Through Ambassadors Up Close, SIS students meet diplomats like Ireland's Ambassador to the U.S.—and turn those conversations into embassy visits and connections. Read how students are making the most of DC’s diplomatic ties: https://bit.ly/4e6siVm

Ambassadors Up Close: Studying International Affairs Near Embassy Row in Washington, DC

Through SIS’s Ambassadors Up Close event series, international affairs students get an inside look at diplomacy from the people who practice it.

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SIS professor Carolyn Gallaher and SPA professor Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explain why Irish unification is further off than President Trump's recent remarks suggest. Read more: https://bit.ly/3TqvgNj

Irish Reunification is More Complicated Than Trump May Think

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Peace doesn't happen by accident. On International Day of Peace, SIS professor Anthony Wanis-St. John joins Big World to break down what makes for a lasting peace, and what it takes to build it. https://bit.ly/4yaakJN

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Gregory Aftandilian joins Big World to discuss the War on Terror, what's come of Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal, and what it's like teaching today's students who weren't yet alive on 9/11 about a day that shaped the world they grew up in. 🎙️Listen: https://bit.ly/4xLA2UJ

From smoked salmon to nuclear non-proliferation, SIS alumnus Tom Snitch's salon dinners are giving SIS students a home away from home—and a network to last long after graduation. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4cJ3wtS

‘Welcome to the Family’: One Alum's Recipe for Mentorship

From smoked salmon to nuclear non-proliferation, alumnus Tom Snitch's salon dinners are giving SIS students a home away from home—and a network to last long after graduation.

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Former Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India @kvijayraghavan.bsky.social joins Professor Hansong Li to discuss the trajectory of Indian science and policies in the age of geopolitical uncertainties and AI. Listen now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqST2lP3BQw&t=229s

An Indian Path to Innovation? In Dialogue with K. Vijayraghavan, India's former Scientific Adviser

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This September marks 25 years since 9/11. SIS professor and foreign policy expert Gregory Aftandilian joins Big World to assess the War on Terror's legacy and what's become of Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal 5 years ago.🎙️ Listen now: https://bit.ly/4xLA2UJ

American University's SIS raised more than $5 million in philanthropic support during fiscal year 2026, with two priorities leading the way: getting students the hands-on experience they need and supporting faculty research. Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/3SKgz7x

SIS Raises $5.1M in FY26 for Experiential Learning and Research

In fiscal year 2026, gifts to American University's School of International Service funded hands-on experiential learning for students and a growing number of major faculty research grants.

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For @csis.org: Professor Benjamin Jensen examines how the U.S. can “flip the script” and hold China’s growing aircraft carrier fleet at risk. Watch his analysis here ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j2uODjFfwdc

5 Ways to Flip the Script on China's Growing Navy

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Join @ausis.bsky.social Prof. @mariamdurrani.bsky.social this Saturday, August 15 at Georgetown Neighborhood Library for a talk on her research with the Roti Collective and the connections between food, memory, and migration. RSVP here: www.publicethnographylab.com/events/2026-...

Professor @willakoto.bsky.social explains how and why hackers are targeting water systems and what utility companies can do in defense in this article originally published by @us.theconversation.com. https://bit.ly/45dCU02

How Hackers Attached Municipal Water Systems and Why Utilities Are So Vulnerable

Professor William Akoto explains how hackers are targeting drinking water systems and considers defensive moves utilities can make in response.

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SIS Professor Nicholas Micinski and Kelsey Norman (Rice University) unpack what's really behind last week's Ceuta migration crisis—and why the EU's aid-for-border-security approach keeps producing more like it. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qcpKdd

After Ceuta, Europe Faces Migration Chaos of Its Own Making

SIS Professor Nicholas Micinski and Kelsey Norman of Rice University explain the recent migration crisis in Ceuta, and how it fits into longstanding debates over EU migration.

