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Ranking concentrations at SAIS

By Robert McDonald

Southeast Asia, IDEV, STRAT and Korean Studies top student approval charts
For some, the concentration choice is nearly innate.  An undergrad toiling over Swahili, 2 years of Peace Corps in Kenya, a passion for microfinance and a life size blow up doll of Amartya Sen in your bedroom meant you had IDEV tattooed [...]

Looking for something to do? SAIS offers a variety of paid positions

By Jessica Lamberston

Switching from a full time career to a full time job as a student (as many SAISers do) can’t always be easy. Although studying new topics and class time full of discussions may be a great break from the drone of every day life, there is a certain strain on the pocketbook during [...]

Complaints About SAIS: A Commentary

By Neil Shenai
 

I’ve been affiliated with Johns Hopkins SAIS since 2006, first as an MA student (Class of 2008) and currently as a first-year Ph.D. candidate.  As a TA for both the International Economics program and a functional studies program, I have a keen understanding about the average SAIS student psyche writ large.  This psyche [...]

Political Crisis Recedes in Canada

By Jamie Huckabay

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper successfully passed his federal budget on February 4th with the support of the opposition Liberal Party, marking a return to the uneasy status quo in Canadian politics. The fate of the Conservative minority government has been in doubt since the three opposition parties attempted to form an unprecedented [...]

New York Career Trek Addresses Gender Issues

By Jessica Lamberston and Samantha Watson
Career Service’s New York City Career Trek examined gender issues in an unprecedented way this January. More than 75% of alumni speakers on the trek worked on engaging women in development, tools for empowerment, and gender focused strategies. Meanwhile, the alumni discussed general career advice, family roles, accommodating settings for [...]

International Policy Practicum puts students to work

Around the world in a 1000 words
By Nikolas Foster
Ahh, the International Policy Practicum. More fodder for the first day of school verbal sparring along the lines of: “What did you do over break? Oh, I went to the moon.” Excellent material for hyperbolic talk in the annual contest to out-travel our fellow students.
So where did [...]

SAIS looks at the Cyprus problem

The Conflict Management Field Trip
By Niv Elis

As bombs were falling in nearby Gaza, a group of 20 SAIS students and professors gathered in Cyprus for the 4th Conflict Management field trip. Like previous trips to Haiti and Northern Ireland, the program included high-level meetings with political leaders, academics, civil society groups, and multi-lateral organizations to [...]

Taking on the Gulf – Second year Middle East students travel to the Persian Gulf

By Nate Rosenblatt
We stood at the peak of an especially large sand dune as the chilling wind of the desert evening cut through the fabric of our clothes. A not-so-subtle hint that the sun was setting on what would be our last of fourteen enlightening days and nights in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. [...]