Category Security & Conflict
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.
North Korea: A Provocation? No, A Predetermined Path
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.
Terror in the Sinai: An End to Israeli-Egyptian Peace?
Growing terrorism in the Sinai peninsula is threatening peace between Egypt and Israel, a key stabilizer in the Middle East.
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.
Iraq’s Post-American Future: Requiem for an Occupation
In this three-part series, Nate Rosenblatt, a 2009 SAIS graduate, discusses his experience building an American-style university in Iraq. In the first part of the series, Nate looks back at the difficulties faced by the Americans during the occupation. In his subsequent posts, he reflects on the future of an independent Iraq, and examines the role that America might play in the wake of its $750 trillion dollar investment in Iraq’s future.
Sovereignty and Responsibility in Syria
In the Spring of 2011, the world watched as a generation of Tunisians and Egyptians took to the streets in revolutions that eventually toppled the regimes against which they were protesting. The Arab Spring uprisings spread across the Middle East and eventually into Syria where protestors have been met by the resolute and armed conviction of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad that he will not be removed from power. Over 7,000 people have so far died in the Syrian uprising; in the city of Homs the sidewalks run red with blood.
Imran Khan and Kashmir
Today, Imran Khan is doing in Pakistan what Barack Obama did in the United States in 2008. Despite his lack of experience in governance, Khan has created quite a buzz, and is vying for the country’s top job.
The Big Chill: Priorities & Realities for a Modern NATO
Breaking News: Soviet Union Disintegrates
NATO on the Rocks? Stirred, Not Shaken
The first in a three part series by Nic Wondra on NATO and its future role in security