Thanks everyone for the POV! This is extremely helpful.
If I go to SAIS, I'd potentially look at doing a year at the Nanjing campus, but am concerned that the academic quality there is not as strong, and that being in Nanjing for the year would make networking more difficult.
My concern with Georgetown is whether or not MSFS would limit me more to public sector/government work without the option to pursue private sector, which seems to be more of SAIS' strength.
At the end of the day, is there really much of a difference in the opportunties provided? Once the schools are at the level of SAIS/MSFS, I'm assuming neither would shut any doors in the field of IR (either public or private sector)...