Washington DC

Brad Babson, chair of the U.S-Korea Institute at SAIS’s DPRK Economic Forum, was interviewed by the Global Times for an article titled, “Rhetoric Masks Promising Signs in North Korea.” 

Karim Mezran, adjunct professor of Middle East Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center, was quoted in an Atlantic article titled, “The Coming Arab Identity Crisis.”

Azar Nafisi, executive director of Cultural Conversations, appeared on KCRW’s “To the Point” for a segment titled, “The Oscars: A Year of Nostalgic Movies.”

Kurt Volker, senior fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, wrote an op-ed for The Christian Science Monitor titled, “Russian Elections: United States and Europe Must Rethink the ‘Reset.’”

Zbigniew Brzezinski, professor of American Foreign Policy, was quoted in a CBC News article titled, “Obama Chides Republicans for ‘Big Talk’ on Iran.”

Daniel Serwer, senior research professor in the Conflict Management Program, was quoted in a blog post for the Los Angeles Times’ “World Now” titled, “Iraqi Who Executed Saddam Hussein Says U.S. Customs ‘Degraded’ Him.” 

Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS, was interviewed by Fast Company for an article titled, “Francis Fukuyama on Drones, Terrorism and the Paparazzi.” 

Mary Habeck, associate professor of Strategic Studies, wrote a blog post for Foreign Policy’s “Shadow Government” titled, “Evaluating the War With al Qaeda.”

Daniel Serwer, senior research professor in the Conflict Management Program, was quoted in a McClatchy Newspapers article titled, “Obama: United States Has ‘Israel’s Back’ on Iran Nukes.”

Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS Senior Fellow Francis Fukuyama’s recent book, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, was reviewed by Foreign Affairs for an article titled, “Freedom’s Secret Recipe: Balancing the State, Law and Accountability.”