Welcome to The SAIS Observer!

The SAIS Observer is a newspaper written, edited, and produced by the students of The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Founded in 2002, it is the official student newspaper of the global SAIS community.

SAIS students, faculty, and members of the administration at the Washington, D.C., Bologna, and Nanjing campuses are encouraged to submit articles, letters to the editor, opinion pieces, photographs, book reviews, interviews, and other items for consideration.

The SAIS Observer is an approved SAIS student organization. Opinions expressed in the Observer’s print and online issues are not necessarily the views of the editors, SAIS, or the administrators and faculty of Johns Hopkins University. Reproduction of any materials in print or online, without the explicit consent of the editors, is forbidden.