In The News: February 27, 2025
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
We Got It Wrong: The Real Crisis in the U.S. Military. Professor of Practice Mara Karlin wrote in The Contrarian, 2/24
In Pursuit of a 'Warrior Ethos,' Hegseth Targets Military's Top Lawyers. Professor of Practice David Barno quoted in The New York Times, 2/22
Expert Q&A: ‘No Precedent’ for US-Europe Upheaval. Professor of Practice John McLaughlin interviewed by The Cipher Brief, 2/21
Donald Trump Rushes to Meet Vladimir Putin’s Demands on Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Sky News, 2/20
Tramp sukobom sa Evropom postavlja temelje globalnog policentrizma i okončava eru dominacije liberalne demokratije. (Montenegrin) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed in AntenaM, 2/20
The End of the Postwar World. Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 2/20
Donald Trump’s Shameful Betrayal of Ukraine. Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Spectator, 2/20
Fact-Check: Did Ukraine Start Its War with Russia, As Trump Claims? Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs at SAIS Europe Eugene Finkel quoted in Al Jazeera, 2/20
Rethink the Global Economy. SNF Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell interviewed by BBC Rethink Podcast, 2/20
Zelensky's Terrible Week May Have a Silver Lining. Eugene Finkel quoted in Newsweek, 2/20
Trump Says He Has Not Seen Egyptian Counter to His Plan for Gaza. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Voice of America, 2/19
Will Trump’s Bureaucracy Overhaul Free Up Resources for US To Compete with China? George And Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center Andrew Mertha quoted in South China Morning Post, 2/19
China’s Ties with North Korea Are in a Ditch, and Therein Lies Opportunity. Sergey Radchenko quoted in War on The Rocks, 2/19
Who Will Protect Ukraine? Europeans On the Edge. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Antonio Missiroli quoted in ISPI, 2/19
Europe Is Becoming an Afterthought for the World. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 2/19
Saudi Prince Proving Crucial to Trump Efforts to End Ukraine, Gaza Wars. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Voice of America, 2/18
How Big a Problem Are Illegal Indians for US? 11 Insights from Johns Hopkins Study. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in ABP News Bureau, 2/18
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “Started” The War in Ukraine with Russia. Eugene Finkel quoted in PolitiFact, 2/18
Ukraine Summit In Paris Exposes Divisions, Lack of Coherent Plan, Experts Say. Adjust Professor at SAIS Europe Hanns Maull quoted in Kyiv Independent, 2/18
China Doesn’t Want to Lead an Axis. Sergey Radchenko wrote in Foreign Affairs, 2/18
Top US Diplomat Marco Rubio Visits the Middle East. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by DW News, 2/17
Illegal And Unseen: Nine Surprising Facts About Indians in the US. Devesh Kapur quoted in South Asia Journal, 2/17
If Trump Makes Aggression Normal, Putin and Xi Win. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 2/16
Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs and Co-Director for Rethinking Iran Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 2/16
Former US Defense Department Official Ahead of France's Emergency Summit on the Russia-Ukraine War. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by iHeart Radio, 2/16
Radchenko: “Trump realizza il sogno di Putin con la crisi transatlantica. Truppe Usa a Kiev? Bluff". (Italian) Sergey Radchenko interviewed by La Stampa, 2/15
EU Braces for Turbulent Diplomacy as US Demands ‘Rebalancing’ Of Relations. Adjunct Professor in SAIS Europe Andrew Winner quoted in France 24, 2/14
The Battle for the Moon and Spy Satellites: What US And China Are Competing for In Space. Adjunct Assistant Professor Svetla Ben-Itzhak quoted in Eureporter, 2/14
Getting China Right: Senator Andy Kim at the Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs. Dean James Steinberg quoted in Sinica Podcast, 2/14
Former Officials Debate Iran Policy. Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 2/14
Incompetence Leavened with Malignity. Professor Emeritus Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 2/14
Indian Migrant Arrests at US Border Up 4,200% Since 2020, Shows Report. Devesh Kapur quoted in Business Standard, 2/13
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing. Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 2/13
Israel & Hamas Accused One Another of Violating Agreement. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by All Arabiya News, 2/13
US Secretary of State Meets Israeli PM. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 2/13
Experts, Politicians Lukewarm on Prospects for Putin-Trump Peace Talks. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Moscow Reporter, 2/13
Prevailing in an Era of Comprehensive Conflict. Mara Karlin wrote in the Brookings Blog, 2/12
Trump-Modi Summit: When the Elder Statesman Meets the Political Disruptor. Assistant Professor of International Economics Shoumitro Chatterjee quoted in Hindustan Times, 2/12
Indians Seeking Asylum in US Grew 470% In 5 Years: Study. Devesh Kapur quoted in India Today, 2/12
Johns Hopkins' Professor on Why Tariffs May Not Disrupt Global Trade as Much as Feared. Chung Ju Yung Professor of International Economics Pravin Krishna interviewed by CNBC-TV 18, 2/12
Fears Fragile Ceasefire Could Collapse. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 2/12
Trump er som en elefant i en porselensbutikk. (Norwegian) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by TV2, 2/12
How Arab States Are Setting a Red Line Over Trump's Gaza Expulsion Plans. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The New Arab, 2/11
Israeli PM Netanyahu Issues Gaza Ceasefire Ultimatum. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by SkyNews, 2/11
“No Right of Return”: Gaza Ceasefire in Tatters. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by ABC News 2/10
Trump: Cancel Ceasefire If Hostages Not Returned. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 2/10
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
European and NATO Allies Hear Major Shifts in U.S. Policies. FPI Senior Fellow Daniel Hamilton interviewed by Voice of America, 2/15
Redrawing Borders Across Libya Would Resolve Nothing. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 2/15
Food Security Is the Next Step In US–Indonesia Relations. SAIS MAIR Student '25 Awais Hanif wrote in East Asia Forum, 2/14
10 Hard Questions for Dr. Yunus and the Young Revolutionaries in Bangladesh. SAIS PhD student '25 Anu Anwar wrote in The Diplomat, 2/14
Wie Sanktionen wirken. (German) SAIS PhD student '26 Niloofar Adnani wrote in Bundeszentrale fur Politische Bildung, 2/14
Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ Vision Needed an Arab Reality Check. This Royal Visit Only Encouraged It. FPI Senior Fellow Randa Slim quoted in CNN, 2/12
Trump Pushes Iran's Economy to the Brink. FPI Senior Fellow Afshin Molavi quoted in Newsweek, 2/11
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