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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), based in Washington D.C., is one of the world's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and education.

Contents

1 Institution

2 History

3 SAIS Research Centers

4 Prominent Past and Present Faculty and Administrators

5 Prominent Graduates

6 External Links

Institution

SAIS is located on Massachussetts Avenue, NW (a.k.a., Embassy Row) in Washington, DC, just off of Dupont Circle, and a stone's throw away from The Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Institute for International Economics . The school is regarded as a major center of political debate as it served as a base for a number of prominent neoconservatives. Among them are Deputy Defense Secretary and former Dean Paul Wolfowitz, political economy scholar Francis Fukuyama, political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski and middle east scholar Fouad Ajami.

SAIS has nearly 550 full-time students in Washington, DC, 180 full-time students in Bologna, Italy and about 20 full-time students in Nanjing, China. Of these, 60% come from the United States, 40% from more than 66 other countries. Around 50% are women and 22% are U.S. Minority groups. Courses are taught in over 14 research departments, including International Economics, International Relations, Global Theory & History, International Law, Strategic Studies , Conflict Management , Energy, Environment Science & Technology, International Development Program, African Studies , American Foreign Policy , Asian Studies , China Studies, Japan Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, South Asia Studies, European Studies, Middle East Studies, Russian & Eurasian Studies, Western Hemisphere Studies.

Around 250 students graduate from SAIS's Washington, DC campus each year from the two-year Master of Arts program in international relations and international economics.

SAIS is considered to be one of the top academic institutions in the United States for international studies. It has satellite campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China. Since 1990, SAIS has been one of only two non-law schools in the United States to participate in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.