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Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)Senator Chuck Hagel Spoke at SAIS on September 18
Chuck Hagel, Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave the keynote address at a conference at SAIS on Thursday, September 18, entitled “Challenges and Choices in Asia.” Click here for more information.
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SAIS Hosted Forum on Islam and the West on September 15
SAIS hosted a forum entitled “Existential Threat or Historical Footnote? What Our Obsession With Islam Is Costing Us,” on Monday, September 15, featuring Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author of Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism; Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; John Mueller, the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at Ohio State University; and Adam Garfinkle (moderator), editor of The American Interest. Click here
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August 2008 SAIS in the News

August 30, 2008 - Ruth Wedgwood, director of the International Law and Organizations Program, was quoted in a Newsweek article entitled, "Why Kosovo Wasn't Worth It." Read it here

August 30, 2008 - James Mann, author-in-residence at the Foreign Policy Institute, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article entitled, "Taiwan's New President Faces Big Challenges on China." Read it here

August 28, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in a Time Magazine article entitled, "The Moment." Read it here

August 27, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation article entitled, "Anwar's Win, Badawi's Loss." Read it here

August 27, 2008 - Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, was mentioned in a Korea Herald article entitled, "U.S. Committed to Dismantling North Korean Nukes Within Bush's Tenure." Read it here

August 27, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, was quoted in a Courier News article entitled, "Biden Could Redefine Vice President's Role." Read it here

August 27, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in an Economist article entitled, "Sodomy and the Backlash." Read it here

August 26, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in a New York Times article entitled, "Leader of Opposition Wins Seat in Malaysia." Read it here

August 26, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, wrote a blog entry for The Huffington Post entitled, "Anxious, Apprehensive and Adoring -- In Denver." Read it here

August 26, 2008 - Ken Calder, director of the Japan Studies Program, was quoted in a Japan Today article entitled, "Defense Minister Tested Over Thorny U.S. Base Issue." Read it here

August 25, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a McClatchy Newspapers article entitled, "Russian War Emboldens Georgia's Other Separatists." Read it here

August 25, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in a Reuters article entitled, "Malaysia's Anwar Set to Win Poll After Grueling Fight." Read it here

August 24, 2008 - Francis Fukuyama, director of the International Development Program, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post entitled, "They Can Only Go So Far." Read it here

August 23, 2008 - The Sejong Society at SAIS was mentioned in an Asia Times article entitled, "North Korea Wary of Russia's Return." Read it here

August 22, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, wrote an op-ed for the Guardian (UK) entitled, "Malaysia's High-Stakes Election." Read it here

August 20, 2008 - Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy Program, was interviewed for a CBS Evening News segment entitled, "U.S.-Russia Relations Worsen." Watch it here

August 20, 2008 - Ruth Wedgwood, director of the International Law and Organizations Program, wrote an op-ed for The New Republic entitled, "The Kosovo Card." Read it here

August 20, 2008 - Erik Jones, professor of European Studies (based at Bologna Center), wrote an op-ed for the Guardian (UK) entitled, "This Time Belgium's Dilemma is Real." Read it here

August 20, 2008 - Linda Robinson, author-in-residence at the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, wrote an article for U.S. News and World Report entitled, "The Iraq Decisions That the Next President, Whether It’s Obama or McCain, Will Face." Read it here

August 20, 2008 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in an Associated Press article entitled, "Post-Olympic Clamp on Muslim Xinjiang Possible" Read it here

August 19, 2008 - Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a New York Times column by Thomas Friedman entitled, "What Did We Expect?" Read it here

August 19, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, was quoted in a Delaware Online article entitled, "Biden Says Georgia Needs Our Support." Read it here

August 19, 2008 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Bulletin (Philadelphia) article entitled, "Panel Concerned About Russian Imperialism." Read it here

August 19, 2008 - Jon Rosen, a graduate student at SAIS, wrote an op-ed for World Politics Review entitled, "As Kenya Rebuilds, Thousands are Left in the Shadows." Read it here

August 18, 2008 - Naeem Salik, visiting scholar in the South Asia Studies Program, was quoted in a National article entitled, "U.S. Pledges to Support New Government." Read it here

August 17, 2008 - John McLaughlin, senior research fellow at the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post entitled, "Russia's Challenges." Read it here

August 17, 2008 - Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a Times Union article entitled, "Diamonds Are Our Best Friend." Read it here

August 15, 2008 - Francis Fukuyama, director of the International Development Program, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal entitled, "Iraq May Be Stable, But the War Was a Mistake." Read it here

August 15, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, wrote a blog entry for The Huffington Post entitled, "Controversy, Coronation and the Clintons at the Convention." Read it here

August 14, 2008 - Ruth Wedgwood, director of the International Law and Organizations Program, was quoted in a Voice of America article entitled, "Russia-Georgia Conflict Has Broad Consequences." Read it here

August 13, 2008 - Ruth Wedgwood, director of the International Law and Organizations Program, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Georgia Puts U.N. in Cold War Mode." Read it here

August 12, 2008 - Jan Kiely, American co-director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, wrote an essay entitled  “An Eye on the Approaching Olympics From Nanjing” for the Web site of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.

August 11, 2008 - Edward Joseph, visiting fellow in the Center for Transatlantic Relations, wrote an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune entitled, "A Ready Response to Moscow." Read it here

August 11, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times entitled, "Russia Blames the Victim." Read it here

August 11, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Bloomberg article entitled, "Bolivian Voters Back Morales, Deepen Regional Divide." Read it here

August 9, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a New York Times article entitled, "Global Politics Ignite a Smoldering Dispite." Read it here

August 8, 2008 - Anit Mukherjee, a Ph.D. candidate at SAIS, wrote an article for the Friday Times (Pakistan) entitled, "Pak-India Ties: The United States as Hope." Read it here

August 8, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an op-ed for the Guardian (UK) entitled, "The War That Russia Wants." Read it here

August 8, 2008 - John Gans Jr., a second-year student at SAIS, wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun entitled, "Successful Bid, Then Second Thoughts." Read it here

August 8, 2008 - Levi Tillemann, a Ph.D. candidate at SAIS, wrote an op-ed for the Rocky Mountain News entitled, "If Goal is Prestige, China Poised to Fail." Read it here

August 6, 2008 - James Mann, author-in-residence at the Foreign Policy Institute, was quoted in a Newsday article entitled, "Politics Has Always Played a Part in Olympic Games." Read it here

August 5, 2008 - Francis Fukuyama, director of the International Development Program, was featured in a Wall Street Journal entitled, "My Bet With Francis Fukuyama." Read it here

August 5, 2008 - James Mann, author-in-residence at the Foreign Policy Institute, wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal entitled, "The Reform Fantasy." Read it here

August 4, 2008 - David Calleo, director of the European Studies Program, wrote an op-ed for the Daily Star (Lebanon) entitled, "Whoever Is the Next U.S. President, Trans-Atlantic Rifts Are Growing." Read it here

August 3, 2008 - Francis Fukuyama, director of the International Development Program, participated in a bloggingheads.tv video blog discussion on issues involving China. Watch it here

August 2, 2008 - David Lampton, director of the China Studies Program, was quoted in a National Journal Magazine article entitled, "China's Problems Will Outlast Olympic Games." Read it here

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