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SAIS Review’s Newest Issue ‘Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century’ Available For Free Online

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Post date April 18, 2020

Volume 39, Issue 2 of the SAIS Review of International Affairs seeks to address the topic of nuclear weapons and their role in the 21st century. To that end, the featured essays spotlight some of the most pressing issues affecting nuclear weapons and shaping their future impact on strategy and the world more generally.

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Civil Society Economics Interviews Policy & Politics

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

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Post date 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.

Tags big data, causation, correlation, interview, kyle johnson, large hadron collider, mark white, nate silver, SAIS Review, statistics, the signal and the noise

Editors' Updates

The Big Data Backlash: News Roundup, March 31 – April 7

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Post date April 7, 2014

All big ideas face a backlash: big data is no different. This week, we’re exploring common criticisms of the use of big data.

Tags big data, ethics, google flu trends, keith alexander, SAIS Review, security, Twitter

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Big Data and You: Weekly Round-Up

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Post date March 7, 2014

This week’s news on big data: privacy, public health, and the “scary” state of cybersecurity.

Tags big data, civil rights, common core, cybersecurity, Google, HIV, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, privacy, SAIS Review, Scientific American, security, Twitter, vaccines, Washington Post

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

An Interview with Yaniv Barzilai

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Post date 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.

Tags 102 days of war, afghanistan, barack obama, george w. bush, interview, osama bin laden, Pakistan, SAIS Review, september 11th, tora bora, yaniv barzilai

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Seeking Student Submissions: Big Data

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Post date January 13, 2014

The SAIS Review of International Affairs is now seeking submissions from SAIS students on the topic of Big Data.

Tags big data, JHU SAIS, SAIS Review, submissions

Economics Events Governance & Law Policy & Politics Security & Conflict

SAIS Review of International Affairs Summer/Fall 2013 Launch Event

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Post date 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 sais.review@gmail.com OR on our Facebook event page.

Tags arctic, caitlyn antrim, event, from the editors, james bridger, oil, SAIS Review, security, washington dc, william komiss

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The Gordian Knot of Illicit Economies, Violent Conflict, Human Security, and Economic Development

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Post date May 14, 2013

On May 9th, the SAIS Review of International Affairs hosted Vanda Felbab-Brown, of the Brookings Institution, for a dynamic and engaging discussion of the illicit economy and how it relates to state-building, governance, and violence.

Tags illicit economy, Nic Wondra, SAIS Review, state-building, Vanda Felbab-Brown, violence

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Who’s Afraid of the Informal Economy

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Post date April 6, 2013

The Foreign Policy Institute and the SAIS Review of International Affairs hosted a lecture by Robert Neuwirth on March 28th. He discussed the informal
economy as part of an inclusive and equitable development strategy.

Tags Foreign Policy Institute, informal economy, Robert Neuwirth, SAIS Review