2013
"Les penseurs de la société", Grand Dossier, Sciences Humaines (France), February, 28, 2013.
"The merits of an unfinished city", Opinion, February, 19, 2013.
2012
"The smart city is all about people", The Networked Society Blog, December 13, 2012.
"A breath of fresh air for public spaces", Financial Times, October 26, 2012.
"Les villes globales en état de guerre", Société, September 20, 2012.
2011
"Ciudad y Globalizacion", Quito, Ecuador: FLACSO, 2011.
"Autour des métropoles africaines", Le Soir, November 2, 2011
"The State of Things: Saskia Sassen", Abitare, October 17, 2011
"9/11 in the Arts: An Anniversary Guide", The New York Times, August 25, 2011.
"Maria, Of The Garbage Pickers: Cartonera-in-Chief", Forbes, April 19, 2011.
"Curfew in the Favela", Forbes, April 8, 2011.
"The Berlusconi in Us All: Bunga Bunga's Real Meaning", The Atlantic, April 6, 2011.
"Long Live the Industrial City", The Wilson Quarterly, Spring, 2011.
"La Salada: The Largest Informal Market In South America", Forbes, March 28, 2011.
"The Global City and the Global Slum", Forbes, March 22, 2011.
"Talking Back to Your Intelligent City", McKinsey, February 1, 2011.
2010
"Cities are at the center of our environmental future", S.A.P.I.EN.S, Vol 2, Issue 3, 2010.
"Die Slums Der Megastadte", The European, July 11, 2010.
2009
Speaker, Cities and the New Wars event, The Committee on Global Thought, September 25, 2009.
2008
"Cities and New Wars: After Mumbai". Open Democracy News Analysis, November 29, 2008.
"When local housing crisis becomes a global disaster", Business and Economy, October 2, 2008.
"The new new deal". Open Democracy News Analysis, September 23, 2008.
"Nurturing Asia's World Cities", Far Eastern Economic Review, vol. 171(4), 2008.
2007
"Globalisation, the state and the democratic deficit". `Open Democracy New Analysis, July 18, 2007.
2006
"Cities at the Intersection of New Histories", in Urban Age, November 2006.
"Migration policy: from control to governance". Open Democracy News Analysis, July 12, 2006.
"Global Investor Saskia Sassen: Why Hong Kong is Happening". Newsweek, July 31, 2006.
2005
"The U.S. in a time of global conflict: challenges we face beyond war." Contexts, vol.4(2), 2005.
2004
"The Migration Fallacy". The Financial Times, December 26, 2004.
"We seem to have forgotten history." The Guardian, February 26, 2004.
2003
"Iraq War Blowback", The Nation, February 3, 2003.
"How Downtown Can Stand Tall and Step Lively Again", New York Times, January 26, 2003.
2002
"Is this the way to go?: Handling immigration in a global era." Eurozine, Sept. 17, 2002.
2001
"How Should the Left Respond to Globalization??", Dissent, vol.48(1): 13-14.