SAIS Alumnus Mark Sobel B'76, '77 was recently featured in Bloomberg Businessweek in an article titled, "Sobel Plays Bad Cop as Lew Urges G-7 to Bolster Growth."

SAIS graduate Tarig Hilal B'06, '08 is working on a new development project hoping to help a new generation of SAISers. The project is called Our Sudan.

On February 2, The National Journal published that SAIS Alumnus Jerome Sauvage '83 would be a new Deputy Director at the United Nations Development Program Washington.

On January 25, 2013, SAIS alumnus, Robert Ford JHU'80, '83, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, discussed his visit to Islahiye Refugee Camp.

On January 22, 2013, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) announced that Chris Griffin '04, most recently Legislative Director to Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), would join their organization as Executive Director in late January.

Izumi Devalier ’11 was quoted in a New York Times article on "Japan's Bond-Buying Plan Quickly Meets Criticism" on January 22, 2013.