Editors' Updates

Available on Project Muse: The SAIS Review’s (44.2) Print Issue, A New Statecraft: The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Diplomacy

March 24, 2025

Statecraft, long considered an art requiring years of study and profound human behavioral insight, is now entering an era defined by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Traditionally guided by complex…

Asia Pacific, Security & Conflict

In the Shadow of Giants: Assessing the Strategic Ambitions and Political Implications of the Chinese Aircraft Carrier

March 11, 2025

Having lived through an era of carrier-enabled US naval domination of the high seas for decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been relentlessly bolstering its naval…

Security & Conflict, South America

El Salvador’s Controversial Offer: Housing U.S. Criminals in Its Mega-Prison

March 7, 2025

El Salvador’s ‘maverick’[1] president, Nayib Bukele, has proposed a unique agreement with the United States, offering to house American criminals and deportees[2] in its notorious mega-prison, Centro de…

Civil Society, Policy & Politics

The Role of Soft Power in the Digital Age

March 7, 2025

Social media and technological advances have drastically changed international communication, which has an impact on how countries exercise influence. The phrase “soft power,” which was coined by Joseph…

Policy & Politics, South America

Diplomacy for Democracy: Why Venezuela Did Not Defy the Odds like Guatemala

March 2, 2025

On January 15, 2024, after months of a tumultuous post-election political and democratic crisis that placed Guatemala at the top of the political agenda in the Americas, Bernardo…

North America, Policy & Politics

Social Media, Disinformation, and AI: Transforming the Landscape of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Political Campaigns

January 14, 2025

Political campaigns have been repurposed to accommodate the importance of social media platforms as powerful tools for communication, outreach, and influence. The 2024 U.S. presidential election highlighted the…

International Development, Middle East, Regional

Participatory Interfaith Dialogue and Development:The Keys to Addressing People’s Needs in Morocco

January 7, 2025

Morocco’s Multicultural Gateway to Community Development Morocco’s policy for national multiculturalism and the diversity of its historic identity groups has emphasized the importance of intergroup dialogue and its…

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

Three Myths About the Jimmy Carter Presidency

January 6, 2025

Jimmy Carter was a complex man who led the United States in a complex era. He lived humbly but was not humble. He believed in forgiveness but was…

Middle East, Policy & Politics

The Contributions of Constructivism in Studying Political Islam Movements’ Foreign Policies

January 2, 2025

What happens to the theoretical and methodological presuppositions of researchers who have to deal with a grammar of International Relations that is more often than not different from,…

Security & Conflict, South America

From Bullets to Hugs: Mexico’s Security Jarabe

December 24, 2024

Understanding AMLO’s De-Securitization Towards Drug Trafficking Through a Human Security Lens [1] In the shadow of escalating violence and entrenched insecurity, Mexico found itself at a critical juncture…

Policy & Politics, South America

Restoring Democracy: Lessons from Bolivia since the 2019 Coupvolution

December 18, 2024

Donald Trump is not the only populist former president in the Americas who has sought to return to office over the last four years. The leftist lighting rod…

Europe, Policy & Politics

“Long Live the Lords!” Tradition, Reform, and the Enduring Balance of British Democracy

December 4, 2024

On July 17, 2024, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced in the King’s speech[1] that he would bring in legislation to abolish the remaining hereditary peers’ rights…