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Mark Christian Thompson
Like an explosion
Published Summer 2017
For Mark Christian Thompson, a new reading of Franz Kafka was spurred by a single word / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A sketch of a cat wearing an Elizabethan ruff
Furry, four-legged, and family
Published Summer 2017
Scientist and writer David Grimm says the dogs and cats of today are quasi-citizens, with more rights and legal protections than ever before / Johns Hopkins Magazine
COMMENTARY
Establishment parties in U.S. and Europe 'imploding'
Published June 8, 2017
Erik Jones, an expert in European and Eurasian studies at SAIS, suggests traditional political parties are failing, cannot contain their fringe movements / The Cipher Brief
A mother in Uganda examines a cell-phone-like device next to an infant manikin
For a Healthier World
New global health effort takes shape
Published June 6, 2017
Alliance for a Healthier World announces $250K in available grant funding for cross-disciplinary proposals
Commentary
Sweeping impacts of Paris accord withdrawal
Published June 2, 2017
Faculty experts analyze what the move means for the world's poor, national security, and foreign relations
Commentary
Trump's budget makes U.S. more vulnerable to bioterrorism
Published June 1, 2017
Experts from Center for Health Security explore potential ramifications of proposed cuts at CDC, DHS, FEMA / The Hill
Zbigniew Brzezinski
In memoriam
Visionary foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89
Published May 30, 2017
SAIS professor of foreign policy served as Jimmy Carter's national security adviser
Stefanie Deluca and three others seated at table during panel discussion
21st Century Cities
Urban policy projects get a lift
Published May 23, 2017
$200K in seed grant funding goes to research on mixed-income neighborhoods, economic inclusion, health and safety
Participants in the 'Investing in Baltimore discussion pose for a photo
21st century cities
Investing with intent
Published May 18, 2017
JHU welcomes CEOs, leaders for discussion of strategies for expanding economic opportunity in Baltimore
President Trump smiles and poses with Sergey Lavrov in Oval Office meeting May 10, 2017
Commentary
Disclosure of top-secret intel a major misstep for U.S.
Published May 16, 2017
SAIS foreign policy expert Eliot Cohen says Trump's act has potential to 'jeopardize a whole range of relationships' / The Atlantic