richard Purcell, a SAIS alum and freelance writer covering international security affairs, reviews Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger's new book, "ISIS: The State of Terror."

Energy & Environment, International Development, Policy & Politics

Reducing Extreme Poverty Through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

The SAIS Review
April 23, 2015

SAIS MA candidate Caitlin Smith offers ideas to enhance resiliency and reduce extreme poverty through the water-energy-food nexus.

Civil Society, Policy & Politics, South America

Human Rights Under Threat: Denationalization and Dominicans of Haitian ancestry

The SAIS Review
February 20, 2015

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.

Africa, Civil Society, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Understanding Charlie Hebdo: Lessons from Tunisia

The SAIS Review
January 28, 2015

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.

Europe, Governance & Law, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

The European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) : A Decade Later

The SAIS Review
October 31, 2014

The crisis in Ukraine and the civil war prevailing in Syria have raised deep concerns over the European Union's ability to act as a credible actor in foreign affairs. So, has the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) failed to meet its objectives? What are the challenges facing the ENP?