Understanding Charlie Hebdo: Lessons from Tunisia
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.
“Sustaining the Millennium: Global Development from the MDGs to Post-2015.”
New Agenda, New Narrative: What Happens After 2015?
The crafting of the post-2015 development agenda began with a pivotal decision to integrate environmental, social, and economic issues into a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Since their inception, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have become a unifying mechanism for a previously disjointed development community. Homi Kharas from the Brookings Institution discusses the MDGs and what comes Post-2015.
Resilience in the Definitional Process of the Sustainable Development Goals
In the defining process of the post-2015 development agenda, the term “resilience” has been used abundantly by policy makers and experts to define the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Resilience is both an innovative and useful concept to improve the overall framework of international aid. However, the actors defining the SDGs must use the term resilience carefully to ensure that it is clearly defined and operational.
The European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) : A Decade Later
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?
Australia and India’s Nuclear Deal: A New Beginning in the India-Australia Relationship
Dr. Ashok Sharma assesses the recent Australia-India civilian nuclear agreement and argues that this landmark step shows the growing trust and confidence between Australia and India.
Shared Responsibility and Joint Accountability: Advancing the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Contributing author Hany Besada discusses responsibility and accountability in the post-2015 development agenda, giving us insight into shifts in the actionable policy platform of the process to include climate change as an integral part of sustainable development.
“Policy by Numbers: How Big Data is Transforming Security, Governance, and Development.”
Who Owns the Future?: The Tyranny of Dead Labor in the Digital Age
J. Patrick Zubin, a second-year MA student at SAIS, discusses the effects of automation on the information economy and labor in this book review of Jaron Lanier's "Who Owns the Future?"
So Long, Solow: The Case for Teaching Agile Global Development
In his forthcoming article for the SAIS Review, Aniket Bhushan writes: "Much of the data we rely on in international affairs and international development research and analysis is fraught with problems, and is so slow that it is almost a historical caricature by the time it is published, barely descriptive about the present, let alone insightful about the future.” Senior Editor Lauren Caldwell argues that the field of international development should embrace real-time data analysis, and reject the lagging indicators that characterize traditional economic development models.
False Positives and Spurious Correlations: An Interview with Professor Mark White
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.
The Big Data Backlash: News Roundup, March 31 – April 7
All big ideas face a backlash: big data is no different. This week, we're exploring common criticisms of the use of big data.