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

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.

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

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

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.

Fulcrum editor William Choong talks to Piper Campbell and Joanne Lin about Southeast Asia operating amid rivalry between China and the US. Ambassador Campbell is the Inaugural Chair of the Departme…

SIS MA student Maria Ardila Rangel and PhD student Anushka Bose are part of a professional team led by SIS Research Professor Rachel Nadelman working on civil society engagement research for the Inter...

The Vatican's AI intervention exposes Washington's blind spot: Policymakers are debating hypothetical doomsday scenarios while missing the real crises already reshaping human dignity, work, truth, and power. Washington must move beyond abstract AGI fear...

After the Environmental Protection Agency recently granted a permit to a carbon removal startup for ocean biomass sinking, Professor Wil Burns explains how the process works and analyzes potential con...

Nina Yamanis has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2026-27 for her project "Formative Research for a National Community Health Worker Program to Support HIV Prevention Services in Tanzania...

Paul Williams' new edited volume reflects lessons from some of the most complex peace processes of the past three decades and explores how peace is negotiated, implemented and sustained.

In a world of divisions and discontents, does the vision of nation-states like the U.S., China, and others as responsible stakeholders still hold promise? Who still hold stakes? Have the stakes changed? Who else should hold more stakes? How should stake...

SIS professor Lauren Carruth answers questions about the recent emergency designation from the WHO, the conditions contributing to the current spike of Ebola, and what the global health response looks...

In this episode of Big World, SIS alumnus and tech accountability advocate Zamaan Qureshi joins us to discuss the impact of AI and social media on teen mental health, the push for stronger regulation,...

Professor Yan Bennett provides major takeaways from President Donald Trump's two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

In this episode of Big World, SIS alumnus and tech accountability advocate Zamaan Qureshi joins us to discuss the impact of AI and social media on teen mental health, the push for stronger regulation,...

How an SIS alum turned a love of American foreign policy into a decade-long career as a journalist.

Tazreena Sajjad's new article in Race & Class argues that President Trump’s executive orders are serving as routine technologies of racial statecraft.

In this episode of Big World, SIS alumnus and tech accountability advocate Zamaan Qureshi joins us to discuss the impact of AI and social media on teen mental health, the push for stronger regulation,...

Livestream of the Commencement Ceremony

Acclaimed Authors, Journalists, and Public Servants to Address Class of 2026 During Ceremonies, May 7–8 and May 16

In this episode of Big World, SIS alumnus and tech accountability advocate Zamaan Qureshi joins us to discuss the impact of AI and social media on teen mental health, the push for stronger regulation,...

The Voters at AU cofounder and president named to the ALL IN 2026 Student Voting Honor Roll for building a permanent, year-round infrastructure for student engagement