In The News: December 14, 2023

‘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

• The West's Sanctions on Russia Aren't Scaring China One Bit. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 12/13

• Gaza War: Arabs See Israel ‘Most Hated’ In Region,Turn Away From US, Iran-Saudi

• Normalisation. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Madhyamam, 12/12

• U.S. Has Failed the Palestinian People, Officials Say After Vetoed UN Vote For Gaza Strip Cease-fire. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNBC, 12/11 

• AI's Big Rift is Like a Religious Schism, says Henry Farrell. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell wrote in The Economist. 12/12

• With the Israel-Hamas War, Sunni and Shia Armed Groups Find Uncommon Unity. Sanam Vakil quoted in NPR, 12/11

• Hong Kong’s ‘Patriots-Only’ Election Tests China’s Vision for Territory. Henry M. and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-fung Hung was quoted in The Financial Times, 12/8 

• "Der Westliche Fokus Liegt Darauf, Den Ukrainekrieg Zu Managen – Nicht, Ihn Zu Beenden."(German) Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs at SAIS Europe Eugene Finkel interviewed in Der Standard, 12/8 

• The Universities That Don't Understand Academic Freedom. Professor of Practice of International Affairs Yascha Mounk wrote in the Atlantic, 12/8

• Residents in Southern Gaza Scramble for Safety, Basic Needs. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 12/7

• The Origins and Problems of ‘The Great Awokening.' Yascha Mounk interviewed on Inside Politics podcast, 12/6 

• Learning From Real Wars: Gaza and Ukraine. Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow David Barno and Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Nora Bensahel wrote in War on the Rocks, 12/6 

• The Sino-Russian Strategic Alignment. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko interviewed on The Asia Chessboard podcast, 12/5 

• Reflections on Henry Kissinger. Professor Emeritus and FPI Senior Fellow David Lampton wrote in US-China Perception Monitor, 12/5

• The Israel-Hamas Conflict And Its Regional and Global Implications. Academic Director of Master of Arts in International Affairs at SAIS Europe Raffaella Del Sarto interviewed on SGRI, 12/4

• Trump Will Abandon NATO. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 12/4 

• America’s Best Strategy for Cold War II is 200 Years Old. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 12/3 

• Sky News Interviews Middle East Expert Laura Blumenfeld About Gaza Hostage Release. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Sky News, 12/3 

• Revenge is Dangerous. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Jewish Rhode Island, 12/3

• Biden’s 2024 Rivals Launch Attacks Over Israel-Hamas Hostage Talks. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in The Hill, 12/2 

• Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Prelude to Larger Crisis, Warns Expert. HNC Resident Professor of International Politics David Arase quoted in the Breaking News Network, 12/1  

• The Ghosts of Lebanon, It’s Just How Things are Done, & Unreported Realities. Aronson Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies Sarah Parkinson interviewed on POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast, 12/1 

• Ukraine Between NATO and the EU. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Antonio Missiroli wrote in the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 12/1 

• ‘There Won’t Be Another Kissinger’: How Veteran Statesman’s Death Marks End of Era for US-China Relations. David Arase quoted in the South China Morning Post, 11/30 

• Expert: Kissinger's Death Marks the End of the Era of Sino-American Rapprochement. David Arase quoted in Pravda, 11/30

• A U.S.-Iranian Miscalculation Could Lead to a Larger War, Officials Say. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 11/29 

• Despite Criticisms From the West, the UAE’s Oil Chief Is Proving Popular in the Developing World. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNN, 11/24

• The $2 Trillion Interest Bill That’s Hitting Governments. Adjunct Lecturer Teal Emery quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 11/15

• “Wars Without Gun Smoke”: Global Supply Chains, Power Transitions, and Economic Statecraft. Assistant Professor Ling Chen wrote in International Security, 10/1 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• No Easy Solutions: Understanding the Scale of the Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti. FPI Senior Fellow Tanvi Nagpal wrote in the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 12/12

• New Approach Needed on Libyan Disarmament. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 12/10 

• US Must Stop Entertaining A Fictional Two-State Solution. America in the World Consortium Pre-doctoral Fellow Daniel Samet wrote in The Washington Examiner, 12/7

• The Peril of Abandoning Ukraine. FPI Fellow David Satter wrote in The Wall Street Journal, 12/7

• The Six Myths Kissinger Created About Himself — That Everyone Fell For. FPI Senior Fellow James Mann wrote in Politico, 12/6

• As The Military Junta Looks Increasingly Vulnerable, What Next For Myanmar? Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 12/02 

• Can US Maintain Focus On Asia-Pacific While Distracted By Conflicts in Ukraine, Middle East? SAIS PhD student '25 Anu Anwar quoted in the South China Morning Post, 11/25 

• For Historically Conservative Jewish Americans, Biden's Response to Israel Receives Praise. SAIS MA student '23 Naomi Grant quoted in NBC News, 11/14

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