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Foreign policy

Donald Trump shrugs at podium at Phoenix rally
Election 2016
Who founded ISIS? It's complicated
Published Aug 12, 2016
SAIS Dean Vali Nasr links rise of Islamic terror group to sectarian conflict in Iraq, 2003 U.S. invasion / The Huffington Post
Commentary
Assessing the ISIS threat
Published July 29, 2016
John McLaughlin, former acting CIA director, cautions that end of terror group's reign is not near / The Cipher Brief
Turkish people wave flags and assemble to protest the military coup
Commentary
Fallout of a failed coup
Published July 21, 2016
SAIS Middle East expert says events could strain U.S.-Turkey relations, pave Erdogan's path to more power / The LobeLog
Commentary
Foreign policy experts weigh in on Brexit vote
Published June 24, 2016
Political upheaval of this scale has not occurred since the end of World War II, one expert says
Crowd around memorial of candles, flowers on Paris sidewalk
Q+A
How to defeat ISIS
Published Nov 18, 2015
SAIS dean, Middle East scholar Vali Nasr discusses the Paris attacks and the need for a diplomatic solution to Syrian conflict
Defense strategy
New world disorder
Published Nov 6, 2015
U.S. military poorly equipped for future conflicts and challenges, SAIS expert Eliot Cohen testifies / The American Interest
Commentary
Trudeau's summit marathon
Published Oct 21, 2015
New Canadian prime minister will be tested during his first few months in office, SAIS expert says / SAIS Intrepid
Global affairs center to honor Henry Kissinger
Published April 9, 2015
Michael Bloomberg providing initial funding for new SAIS international policy center in honor of his long-time friend, former secretary of state
International relations
Praise for SAIS program
Published Feb 5, 2015
'Foreign Policy' magazine ranks JHU among nation's best schools for studying international relations
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Lineup includes CIA expert, Obama campaign strategist
Published Feb 2, 2015
Creator of popular Humans of New York blog, social activist Gloria Steinem also among scheduled speakers