In The News: January 18, 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

• How the War in Gaza Revived the Axis of Resistance. Assistant Professor Narges Bajoghli and Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr wrote in Foreign Affairs, 1/17

• Iran Hails Strikes in Pakistan as it Is Warned of ‘Serious Consequences.' Vali Nasr quoted in The Guardian, 1/17 

• Ukraine’s Desperate Hour: Is US to Blame for Kyiv’s Struggles? Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 1/17 

• Interview: U.S., China Need Not Be Each Other's "Major Problem," Says U.S. Scholar. Professor Emeritus and FPI Senior Fellow David Lampton quoted in Xinhuanet, 1/16

• The Decatur Option. Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 1/15 

• 'High Winds, Strong Waves': China Hammered by Taiwan Election Blowback. Adjunct Lecturer David Keegan quoted in The Washington Times, 1/14

• After 100 Days, Israel-Hamas War Threatens to Spill Beyond Gaza, Disrupt Global Trade. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 1/14 

• U.S. and Iran Battle Through Proxies, Warily Avoiding Each Other. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 1/14 

• Why is the US Army Struggling to Recruit New Soldiers? Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Nora Bensahel interviewed on the BBC, 1/14 

• Foreign Policy in the Johnson Years. Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs Francis Gavin interviewed on Horns of a Dilemma podcast, 1/11 

• In 2024, More Than 60 Nations to Hold National Elections. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Voice of America, 1/11 

• Explainer: Why Taiwan's Vote Commands Global Attention. Henry M. and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in Swiss Info, 1/9 

• How Ukraine Must Change if It Wants to Win. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 1/9 

• Middle East Analyst Assesses Risk of Expansion at the Northern Border. Sanam Vakil interviewed on CNN, 1/9

• Iran Weakened by Internal Woes Amid West Asia Crisis. Sanam Vakil quoted in the Hindu, 1/8

• Spain Drops Visas for Travellers From Kosovo in Boost for Balkan Nation. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Edward Joseph quoted in The Financial Times, 1/8

• From Lebanon to the Red Sea, a Broader Conflict with Iran Looms. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 1/7 

• Arab States Must Act Now and Plan for ‘The Day After’ the War in Gaza. Sanam Vakil wrote in Revista de Prensa, 1/7

• Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran. How Far Could War in the Middle East Spread? Sanam Vakil quoted in The Guardian, 1/7  

• Will the Houthi Red Sea Attacks Destabilise Yemen’s Fragile Peace? Sanam Vakil quoted in Al Jazeera, 1/6 

• Blinken Begins Middle East Tour in Turkey. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz interviewed on BBC, 1/6

• Ukraine, China, Africa, Climate: Our Reviewer Previews the Year in Books. Sergey Radchenko quoted in the Diplomatic Courier, 1/6 

• The Wider Implications of Serbia’s Disputed Election Results. Edward Joseph interviewed on PBS NewsHour, 1/6

• A Widened Middle East War Would be a Disaster, but it Can Still be Avoided. Vali Nasr quoted in CNN, 1/5 

• Deadly Blasts Have Rattled Iran. as Accusations Fly, Here’s What To Know. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNN, 1/4 

• When Leaders Fail. Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 1/4

• Perú and Migration from Venezuela: From Early Adjustment to Policy Misalignment. Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Jacqueline Mazza wrote in The Palgrave Handbook of South–South Migration and Inequality, 12/28

• Decolonizing Transnational Feminism: Lessons from the Afghan and Iranian Feminist Uprisings of the Twenty-First Century. Assistant Professor Narges Bajoghli wrote in the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 12/28 

• The Impact of Refugees on Community Health. Visiting Professor of Economics at SAIS Europe Anna Maria Mayda interviewed on VoxTalks Economics podcast, 12/22 

• New Zealand Abandons Indigenous Rights and Pacific Priorities in Foreign Policy. Assistant Professor of International Relations at SAIS Europe Nina Hall wrote in The Diplomat, 12/21

• Right-Wing Authoritarian Attitudes, Fast-Paced Decision-Making, and the Spread of Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines. Lecturer at SAIS Europe Veronica Anghel wrote in Political Communication, 12/20 

• De crisis aan de Amerikaans-Mexicaanse grens is vooral een beleidscrisis. (Dutch) Jacqueline Mazza quoted in Het Financieele Dagblad, 12/20

• China’s America Policy: Back to the Future. David Lampton wrote in The Washington Quarterly, 12/19 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• The Case for a More Ambitious Indonesia-US Partnership. SAIS MA student '24 Sophie Egar wrote in The Diplomat, 1/17 

• What Taiwanese Voters' Defiance Means For China. FPI Senior Fellow Carla Freeman quoted in The Financial Times, 1/14

• Montenegro’s Scandal-Ridden Chinese Road. Carla Freeman quoted in The Diplomat, 1/13 

• China Tensions Dominate Taiwan Election. Carla Freeman interviewed on Bloomberg TV, 1/12 

• China’s Meddling in Taiwan Election Presages Year of Misinformation Threats. SAIS PhD student '27 Martin Wendiggensen quoted in  The Washington Post, 1/12 

• Cross-Strait Relations Remain in Washington’s Long Lens. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton wrote in the Geopolitical Monitor, 1/12

• Learning the Lessons of France’s Sahel Mission. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in The Arab News, 1/7 

• The Online Assault Against Taiwan. SAIS MIPP student '25 Mizumi Dutcher wrote in the German Marshall Fund blog, 1/3

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