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🎙️ "Polarization incentivizes other countries to interfere in U.S. elections." SIS professor @jordantama.bsky.social on how domestic #polarization is affecting American elections, foreign policy, and making the U.S. a less reliable partner abroad. Listen now 🔗 https://big-world.captivate.fm/listen

Episode 92: America at 250

SIS professor Jordan Tama on what the founders would think of U.S. foreign policy today, the impacts of polarization, and the withdrawal of soft power.

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SIS professor Gregory Aftandilian spoke to @newsweek.com about what recent comments by Vice President JD Vance reveal about the U.S.'s current relationship with Israel. https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-israel-comments-us-israel-relations-12204946

JD Vance and the Democrats put Netanyahu's Israel on notice

Democrats, Trump and now Vance are breaking from Israel in public. Is the decades-old alliance cracking?

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This summer, Gloria Anane, SIS/MA ’27, is interning at the Embassy of Ghana, with support from the SIS Dean's Internship Fund. Read her reflections on how the role has reshaped her view of diplomacy and her career: https://bit.ly/4yqPBBU 🔗

Interning at the Embassy: Connecting Ghanaians to Their Heritage

For Gloria Anane, working as a consular assistant at the Embassy of Ghana has shown her that diplomacy isn't just about policy--it's also about helping people reconnect with home.

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Join us and other top #gradschools from around the world at APSIA's online graduate school fair! Leading schools of international affairs and public policy will be online to answer your questions. Register for free: bit.ly/apsiajulyfair26

APSIA Online Graduate School Fair I - July 2026

Thinking about Grad School? Searching for an international career in the private, public, or non-governmental sector? Whether you've just started your search or have a shortlist in mind, representa...

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🎙️ “For some countries, China now looks like a more attractive partner than the U.S.” Listen to SIS professor @jordantama.bsky.social on America's retreat from soft power and what it costs us—wherever you get your podcasts 🔗 https://big-world.captivate.fm/listen

Episode 92: America at 250

SIS professor Jordan Tama on what the founders would think of U.S. foreign policy today, the impacts of polarization, and the withdrawal of soft power.

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For @us.theconversation.com: Professor Anthony Wanis-St. John and Federico Manfredi Firmian examine the history of failed ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon and consider whether present negotiations could yield a different result. https://bit.ly/4bkq7fv

Israel and Lebanon Have a History of Failed Ceasefires—Will This Time Be Different?

SIS professor Anthony Wanis-St. John and SIS visiting scholar Federico Manfredi Firmian analyze the history of fragile ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon.

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In a recent essay, SIS professor @jrovner.bsky.social discusses the difference between military strategy and grand strategy, and the danger of mistaking one for the other. Read the full piece: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-bourbon-trap-military-prowess-is-not-a-grand-strategy/

The Bourbon trap: military prowess is not a grand strategy

The United States risks the fate of Bourbon France, whose strategic brilliance in the American War of Independence masked a contradictory grand strategy that led to ruin.

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"How many students get to participate in building an academic discipline?" Lucia Fishel, SIS/MA ’26, reflects on two weeks in Norway helping launch a new field: geopolitical ecology. Read her full reflection: https://bit.ly/4p6kB5L

Student Reflection: Inside SIS's Norway Practicum on Geopolitical Ecology

Lucia Fishel, SIS/MA '26, reflects on helping build a new academic field from the ground up and what two weeks in Norway taught her about how theory and practice shape one another.

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🎙️ “Hard power can't limit climate change. It can't reduce poverty. It can't help manage the rise of AI.” On the eve of America's 250th, SIS professor @jordantama.bsky.social makes the case for why #softpower matters, now more than ever. Listen now 🔗 https://bit.ly/4eFvBSY #America250

Episode 92: America at 250

SIS professor Jordan Tama on what the founders would think of U.S. foreign policy today, the impacts of polarization, and the withdrawal of soft power.

