The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is the official publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Founded to serve as an academic resource for scholars, business leaders, policymakers, and students of international relations alike, the journal cultivates a dialogue accessible to those with varying levels of knowledge about foreign affairs and international politics. Each volume year the journal provides readers with three issues featuring an array of timely, peer-reviewed content that bridges the gap between the work performed by news outlets and that by more traditional academic journals. The first two issues feature a section titled "Forum" that offers focused analysis on a specific key issue, as well as eight regular sections: Books, Business & Economics, Conflict & Security, Culture & Society, Dialogues, Law & Ethics, Politics & Diplomacy, and Science & Technology. The third is a special issue, International Engagement on Cyber. Issue 18.1’s Forum theme is the "global commons," with articles on the Internet as a global public good, the implications of military and security uses of outer space, and international water management challenges. 

Editor's Note

Forum: The Global CommonsIntroduction: Protecting the Global Commons: The Challenge of Collective ActionElizabeth Mrema1. Getting Connected: The Internet and Its Role as a Global Public GoodAn Interview with John Garrity2. Global Commons, Cosmic Commons: Implications of Military and Security Uses of Outer SpaceCassandra Steer3. Making Every Drop Count: International Responses to Water Management ChallengesInterviews with Madeline Baer and Janice GrayCulture & Society4. The Rise of the Radical Right in Eastern Europe: Between Mainstreaming and RadicalizationMichael MinkenbergBusiness & Economics5. Utilizing Secondary Sanctions to Curtail the Financing of the Islamic StateJimmy Gurulé6. Maritime Policy: Beyond Economic Concerns and Private Business InterestsAn Interview with Giacomo MorabitoPolitics & Diplomacy7. Examining the US Rebalance in Southeast Asia after ObamaHunter MarstonLaw & Ethics8. "It Ain't Over till It's Over...": Legal Aspects of the Brexit VoteHannes Hofmeister and Belén Olmos GiupponiConflict & Security9. Countering Terrorism in the International Arena: An EvaluationMarie Breen-SmythDialogues10. Examining the United States—Saudi Arabia RelationshipAn Interview with Perry CammackBooks11. Review of Tom Wainwright's Narconomics: How to Run a Drug CartelNathan Jones