The SAIS Review of International Affairs has published its newest issue, Hidden Risks: Challenges for the International System. Risk—or the calculated probability that some undesirable outcome will occur—impacts nearly every aspect of our lives. In Hidden Risks, the SAIS Review seeks to foster a discussion on some of the risks that may be hidden, misunderstood, or woefully unaddressed by those who might be most affected by their realization.
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Ivan Khilko analyzes the political situation in Russia following Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin.
Democracies on both sides of the Atlantic are facing challenges — causing chatter amongst pundits about decline or dissolution.
The first in a three part series by Nic Wondra on NATO and its future role in security
The first of a three-part series analyzing defense spending priorities in the United States
In the newest issue of the SAIS Review, Hidden Risks, the SAIS Review’s Editor-in-Chief, Joshua Grundleger, and Senior Editor, Sean Creehan, sat down with Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting firm. Dr. Bremmer discussed the outlook for 2012 and the hidden risks that face the international system.
Growing terrorism in the Sinai peninsula is threatening peace between Egypt and Israel, a key stabilizer in the Middle East.
In this three-part series, Nate Rosenblatt, a 2009 SAIS graduate, discusses his experience building an American-style university in Iraq. In the first part of the series, Nate looks back at the difficulties faced by the Americans during the occupation. In his subsequent posts, he reflects on the future of an independent Iraq, and examines the role that America might play in the wake of its $750 trillion dollar investment in Iraq’s future.
The SAIS Review of International Affairs publishes essays that straddle the boundary between scholarly inquiry and practical experience, bringing a fresh and policy-relevant perspective to global political, economic and security questions.
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