From the Editor
I want to personally congratulate all of our SAIS Class of 2018 graduates, as they put a close to this chapter and begin their next. I want to extend my sincerest ...
Articles by The SAIS Observer Staff
SGA Election Transparency: An Unfortunate Example of Poor Leadership
By: ROSS MEDICO Bologna: The Student Government Association (SGA) Vice President was elected without a single vote. The SGA Vice President was elected without meeting the ...
Shortage of SGA Candidates in SAIS Europe
By: ERIC CLAVER Bologna: The Trump Administration is not the only D.C. government short on applicants. Knowledgeable sources tell the SAIS Observer that not a single student ...
Fish and Ships: A Near-Arctic Proposal
By: DANIEL BURKE NANJING: Amid drowning polar bears and tumbling glacial cliffs, China senses opportunity. On January 26th, China’s State Council Information Office ...
The Consul-General’s General Consolation
By: DANIEL BURKE NANJING: Students shuffled in excitedly with high hopes of what’s to come. As the seats fill front to back, whispers spread side to side: “did you ...
China’s Recent Political Shake-ups: Perspectives from Nanjing
By: BRIAN HART NANJING – When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wrapped up its 19th Party Congress in October 2017, it became clear that CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping ...
The World Has Changed and IR Schools Need to Adapt
By: CAITLIN O’GRADY Bologna: The world felt like a different place in the latter years of the Obama administration. In May 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippines ...
Continuing the Discussion: The HNC Cafeteria
NANJING – The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is home to an on-campus cafeteria, open three meals a day and serving a selection of Chinese and Western food options. It is cheap and ...
HNC Winter Break
Over the winter break, students from SAIS Nanjing documented their ...
Spain and the Politics of Disregard
By: LLUIS DALMAU Bologna: October 1, 2017 was the starting point of an institutional crisis in Spain that had been developing for years. The 2008 financial crash, the 2012 ...
