Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
See also SAIS international campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

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Established 1943
Type Private
Academic affiliation Johns Hopkins University
Dean Jessica P. Einhorn
Postgraduates 950
Location Washington, D.C., USA
Bologna, Italy
Nanjing, China
Website SAIS Website

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and education.[1]

The SAIS main campus is located on Massachusetts Avenue's Embassy Row, just off Dupont Circle and across from the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and next to the Center for Global Development and the Peterson Institute.

The school is regarded as a major center of political debate as it served as a base for a number of prominent political scientists and economists. Among them are political economy scholar Francis Fukuyama, (as of July 1, 2010, based at Stanford University as the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies); political scientist and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Middle East scholar Fouad Ajami, historian and political economist David Calleo and military historian and former Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Eliot Cohen. Its students are selected from a large pool of applicants from all parts of the world.[2]

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History

SAIS was founded in 1943 by Paul H. Nitze and Christian Herter and became part of The Johns Hopkins University in 1950. The school was established during World War II by a group of statesmen who sought new methods of preparing men and women to cope with the international responsibilities that would be thrust upon the United States in the postwar world.

The founders assembled a faculty of scholars and professionals (often borrowed from other universities) to teach international relations, international economics, and foreign languages to a small group of students. The curriculum was designed to be both scholarly and practical. The natural choice for the location of the school was Washington, D.C., a city where international resources are abundant and where American foreign policy is shaped and set in motion. When the school opened in 1944, 15 students were enrolled.[3]

In 1955, the school created the Bologna Center in Italy, the first full-time graduate school located in Europe under an American higher-education system. By 1963, SAIS outgrew its first quarters on Florida Avenue and moved to one of its present buildings on Massachusetts Avenue. In 1986, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center was created in Nanjing, China, completing the school's global presence.

Organization and academic programs

SAIS - Washington, D.C.

SAIS is a global school with campuses in three continents. It has nearly 600 full-time students in Washington, D.C., 190 full-time students in Bologna, Italy and about 160 full-time students in Nanjing, China.[4] Of these, 60% come from the United States and 37% from more than 70 other countries.[5] Around 50% are women and 22% are from U.S. minority groups. The SAIS Bologna Center is the only full-time international relations graduate program in Europe that operates under an American higher-education system, and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, which teaches courses in both Chinese and English, is jointly administered by SAIS and Nanjing University.

SAIS offers multi-disciplinary instruction leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of International Public Policy (MIPP, a mid-career full-time degree), and Doctor of Philosophy. Approximately 300 students graduate from SAIS Washington, D.C. campus each year from the 2-year Master of Arts program in International Relations and International Economics. Unlike most other international affairs graduate schools that offer professional Master degrees, SAIS requires its Master of Arts candidates to fulfill the International Economics program along with their chosen functional or regional concentration; to complete a foreign language proficiency examination; and in lieu of a customary Master thesis, to pass a 1-hour capstone oral examination synthesizing and integrating knowledge from the student's regional or functional concentration and International Economics.[6] The Oral Examination and International Economics requirements of the SAIS Master of Arts curriculum have been the signature aspects of the school's education.

Courses are taught in 20 programs, including International Economics, International Relations (IR/Conflict Management, IR/Energy, Resources and Environment, IR/Global Theory & History, IR/International Law and Organizations, IR/Strategic Studies), International Development, African Studies, American Foreign Policy, Asian Studies (Asia/China Studies, Asia/Japan Studies, Asia/Korea Studies, Asia/Southeast Asia Studies, Asia/South Asia Studies), European Studies, Middle East Studies, Russia & Eurasia Studies, Western Hemisphere Studies (Western Hemisphere/Canada Studies, Western Hemisphere/Latin America Studies), and 15 foreign languages.[7]

SAIS also maintains formal joint-degree programs with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia Law School, Stanford Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, Nanjing University, and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Reputation

A study conducted by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations[1] at the College of William & Mary examined graduate international relations programs throughout the United States, interviewing over 1,000 professionals in the field, with the results subsequently published in the November/December 2005 issue of Foreign Policy magazine. One of study's questions asked: "What do you consider the top five terminal masters programs in international relations for students looking to pursue a policy career?" From the study, 65% of respondents named Johns Hopkins University-SAIS as being the top-ranked program. SAIS received the most votes, followed by Georgetown University (Walsh), Harvard University (Kennedy), Tufts University (Fletcher), and Columbia University (SIPA). In 2007, Foreign Policy magazine produced the same study, and while SAIS remained one of the top-ranked programs, it moved to second position as Georgetown (Walsh) received the most votes.

Since 1990, SAIS and the Fletcher School have been the only non-law schools in the United States to participate in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Competing against full-time law students, SAIS generalists have performed very well. SAIS has twice placed second overall out of 12 schools and advanced to the "final four" in its region. In head-to-head competitions, SAIS has defeated law schools such as Georgetown University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland.

