The Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA), a publication of the Woodrow Wilson School and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), has issued their 20th anniversary edition this fall, which is available online. JPIA is a scholarly publication exclusively presenting the work of graduate students from professional schools of public and international affairs.

The journal includes scholarly articles, policy essays, as well as reviews of the latest books in the field of international relations.

The scholarly articles and essays in the issue examine a number of issues within the discipline, including "From Bosnia to Baghdad: the Case for Regulating Private Military and Security Companies," by Ruta Nimkar at Yale University; "Moving Beyond a Coercive Diplomacy: a New Policy Approach toward Iran's Nuclear Ambitions," by Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, a Ph.D. candidate at Sciences Po; and the essay "Improving International Policy Coordination in the Wake of the Financial Crisis," by Jonathan Burks at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. (A complete table of contents is available online.)

An article by Woodrow Wilson School M.P.A. candidate Lisa Moore, "(Re) covering the Past, Remembering Trauma: the Politics of Commemoration at Sites of Atrocity," investigates "the current upsurge in the production of memory with the construction of memorial sites worldwide to commemorate incidences of mass violence, atrocity, and genocide." Moore examined examples of memorial sites in Cambodia, Rwanda, and New York City, and in the article she asserts that "the challenge for architects, policymakers, and civil actors in the construction of memorials is not only to target their design toward their intended purpose, but is also to navigate the fact that memorials are eminently present and can enact violence through their representation of the past."

The current issue also include a special feature section titled, "20th Anniversary Conversations," wherein JPIA editors interviewed notable past contributors, including Woodrow Wilson School alumni Jennifer Windsor M.P.A. '89, Executive Director of Freedom House in Washington, D.C.; Robert Orr M.P.A. '92 Ph.D. '96, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning at the United Nations; and David McCormick M.P.A. '94 Ph.D. '96, Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury during the Bush administration. Each spoke about the article or articles they submitted to JPIA while enrolled at WWS. 

For example, Robert Orr spoke about his time with JPIA when it was first created, noting, "the Journal, when we created it, was such an experiment, we were just students who thought, we can't publish in other journals; let's just create our own. There was a question whether we would survive our first year."

JPIA, now in its twentieth year, provides a unique forum for students of international affairs to present their research and analysis in a scholarly publication. It is also an opportunity for professional exchange, collegial interaction, and cooperative academic effort among APSIA members.