The SAIS Review of International Affairs

Tag: United States

A Rendezvous with Destiny for Two Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers

Post author By Patrick Mendis
Post date May 21, 2020

Since the Trump administration designated China a “strategic competitor,” Sri Lanka and Taiwan have increasingly become plausible geopolitical flashpoints in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. How could Taiwan and Sri Lanka dictate the post-coronavirus endgame for China and the United States?

Tags China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United States

Governance & Law International Development Middle East North America Policy & Politics

Why U.S. Foreign Aid Should Not Be Conditioned on United Nations General Assembly Voting Patterns

Post author By Najibullah Gulabzoi
Post date January 10, 2019

Tying U.S. aid to individual recipient countries’ voting patterns in the UNGA … would ultimately deprive the United States of a great tool with which it has so uniquely built its greatness around the world and the world around it: foreign aid.

Tags Foreign aid, UN, United States

Africa Asia Pacific Economics International Development North America Policy & Politics

Mutual Delegitimization: American and Chinese Development Assistance in Africa

Post author By Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr. & Henrik S. Hartmann
Post date March 30, 2018

How can China’s ideas of development assistance to Africa be regarded within the context of a wider struggle among global powers? In contrast to the dominant public understanding that Chinese aid has “no strings attached,” authors Salvador Regilme and Henrik Hartmann from the University of Leiden show that US and Chinese governments’ aid strategies champion their own geostrategic national interests in the African continent.

Tags Africa, aid, China, development, United States

Governance & Law North America Policy & Politics Security & Conflict

Gauging the Foreign and Domestic Impacts of Snowden’s Revelations

Post author By The SAIS Review
Post date 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.

Tags Brazil, cybersecurity, Edward Snowden, Germany, security, Tyler Owens, United States

Asia Pacific Economics North America Policy & Politics

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

Post author By The SAIS Review
Post date September 5, 2012

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

Tags China, elections, Op-ed, politics, United States

Asia Pacific Civil Society Economics Interviews Middle East North America Policy & Politics Security & Conflict

Strategic Vision: An Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski

Post author By The SAIS Review
Post date April 4, 2012

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.

Tags China, decline, economics, Iran, Middle East, nuclear, United States

Civil Society Economics Europe Governance & Law North America Policy & Politics

Democracies Can Hit the Pause Button

Post author By Jessica Einhorn
Post date March 26, 2012

Democracies on both sides of the Atlantic are facing challenges — causing chatter amongst pundits about decline or dissolution.

Tags 2012, democracy, Democrat, elections, Europe, Italy, Mario Monty, Republican, United States