The new global impact fellowship program brings top practitioners directly into RIPIL and the wider American University research ecosystem to continue RIPIL’s mission of linking research, policy, and ...

CSINT Co-Directors William Akoto, Samantha Bradshaw, and Trey Herr's new article examines whether data localization policies actually improve cybersecurity outcomes.

Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod's new article explores what happens to a language when the younger generation no longer speaks it, focusing on Rwandans in the Diaspora.

Introduction How do China’s geopolitical actions and aspirations impact Myanmar’s domestic politics, particularly regarding the Rohingya refugee crisis? Taking a closer look at China’s historical and ...

The Center for Pluralism honored Professor Akbar Ahmed with a National Pluralism Award in recognition of his bridge building leadership.

Join us at SIS for the launch of Nicholas Micinski's new book, Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa

Join us at SIS for the launch of Nicholas Micinski's new book, Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa

Join us at SIS for the launch of Nicholas Micinski's new book, Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa

Nicholas Micinski's new co-authored book examines how migration assistance funds authoritarianism and negatively affects migrants, refugees, and citizens alike.

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

SIS Professor Derrick Cogburn is launching the CRPD Disability Rights Data Dashboard and mobile app at the UN’s 19th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabi...

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...

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.

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

Six SIS undergraduate researchers represented AU and SIS at the 2026 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held April 13-15 in Richmond, VA.

Garrett Graddy-Lovelace was selected to join the international Initiative for Participatory Research in Agroecology as the researcher and author of this year's U.S. national study.

Carl LeVan's new article in Politikon shows how African scientists contributed to global knowledge about the pandemic by defending public health from medical populism’s critique of science

CECE Postdoctoral Fellow Julie Gonzalez and CECE Director/SIS Professor Dana Fisher published a new open-access paper in Environmental Research: Climate.

Tamar Gutner was named the SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year for 2025-26 for her exceptional scholarship and teaching.

SIS professor and Co-Director of AU’s Internet Governance Lab Derrick Cogburn helps unpack the Los Angeles jury decision that found Meta and YouTube negligent in a social media harms trial.

Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) is Nigeria’s longest-running counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign against Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It achieved significant territo...

Overconfidence could draw America and China into a war.

Patrick Thaddeus Jackson has received the 2026 American University Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions.

Rachel Sullivan Robinson's new co-authored article evaluates current research and data to establish the burden of COVID-19 infections and mortality in the African region

Seray Yalaz's new co-authored article in the Journal of Peace Research examines the competing bids of rebel organizations and state authorities over the rights to extract and market natural resources.

Anthony Fontes, Susanna Campbell, and Sarah Snyder are the 2026 winners of the SIS Innovative Scholar and Research Catalyst awards.

Professor Hansong Li's new research article in Political Geography revisits the ideas of Fridtjof Nansen to shed light on today’s growing political tensions in the Arctic.

In "Building a Green Wall: Irish American Resurgence Post-Brexit," two professors examine how Irish America helped prevent a hard land border on the island of Ireland during Brexit, the UK's withdrawa...

SIS professors and PhD students presented their research and connected with scholars from across the globe at the 2026 International Studies Association conference in Columbus.

On March 21, SIS and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy hosted the inaugural SIS-YPFP Research Symposium, “Reimagining Foreign Policy in a Transforming World.”