By Daniel Mikesell 大牛 NANJING, CHINA — 2021 is a pivotal year for global action on climate change. China’s emissions trading system is beginning to take shape, and the Biden administration is implementing a whole-of-government approach to tackle climate change. As the world’s largest CO2 emitters, China and the U.S. have unique roles in the... Continue Reading →
Mason Library and non-classroom facilities to remain closed indefinitely
By Zachary Wheeler According to the latest comments from university leadership, SAIS’ Mason library and other non-classroom auxiliary facilities will remain closed indefinitely pending improvements in the local public health environment. SAIS’ decision to keep the library closed contrasts with the decisions of peer DC institutions and the Homewood campus. On January 8, 2021, Dean... Continue Reading →
Student Perspectives on SAIS Diversity and the Crowell Committee
By Adam DuBard The members of the SAIS Crowell Committee. Photo credit: Dawalola Shonibare As protests against police brutality and racial inequality took place in every state across the nation in the summer of 2020, organizations of all kinds reacted to address diversity, or the lack thereof, in their ranks. The killings of George Floyd,... Continue Reading →
A Complicated Past: Universities & The Legacy of Slavery
By Richard Pedersen On December 9th, 2020, President Daniels shared an email with the Johns Hopkins community that shattered previously-held notions regarding our institution’s founder and namesake. For decades, the Hopkins community believed its founder had been an ardent abolitionist dedicated to human freedom and equality. However, the reality is more complicated. Research on Johns... Continue Reading →
Vice Dean Campante Confirms New Tech and Culture Focus Area
By Zachary Wheeler In an interview with The SAIS Observer, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs Filipe Campante discussed the formation of the new Technology and Culture concentration arriving with SAIS’s academic overhaul next fall. By building on the initiatives of current SAIS faculty, this new program aims to prepare future SAIS students for... Continue Reading →
Black Skin, Black Eyes, and You
By Fatou Sow Growing up in a black city and having attended majority black schools from elementary to undergraduate has afforded me a privilege: I know who I am as a person (not just a Black person). When I say that I grew up learning about black history, I’m not talking about the beginning of... Continue Reading →
The Evacuation of Friendship and Knowledge 一场友谊与知识的撤离
By Austin Frenes 冯翱森 HNC students evacuated from China last year (clockwise from top left): Cooper Brehm, Nick Kaufman, Daniel Wethli, and Austin Frenes 去年从中国被撤离的中美中心学生：裴治雄，高宁，文丹，冯翱森 NANJING, CHINA — Strange doctors on subways, an evacuation car ride through the countryside, quarantine on a military base, tears in Bangkok, and a normal train ride to Shanghai. This... Continue Reading →
SAIS’s Role in US-China Dialogue
By Qianrong Ding Intercultural communication has never been more important than today given the turbulent US-China relationship. The SAIS US-China Dialogue contributes to this effort through a series of meaningful discussions on pressing issues, helping to foster understanding between China and the United States. The US-China relationship is one of the most complex bilateral relationships... Continue Reading →
Editorial: The Insurrection Will Be Live Streamed
By Adam DuBard The Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021, was an event completely without precedent, and one that captured the nation’s attention immediately. Following a rally where President Trump and several of his closest supporters, including several members of Congress, spoke, thousands of Trump supporters marched from the White House to Capitol Hill.... Continue Reading →
SAIS Virtually Hosts First Muslim-American Ambassador M. Osman Siddique
By Adam DuBard On October 20th, the SAIS Global Security and Conflict Management and the South Asia club co-hosted M. Osman Siddique, a Bangladeshi immigrant who rose to become the first Muslim-American ambassador when President Bill Clinton appointed him to serve as the United States Ambassador to Fiji. Ambassador Siddique joined SAIS over Zoom and... Continue Reading →