Archived articles

Foreign policy
Perspective
SAIS scholar discusses historic shift in U.S.-Cuba relations
Published Dec 18, 2014
Piero Gleijeses has written two books on Cuban foreign policy and is the only foreigner to conduct research in the closed Cuban archives
Opinion
Arab world's blurred lines
Published Aug 13, 2014
Vali Nasr: Sectarian violence in Iraq can be traced to 'arbitrary boundaries' drawn after WWI / The New York Times
Dean of Middle Eastern affairs
Published Spring 2014
Vali Nasr has built his career on explaining the inexplicable. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
State of turmoil
What's next for Egypt?
Published July 3, 2013
Economic difficulties fuel uprising, opposition to Morsi government, says acting director of the SAIS's Middle East Studies Program
(Battle)field trips
Published July 2013 Video
SAIS strategic studies students head to foreign soil to 'relive' and examine historic conflicts / Gazette
World view
A 'game-changer' in Iran
Published June 18, 2013
Nasr: Decisive win by reformist candidate in Iran's presidential elections gives Obama administration an opening / Foreign Policy
A broad view of Asia
Published April 12, 2013
U.S. should reconsider pivot if it aims to contain China, Nasr writes / The Atlantic
How safe is too safe?
Published April 9, 2013
In wake of diplomat's death, SAIS foreign service students worry that too much security will prevent them from doing their jobs effectively / The Washington Post
Indispensable 'Dispensable'
Published April 2013
In new book, SAIS Dean Vali Nasr looks at American foreign policy through the lens of his State Department years / Gazette
Withdrawal and disorder
Published March 20, 2013
SAIS's Cohen: Under Obama, U.S. has turned its back on commitments overseas, a 'dangerous' shift / The Wall Street Journal