In The News: April 25, 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

• China Launches a New Crew to Its Space Station, Advancing Toward Lunar Mission. Adjunct Assistant Professor Svetla Ben-Itzhak interviewed on NPR, 4/25

• The US and China's Newfound Friendship Can't Last. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 4/23

• Only 700 Americans Are Studying in China. Will the US Lose a Generation of Experts? American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) and (HNC) Resident Professor of Political Science Adam Webb quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, 4/23

• The Historical Roots of Russia’s Quest to Dominate Ukraine. Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs at SAIS Europe Eugene Finkel quoted in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies blog, 4/22 

• Have Counterstrikes Shifted the Political and Military Landscape in the Mideast? Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr interviewed on NPR Morning Edition, 4/22

• We ‘Do Not Live Single-Issue Lives’: Why Digital Advocacy Organizations Matter For Gender and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer Advocacy. Assistant Professor at SAIS Europe Nina Hall wrote in the European Journal of Politics and Gender, 4/22

• 'Reform and Opening Up Are Not Dead. But Today's China 'Looks Risky': Veteran Observer David Lampton. Professor Emeritus of China Studies and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute David M. Lampton interviewed in South China Morning Post, 4/22

• US Aid Will Boost Ukraine, But Doubts Remain Over 2025 Supplies. Adjunct Lecturer Jeffrey Pryce quoted in Reuters, 4/22 

• “你是俄罗斯人吗？”赴中留学对美国学生为何不再具吸引力？(Chinese) George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center Andrew Mertha quoted in Radio Free Asia, 4/22

• Crackdowns, Attacks and Threat of War Put Iranians on Edge. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 4/21 

• The GOP's Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win. Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 4/21

• Blinken Sanctions 'Ultra-Orthodox' IDF Unit With History of Abuses. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Times Radio, 4/21 

• With Republicans Like These Who Needs Russian Propaganda? Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of Alperovich Institute for Cybersecurity Studies Thomas Rid quoted in Slate, 4/20

• US Not Involved in Israeli Strikes on Iran, Says Blinken. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in VOA News, 4/19 

• Israel’s Strike on Iran: A Limited Attack but a Potentially Big Signal. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 4/19 

• Toy Story: Israel Drone Strike on Iran Described as “Toys” - BBC Interviews Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on BBC News, 4/19 

• Iran-Israel: What's Next? Vali Nasr interviewed on ISPI International, 4/18 

• Why Have Israel and Iran Attacked Each Other? Sanam Vakil quoted in BBC News, 4/18

• Iran’s Attack on Israel Was Not The Failure Many Claim But It Has Ended Israel’s Isolation. Sanam Vakil wrote in Revista de Prensa, 4/17 

• Iran’s Missile Barrage Hit Its Target: the Regional Order. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 4/17

• Brexit 5 Anni Dopo: Bilancio E Riflessioni Sull’uscita Del Regno Unito dall’Europa. (Italian) Robert Abernethy Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Justin Frosini interviewed on Il Sole 24 Ore, 4/17 

• U.S. Wants China To Use Its Influence With Iran To Calm Tensions In The Middle East. Andrew Mertha quoted in NPR, 4/17 

• U.S. and EU Prepare Fresh Sanctions Against Iran After Israel Attack. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 4/16

• The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko wrote in Foreign Affairs, 4/16

• Israel ‘Cannot Not Retaliate,’ Professor Says. Vali Nasr quoted in CNBC, 4/16 

• Is India’s BJP the World’s Most Ruthlessly Efficient Political Party? Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in The Financial Times, 4/16

• Iran’s Strike on Israel Creates Military Uncertainty, Diplomatic Opportunity. Assistant Professor Narges Bajoghli quoted in the San Juan Daily Star, 4/16 

• A Diplomatic Victory of Uncertain Staying Power. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in The New York Times, 4/16 

• Biden Reportedly Urged Netanyahu to "Take the Win." Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Sky News, 4/15

• Israel’s Next Move After Iran Attack Involves Complex Calculations. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 4/15 

• Allies Urge Restraint As Israel Vows To Respond To Iran’s Unprecedented Drone Attack. Vali Nasr interviewed on PBS Newshour, 4/15

• With Nuclear Deal Dead, Containing Iran Grows More Fraught. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 4/15 

• Iran Crosses a Red Line With Israel to Regain Balance of Power in Middle East. Vali Nasr quoted in El Pais, 4/15

• Why Did U.S. Planes Defend Israel but Not Ukraine? Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 4/15

• Will Israel Attack Iran? Vali Nasr interviewed on CBC News, 4/15

• Iran Rolls Dice In Conflict With Israel. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 4/14 

• Mid-East War Games: Diplomatic Chutes And Escalatory Ladders- DW Interviews Expert Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on DW News, 4/14

• The Coalition of the Malevolent. Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 4/14

• On GPS: Will We See an Escalation Between Iran and Israel? Vali Nasr interviewed on Fareed Zaharia GPS, 4/14 Iran’s Payback Day: How Much Revenge is Enough? Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on BBC News, 4/13 

• Far Fewer Young Americans Now Want To Study In China. Both Countries Are Trying To Fix That. Andrew Mertha and Adam Webb quoted in AP News, 4/13 

• Opinion: Return of Donald Trump. Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent Calder wrote in Kyodo News, 4/12 

• Iran’s Better, Stealthier Drones Are Remaking Global Warfare. Vali Nasr quoted in Dnyuz, 4/10 

• Undocumented Indian Migrants Chart New Path to U.S. Via Canada. Devesh Kapur quoted in Voice of America, 4/10 

• Las Preguntas Abiertas Tras Seis Meses de Guerra en la Franja de Gaza. (Spanish) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in El Mercurio, 4/7

• Back in the USSR. Sergey Radchenko interviewed in Johns Hopkins Magazine, 4/1

• Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. Marie-Josée and Henry R. Karvis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte interviewed on Netflix documentary, 3/12 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• US House Passes Bills to Aid Ukraine, Bolster Taiwan, Threaten TikTok Ban. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 4/21 

• US Appeal Court Hears Arguments On Florida Law Restricting Property Ownership by Chinese. Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 4/20 

• EU’s New Pact on Migration Seems Unlikely to Be Enough. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell quoted in Arab News, 4/14

• Comment empêcher le Soudan de sombrer dans l'abîme de la famine? (French) Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Mediapart, 4/9 

• Lebanon's Rock-Climbing Renaissance. SAIS alumnus '23 Jack Pokorny wrote in Aljazeera, 4/6

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