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SIS alumna Patricia McIlreavy, SIS/MA '92, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Philanthropy list for her work at Center for Disaster Philanthropy rethinking disaster giving. Her message: communities don't need saving; they need partners. Read her full profile: https://bit.ly/4oKH6Ny

SIS Alumna Patricia McIlreavy Named to Time100 Philanthropy List for Reimagining Disaster Philanthropy

Patricia McIlreavy, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, is pushing the humanitarian sector toward a harder truth: communities don't need saving. They need partners.

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As America readies to mark 250 years this July 4th, SIS professor @jordantama.bsky.social traces U.S. #foreignpolicy from the founders' vision to today and weighs in on what's truly unprecedented about this moment. Listen to Big World, wherever you get your podcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/4eFvBSY

Episode 92: America at 250

SIS professor Jordan Tama on what the founders would think of U.S. foreign policy today, the impacts of polarization, and the withdrawal of soft power.

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Professor Anthony Wanis-St. John and Visiting Scholar Federico Manfredi Firmian discuss how the Trump administration can still “win the peace" in U.S.-Iran talks. https://democracyofhope.substack.com/p/trump-lost-the-war-four-tasks-to?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=n86aa&triedRedirect=true

Trump Lost the War: Four Tasks to Win the Peace

America lost the war with Iran and then lost the negotiation, and what comes next will determine whether a military blunder becomes a permanent strategic failure.

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What if changes in US policy toward Southeast Asia are not temporary? In a new APLN report, Ambassador (retired) Piper Campbell from @ausis.bsky.social argues that Southeast Asian states should not view President Donald Trump’s administration as “temporary or an aberration.”

In a new @warontherocks.bsky.social, @ausis.bsky.social PhD candidate Lily Wojtowicz examines French President Macron's major nuclear policy shift in service of a broader European security agenda, and how domestic French politics could stand in the way. Read more: warontherocks.com/macrons-nucl...

Macron’s Nuclear Gamble: Building a European Deterrent Faster Than French Politics Can Tear Down

In early March, French President Emmanuel Macron stood at a windswept submarine base on the Breton coast and quietly buried four decades of French nuclear

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Global refugee numbers fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade, but SIS professor Nicholas Micinski and coauthor Kelsey Norman say the real story is a system in freefall: gutted agencies, cuts to aid, and migration deals that undermine human rights. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vYXjkF

Refugee Numbers Dropped in 2025--But Aid Cuts and Other Trends Suggest Little to Celebrate

As World Refugee Day approaches, SIS professor Nicholas Micinski and RICE professor Kelsey Norman argue that a drop in global refugee numbers obscures a far more troubling reality: drastic aid cuts, gutted agencies, and migration deals are leaving the w...

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SIS Sakura Scholar Coralie Arias, SIS/BA ’28, recently had the chance to present recommendations on preventing youth recidivism at the 35th United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Q2d0Zc

SIS Student Presents Recommendations to Prevent Youth Recidivism at United Nations in Vienna

Coralie Arias, SIS/BA ’28, a Sakura Scholar studying in in Japan, presented youth-led recommendations on preventing recidivism to a United Nations commission in Vienna.

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Lauded by PBS as "One of America's Most Prescient Political Thinkers," @fisherdanar.bsky.social is now leading an all-woman team building AI tools to predict extreme weather events and monitor vulnerable communities. Read the full profile: https://bit.ly/3SkMOto

The Architect of Social Change: Dana Fisher on Climate and Activism

The Architect of Social Change: Dana Fisher on Climate and Activism

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Margarita Aswani, SIS/BA ’96, SIS/MA ’98, shares reflections on her international career journey and advice for current SIS students looking to forge a career path abroad. https://bit.ly/4uwFvfF

'Think Outside of America': Reflections on an International Career

Margarita Aswani, SIS/BA ’96, SIS/MA ’98, shares details about her career in international development and her advice for students looking to forge a path abroad.

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