In The News: April 11, 2024

‘In the News’ is a roundup of recent media coverage featuring the Johns Hopkins SAIS community and is produced and distributed by the Office of Marketing and Communications.

FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

• War in Gaza Is a Perfect Opportunity for Iran's Nuclear Push. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 4/10

• The War Is Not Going Well for Ukraine. Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 4/10

• Biden Makes Bibi An Offer He Can’t Refuse: SkyNews interviews Johns Hopkins Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Senior Fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Sky News, 4/9 

• CNA Explains: Six Months Into the War Between Israel and Hamas — Is an End in Sight? Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Channel News Asia, 4/8 

• Is Israel Anywhere Close to Fully Eliminating Hamas? Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Channel News Asia, 4/8 

• The Illusion of Speaking for the People. Robert Abernethy Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Justin Frosini wrote in Via Sarfatti, 4/8

• "Välisilm": kas Iisraeli ähvardab USA sõjalise abi katkemine? (Estonian) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in ERR, 4/8

• Turkey's Surprising Election Results Puts Erdogan on Notice. Assistant Professor Lisel Hintz interviewed on the Global Dispatches podcast, 4/7 

• Las preguntas abiertas tras seis meses de guerra en la Franja de Gaza. (Spanish) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in El Mercurio, 4/7

• 拜登警告美援以國政策或改變 內塔尼亞胡開放3援助走廊. (Chinese) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in HKet, 4/5

• Biden to Netanyahu: Protect Civilians in Gaza or US Policy Will Change. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Reuters, 4/5 

• Recap Radio: Turkey Elections 2024: Episode 5: Election Wrap-up. Lisel Hintz interviewed on Recap Radio, 4/5 Biden’s Come to Jesus Call: BBC interviews Johns Hopkins Middle East Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on BBC News, 4/4 

• Biden Tells Netanyahu to Protect Gaza Civilians. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Reuters, 4/4 

• Iran Embassy Strike Shows Israel's Growing Reach as Mideast Boils. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Reuters, 4/4 

• Trump-Wiederwahl Wäre "Katastrophe" für Nato. (German) Henry R. Karvis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte interviewed on ZDF Heute Journal, 4/4 

• NATO's Survival Faces 'Real Questions' as It Turns 75. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Newsweek, 4/4

• "Covid Made Me Make Peace With Italy After Ten Years. We Need Scientific Advisors For Governments." Senior Fellow of Global Health at SAIS Europe Ilaria Capua quoted in News Italy 24, 4/4

• America and Its Allies Are Entering A Period of Nuclear Uncertainty. Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs Francis Gavin quoted in The Economist, 4/4 

• Can Food Save The World? With Joan Nathan. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on the On with Kara Swisher podcast, 4/4

• Iran Wants to Punish Israel For the Killing of its Commanders. But Its Options are Limited. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNN, 4/4 

• Javier Milei Races to Ease Argentina's Inflation, Retain Voter Support. Professor of Practice at SAIS Europe Guido Sandleris quoted in Buenos Aires Times, 4/3 

• Gaza Crisis: U.S. Frustration with Israel Grows After Aid Workers Killed. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Global News, 4/2

• Strike in Damascus Is an Escalation in Israel’s Undeclared War With Iran. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 4/2

• Middle East War: Sky News interviews Johns Hopkins Middle East Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Sky News, 4/1 

• What Went Wrong In Hungary. Lecturer at SAIS Europe Veronica Anghel wrote in the Journal of Democracy, 4/1

• The United States Should Seek Engagement Without Provocation of China. Professor Emeritus and FPI Senior Fellow David Lampton wrote in East Asia Forum, 3/31 

• ‘Complicity’: Leaders, Activists Slam US for Sending More Arms to Israel. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Al Jazeera, 3/30 

• Why Biden Won't Put Conditions on Military Aid to Israel. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in VOA News, 3/29 

• The New Autocratic Alliance. Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Affairs, 3/29 

• 'Strategic Ambiguity' From NATO, West Might Push Putin To Act 'With Greater Caution, Circumspection.' Sergey Radchenko interviewed on France 24, 3/28 

• Biden Counters China by Partnering Japan and the Philippines. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/27 

• International Law’s Role in a Strat-Dominated World—Part 2. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Arthur Appleton and Justin Frosini wrote in The SAIS Review, 3/18 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• What Does Egypt-Turkiye Rapprochement Mean for Libya? FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell quoted in Arab News, 4/6 

• The Unintended Consequences – How Protectionist Policies in Europe and the United States Undermine the Energy Transition in the Global South. SAIS alumna '07 Rebecca Bertram wrote in Energy Transition, 4/4 

• The Urgent Need for Water Diplomacy Amid a Decline in Global Water Security. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 3/30 

• More Than MOFA: China’s Comprehensive Diplomacy. SAIS PhD student '27 Zhuoran Li wrote in The Diplomat, 3/29

• This Is The Way The West Ends. Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations Michael Brenner quoted in MENAFN, 3/29  

• World Must Act to Avert Famine in Sudan. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Geopolitical Monitor, 3/29 

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