SAIS students have also demonstrated their versatility by successfully competing in the Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge hosted by the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. Two different SAIS teams won first place in both 2007 and 2008, besting teams of MBA students from some of the world's top business schools.[8][9]

A joint team from SAIS and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business received second place in the first "Global Challenge" competition, a first-of-its-kind competition that challenged teams of MBA and other graduate students to develop a public-private venture to support development and the tourism industry in Asia. The competition was organized in 2010 by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).[10]

Annual themes

Since 2005, SAIS has dedicated a substantive theme for each academic year in order to encourage its students, faculty, academic programs, policy centers, and alumni to examine the role of the particular theme within international affairs. These specific themes provide opportunities for the school to review scholarship and exchange views through special lectures, conferences, and guest speakers. The annual themes also allow SAIS to enhance its fundraising with high-profile public events such as the lecture delivered by then Vice President of BP, Nick Butler, during "The Year of Energy at SAIS" in 2005.[11]

  • 2005/2006 - Year of Energy
  • 2006/2007 - Year of China
  • 2007/2008 - Year of Elections and Foreign Policy
  • 2008/2009 - Year of Water
  • 2009/2010 - Year of Religion[12]
  • 2010/2011 - Year of Demography
  • 2011/2012 - Year of Agriculture

Research centers

  • JHU Foreign Policy Institute
  • Center for Canadian Studies
  • Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
  • Silk Road Studies Program
  • Center For Constitutional Studies And Democratic Development (Italy)
  • Center for Displacement Studies
  • Center for International Business and Public Policy
  • Center for Strategic Education
  • Center for Transatlantic Relations
  • Center on Politics and Foreign Relations
  • Cultural Conversations
  • Hopkins-Nanjing Research Center (China)
  • Grassroots China Initiative[13]
  • Institute for International Research (China)
  • International Energy, Resources and Environment Program (ERE)
  • International Reporting Project
  • Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies
  • The Protection Project
  • Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
  • Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism
  • SME Institute
  • Swiss Foundation for World Affairs
  • U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS
  • Global Energy and Environment Initiative
  • Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative

Publications

In addition to the different books and periodicals edited by SAIS programs or research centers, several school-wide publications are to be mentioned:

  • SAIS Review, founded in 1956, journal dedicated to advancing the debate on leading contemporary issues of world affairs.
  • SAIS Observer is a student-written, student-run newspaper.
  • SAISphere, published annually, features articles about current issues in international affairs, alumni class notes, as well as happenings at the school's campuses.
  • SAIS Reports, a newsletter published bimonthly from September through May, highlights new faculty, research institutes, academic programs, student and alumni accomplishments as well as major events at the school.
  • Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs, published annually and founded in 1994, is a student-run journal focused on scholarly contributions to international relations.
  • Centerpiece, Nanjing Center's alumni newsletter.
  • Guide To Experts in International Affairs, published every two years.
  • Working Paper Series, managed by the PhD students.

Notable alumni

SAIS has over 15,000 alumni working in approximately 140 countries.[14] Over 130 SAIS graduates have become Ambassadors throughout the world.[15]

Past and present faculty

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations | Home". Irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu. http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  2. ^ "SAIS Office of Career Services | For Employers". Sais-jhu.edu. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/employers/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  3. ^ Gutner, Tammi L. "The Story of SAIS". Washington, D.C.: School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1987.
  4. ^ SAIS Prepare to Lead Brochure, released Summer 2009
  5. ^ Ibid.
  6. ^ "Johns Hopkins SAIS Academics | MA Program | Requirements". Sais-jhu.edu. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/degrees/ma/requirements.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  7. ^ Ibid.
  8. ^ "Thunderbird Names Sustainable Innovation Summit Winners – Press Releases on". Csrwire.com. 2007-11-13. http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/17057-Thunderbird-Names-Sustainable-Innovation-Summit-Winners. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  9. ^ "Sustainable Innovation Summit winners announced - Thunderbird School of Global Management". Thunderbird.edu. http://www.thunderbird.edu/about_thunderbird/news/more_news_info/2008/_summit_winners_111708.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  10. ^ "Robert H. Smith School of Business - University of Maryland, College Park". Rhsmith.umd.edu. 2010-04-27. http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/releases/2010/042710.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  11. ^ "Johns Hopkins SAIS | Press Room | SAIS Reports". Sais-jhu.edu. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/pressroom/publications/sais-reports/2005_sep_oct/yearofenergy.html. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  12. ^ "Johns Hopkins SAIS | Year of Religion". Sais-jhu.edu. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/religion/. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  13. ^ Ibid.
  14. ^ Ibid.
  15. ^ [1][dead link]
  16. ^ U.S. Embassy press release
  17. ^ State department
  18. ^ [2][dead link]
  19. ^ Government Printing Office Web Division. "USCC Commissioners Page:Honorable William A. Reinsch". Uscc.gov. http://www.uscc.gov/about/commissioners/reinpg.php. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  20. ^ "Biography of Ambassador WANG Guangya". Fmprc.gov.cn. 2003-11-10. http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/ceun/eng/gywm/czdbt/wgy/t40636.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  21. ^ "Osgood Center for International Studies". Osgoodcenter.org. http://www.osgoodcenter.org/osgood.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
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