In The News: February 1, 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

• U.S. Blames Iran-backed Militia for Deadly Attack, Leaving Middle East on Edge. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr interviewed on NewsHour, 1/31

• Iran Cannot Be Conciliated. Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 1/29 

• Drone Strike on US Troops: Background and Possible Reactions. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on DW News, 1/29

• Why Chinese Spy Balloons Are Back in Force Over Taiwan. Henry M. and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in The Hill, 1/29

• Is Congress Really Going to Abandon Ukraine Now? Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 1/27

• La Haya Exige A Israel Evitar 'Genocidio' En Gaza, Pero No Llama A Un Cese El Fugo. (Spanish) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in El Mercurio, 1/27

• The Next Global War.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Affairs, 1/26

• Good Economic News Keeps Putting US Ahead in Cold War II. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 1/25

• A Speech by David M. Lampton: The Carter Legacy with China and Beyond. Professor Emeritus and FPI Senior Fellow David Lampton quoted in The US-China Perception Monitor, 1/25

• Towards Trump 2.0? Preparing for 2025. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Antonio Missiroli wrote in ISPI Online, 1/25

• Russia’s Anti-War Candidate Sees Voter Surge After Daring to Oppose Putin. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Washington Examiner, 1/24

• Lightly Defended Beach Highlights Questions Over Taiwan’s Resolve. Adjunct Lecturer David Keegan quoted in The Washington Times, 1/24

• Iran’s ‘Brazen’ Strikes Around the Middle East Send a Message to Israel and the U.S., Analysts Say. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in CNBC, 1/24

• Hoće li Trump obnoviti predsjednički mandat? | Kontekst. (Montenegrin) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed on Al Jazeera Balkans, 1/23

• Il Fondo Loss And Damage? Progetto Lodevole Ma Insufficiente. (Italian) Senior Adjunct Professor Stefano Zamangni quoted in Non Solo Ambiente, 1/22

• (ЕКСКЛУЗИВНО) Едвард Џозеф за ЦИВИЛ МЕДИА: Балканските лидери имаат можност за искрени дискусии за критичните прашања кои го прават регионот нестабилен и ранлив на руската субверзија. (Macedonian) Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Edward Joseph quoted in Civil Media, 1/22

• Nikkei Podcast Looks at Trump's Rising Support With U.S. Voters. Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent Calder interviewed on Nikkei Asia podcast, 1/22 

• SkyNews Interviews Former US State Department Official Laura Blumenfeld on Biden-Netanyahu Tension. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on SkyNews, 1/21

• Biden-Netanyahu Rift: DW News TV Interviews Johns Hopkins Middle East Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on DW News, 1/21

• America's Aging Political Class. HNC Resident Professor of History and American Studies Joe Renourd wrote in the International Policy Digest, 1/20 

• ‘Low-Trust’ Ties: What’s Next For Pakistan, Iran After Tit-For-Tat Attacks? Professor of Practice Joshua White quoted in Al Jazeera, 1/20 

• America’s Terror Designation for the Houthis Only Encourages Them—and Iran. Vali Nasr quoted in Slate, 1/19 

• The Mixed Message About China's Economy. Assistant Professor Ling Chen interviewed on NPR, 1/19

• What Does Iran Want? Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 1/19 

• Iran's Sudden Strikes Show Just How Perilous Region Has Become. Sanam Vakil was quoted in BBC, 1/19 

• As Israel-Hamas War Presses on, Flareup Between Iran and Pakistan Emerges. Sanam Vakil was interviewed on NPR, 1/19 

• Kremlin Tärkeitä Merikohteita Uhattiin Iskuilla – Näin Ukrainan Riskipeli Onnistui. (Finnish) Sergey Radchenko quoted in Verkkouutiset, 1/19

• Pakistan-Iran Raids Raise Stakes Amid Regional Tensions. Sanam Vakil was quoted in Agence-Fance Presse, 1/18

• Iran-Backed Suicide Drone Explodes Near a US Base in Iraq as Tensions in the Middle East Continue to Escalate. Sanam Vakil was quoted in The Daily Mail, 1/18   

• Ukraine’s Desperate Hour: The World Needs a Russian Defeat. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 1/18 

• Putin ‘Banking on Fatigue in the West’, Says Foreign Policy Expert. Sergey Radchenko quoted in News Media, 1/19 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• To Improve U.S.-China Relations, Restore Severed Scholarship Programs. SAIS MAIR student '25 Sam Trizza wrote in The Diplomatic Courier, 1/31

• A Precondition for Palestinian Statehood: Israel Must Take Certain Steps - Opinion. Center for Transatlantic Relations Senior Fellow Mike Haltzel wrote in The Jerusalem Post, 1/28 

• The Houthis Are the Epitome of 21st-Century Non-State Actors. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in EuroNews, 1/25 

• International Law Doesn’t Adequately Protect Undersea Cables. That Must Change. SAIS Doctor of International Affairs student Amy Paik wrote in the Atlantic Council's Hybrid Conflict Project, 1/25

• Guatemala’s Decision: Exploring What China and Taiwan Actually Offer. SAIS MA student '24 Jalen Zeman and SAIS MA student '24  Hunter Sosby wrote in The Diplomat, 1/23 

• Why the Russia Sanctions are Failing. FPI Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 1/21  

• Libya Slowly Settling into a Permanent Stalemate. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in The Arab News, 1/20

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