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A poster for Washington Magic shows five magicians, including John McLaughlin, who is holding playing fanned-out cards.
MY OTHER LIFE
SAIS Professor John McLaughlin makes 'magic with meaning'
Published Dec 9, 2024
The former acting director of the CIA has performed for Cub Scouts, church groups, and senior government officials from all over the world (also, with David Copperfield)
Abstract art in red, yellow, green, black, white, and yellow
Rounding out the avant-garde
Published Winter 2024 Video
The inaugural exhibition of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes, offers a rare look at art and ephemera by artists and intellectuals, largely from Central and Eastern Europe, working to come to terms with their upturned lives after war and revolution. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An adult writes down the contents of a receipt in a notebook. Next to them is a paper bag full of produce.
3 Questions
Inflation and the election
Published Nov 20, 2024
Political economist David A. Steinberg explains how rising costs dampened enthusiasm for Kamala Harris and played a key role in Donald Trump's victory
Rados?aw Sikorski
Foreign affairs
Putin miscalculated U.S., European resolve, Polish official says
Published Sept 26, 2024
Rados?aw Sikorski speaks about the importance of transatlantic partnership during a SAIS Brzezinski Lecture Series event
soldiers march against a red background
Politics
Dictators united
Published Fall 2024
In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum writes that dictators do not need to have the same backgrounds to accomplish the shared goal of undermining liberal democracy / Johns Hopkins Magazine
closeup of the title 'Italy Reborn' on a book cover
Democracy reinvented
Published Fall 2024
A SAIS Europe professor's new book follows Italy from fascism to democracy / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Blue skies and a Pennsylvania Avenue street sign outside the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
SAIS programs rise in 'Foreign Policy' rankings
Published Aug 27, 2024
The school's master's programs are ranked second globally in survey of international relations scholars, policymakers, and think tank staffers
Peter Pomerantsev and Anne Applebaum
Politics+Policy
Hopkins experts anchor new podcast on autocracy in the U.S.
Published Aug 19, 2024
Series features Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev, both senior fellows at the university's SNF Agora Institute
Ukrainian protester
Books
Dictators united: How authoritarian states work together to thwart democracy
Published Aug 12, 2024
In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum writes that dictators do not need to have the same backgrounds to accomplish the shared goal of undermining liberal democracy
Joon Soo Kim, Liam Cheng, and Tihitina Aytenfisu
University News
Hopkins community celebrates transformative financial aid gift
Published July 8, 2024 Video
Faculty, students share their excitement about Bloomberg Philanthropies' $1 billion investment in future generations of doctors, nurses, research pioneers