Opinion

February 18, 2026

Olivia’s Reflection Piece for the SAIS Observer

Olivia Piotrowski
February 18, 2026

History Does Not End. It Consolidates. China’s Strategy and the Erosion of Global Political Space.

Maya Reiter
February 18, 2026

Painting Power: The Strategic Brushstrokes of BRI 2.0

Noah Munk
February 18, 2026

The Catalysts for the Green Energy Mission: Climate Tech Startups

Suhani Jaggi
February 18, 2026

The Logic of Contingency: How Accidents Shape History

Ari Fahimi
February 18, 2026

Seeing the Whole Elephant: Inaugural SAIS Seminar Challenges Students to Rethink a World in Transition

Keanu Paul Sygaco
February 18, 2026

Nothing Happens in Isolation: Watching Governance Falter and Fail in “Homebound”

Krithiga Narayanan
February 18, 2026

Friction Without Rupture: How Libya Profits From a Divided Gulf

Theodore Judson
February 18, 2026

Japan’s First Female PM Takaichi’s Landslide in the Snap Election — and the “Three Ts” That Could Trip Her Up

Daiki Mai
February 18, 2026

The Concept of “斩杀线” (zhǎn shā xiàn): The Execution Threshold

Caleb Washington
February 18, 2026

Why the Iranian Protests Didn’t Topple the Regime (Yet)

Joe Clark
November 19, 2025

An African Spring? Examining the “Drifting Coup” Sentiment Gripping the Continent

Leila Olukoga