BREAKING: @ForeignPolicy asked 1,500 experts to name the best international relations master's programs in the world. Spoiler: @JohnsHopkins SAIS was at the top of their lists.
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This week, @AmbTracey (A&S ’87, SAIS ’88), former U.S. ambassador to Kosovo, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, joined SAIS students for a career talk hosted by the Careers in Diplomacy and Global Women in Leadership clubs.
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What global challenges are shaping policy conversations today, and how are they being studied at SAIS?
Join faculty and students for Global Voices at SAIS on 10/17 to explore four regional topics and get application tips from Admissions.
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In the latest 📥 In the News newsletter, SAIS faculty and experts weigh in on how each generation views climate technology, why US air power has a weak spot overseas, public pushback on AI data centers, and more.
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"It's a very worrying military problem."
👤 Nora Bensahel on why aerial refueling tankers parked at overseas bases are a point of vulnerability for US air power.
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Communities across the US are pushing back on AI data centers, and public opinion of AI has soured.
👤 Henry Farrell speaks to @guardian about what is driving the frustration.
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Johns Hopkins SAIS announces the Master of Arts in Technology and Policy, a one-year, STEM-designated program preparing graduates to lead governments, industries, and international organizations through an era of technological disruption.
Thinking about graduate study at SAIS? Get your questions answered at an upcoming virtual information session!
🎓 Sept. 30: MAIR
🌎 Oct. 1: MAGP
🏛️ Oct. 8: Public Service Scholarships
Learn about each program, admissions, and career opportunities. Open thread for the links 👇
Interested in a career spanning strategy, cybersecurity, intelligence, and national security?
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In the latest 📥 In the News newsletter, SAIS faculty and experts weigh in on why China's purges make the Communist Party stronger, whether the US should slow down AI, what 25 years of war in the Middle East have really taught Washington and more.
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Slowing down AI development only works if China slows down too, and getting Beijing to agree may take pressure, not just discussion.
👤 @HalBrands writes in @Bloomberg about the difficult choices facing the U.S. as concerns over AI continue to grow.
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, the US finds itself in another major Middle East war, with new questions about Iran's nuclear program and US bases in the Gulf.
👤 @vali_nasr on what the post-9/11 wars can teach Washington today.
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25 years after 9/11, SAIS's own John McLaughlin (@jmclaughlinSAIS), former CIA Deputy Director, joined NPR's Sources & Methods panel for the anniversary alongside Michael Morell, Jane Harman, and Stephen Hadley.
The panel examines how U.S. intelligence and national security have changed in the 25 years since 9/11.
Watch the full 25th-anniversary panel on NPR's Sources & Methods to hear more of the conversation: npr.org/2026/09/09/nx-s1-591…
For diplomat Jean-Arthur Régibeau (B’86), understanding the other side doesn’t mean agreeing with it. It means understanding what’s behind a perspective, a lesson he encountered at SAIS Europe and carried through his diplomatic career.
Read his story: sais.jhu.edu/news-press/alum…