Category Policy & Politics

Civil Society, Economics, Interviews, Policy & Politics

False Positives and Spurious Correlations: An Interview with Professor Mark White

The SAIS Review
April 18, 2014

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.

Asia Pacific, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Secretary Kerry in Asia – Looking for Love in the Wrong Places

The SAIS Review
February 26, 2014

Foreign Policy Institute executive director and SAIS Review Advisory Board member Carla Freeman discusses the future of U.S. engagement in Asia following Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Beijing, Jakarta and Seoul.

Asia Pacific, Governance & Law, Interviews, Middle East, North America, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

An Interview with Yaniv Barzilai

The SAIS Review
February 21, 2014

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.

Economics, Events, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

SAIS Review of International Affairs Summer/Fall 2013 Launch Event

The SAIS Review
December 1, 2013

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 [email protected] OR on our Facebook event page.

Governance & Law, North America, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Gauging the Foreign and Domestic Impacts of Snowden’s Revelations

The SAIS Review
November 21, 2013

Tyler Owens, a second-year MA student at SAIS, discusses the effects of the NSA spying scandal on data security and international public opinion.

Africa, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Somali Autonomy and the Failure of the Puntland Maritime Police Force

The SAIS Review
November 12, 2013

Evan Fowler, a second-year master's candidate at SAIS, examines the political and economic forces that contributed to the rise of piracy in Somalia, and the failure of the Puntland Maritime Police Force in combating piracy.

Civil Society, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

The Egyptian Uprising: A Case Study in Intifadat and the Difficulty of Lasting Change

The SAIS Review
April 16, 2013

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.

Asia Pacific, Interviews, Middle East, Policy & Politics

The World in Transition: Interview with the Panelists

The SAIS Review
March 12, 2013

The SAIS Review's Associate Editor Meghan Kleinsteiber interviewed Samuel Tadros from Hudson Institute and Yukon Huang from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on two regions undergoing major transitions today, the Middle East and China. Watch the interviews here.

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Will China’s Leadership Transition Lead to a New Cross-Strait Policy?

The SAIS Review
February 2, 2013

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.

Asia Pacific, Economics, North America, Policy & Politics

The 2012 Presidential Election and U.S.-China Relations

The SAIS Review
September 5, 2012

In her op-ed, Molly Silver examines the candidates' rhectoric on China and its implications for U.S.-China relations.

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Governance & Law, Policy & Politics

Xi Jinping and the Challenges of Chinese Leadership

The SAIS Review
June 10, 2012

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.

Asia Pacific, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

North Korea: A Provocation? No, A Predetermined Path

The SAIS Review
May 31, 2012

Why is there a repeated cycle but never a progress when negotiating with North Korea? Soo kook Kim provides her analysis in light of North Korea's recent provocations.