Dr. Walter Andersen is division chief for South Asia in the Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Edward Masters is former ambassador to Bangladesh and Indonesia. Graduate students from SAIS, Georgetown, and George Washington receive credit for attending relevant graduate courses on Southeast Asia taught at all three universities. In 1997 SAIS inaugurated a program to stimulate interest in Thailand by bringing Thais to Washington and sending Americans to Bangkok, thereby creating a group of young people on both sides of the Pacific who will have a life-long commitment to the relationship between the two countries. In addition to six European languages and Arabic, SAIS teaches Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Bahasa Indonesia at the beginning and intermediate level.
Advanced instruction is provided when needed.
The M.I.P.P. degree is designed for academics, government officials, journalists and business executives seeking exposure to the American system of graduate education and, in particular, the Washington foreign policy process. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University provides graduate training to men and women planning careers in government, international public service, business, banking, journalism, teaching, and research. Founded in 1943, SAIS has three goals. Each intern receives roundtrip air travel grants. M.I.P.P. candidates have no specified course requirements.