Strategic Thought and Education

The Johns Hopkins SAIS Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies operates as a center for strategic thought and education, exploring politics and the use of force in international relations.

 

It aims to foster strategic thinking, dialogue, and learning on the pressing national security and defense issues and broad challenges faced by the United States in the past, present, and future.

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The Merrill Center's main objective is to support SAIS students’ experience through extracurricular activities, such as staff rides, speaker series, and other sources of experiential learning.

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Since its founding in 2004, following a generous gift from the Merrill Family Foundation, the Philip Merrill Center has been a primary resource to the Johns Hopkins SAIS community and beyond.