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Alexandre Mansourov, visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, appeared on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” for a segment titled, “Future Uncertain for Reclusive North Korea.” 

Joel Wit, visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” for a segment titled, “How Will a New Leader Handle North Korea’s Nukes?” 

Jae Ku, director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, was quoted in a Daily Beast article titled, “Inside North Korea’s First Family: Rivals to Kim Jong-un’s Power.”

Thomas Mahnken, professorial lecturer in the Strategic Studies Program, wrote a blog post for ForeignPolicy.com titled, “Facts and Arguments Regarding China’s Military.” 

Daniel Serwer, senior fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and professorial lecturer in the Conflict Management Program, was quoted in a Macleans article titled, “In Bosnia, Divided They Stall.” 

Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, was quoted in an Associated Press article titled, “Afghanistan Opening First Major Train Service.”

Carla Freeman, associate director of the China Studies Program, was quoted in an Associated Press article titled, “China Wants to Preserve Korean Interests Post-Kim.” 

David M. Lampton, director of the China Studies Program, was quoted in a Concord Monitor article titled, “Ambassador Huntsman.” 

Jessica Einhorn, dean of SAIS, wrote a letter to the editor for the Financial Times titled, “Crisis Requires That We Buy Time Not Bonds.” 

American Foreign Director Michael Mandelbaum’s book, co-authored by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, was reviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald for an article titled, “Land of the Free Fall.”