In the News: January 26, 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.

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS OF PM KISHIDA'S SPEECH AT SAIS

• Kishida Makes Overture to U.S about Return to TPP. Asia News Network, 1/16

• Jepang Wanti-wanti China Bisa Bikin Asia Timur Jadi Ukraina Berikutnya. (Indonesian) CNN Indonesia, 1/16

• Japan Looks Beyond U.S Alliance for Help to Deter China Military. Bloomberg, 1/15

• Kishida and Biden Meeting Heralds an Alliance in Lock-step — but Challenges Remain. Japan Times, 1/15

• 'East Asia Could be Next Ukraine,' Japan’s Kishida Tells G7 Leaders. South China Morning Post, 1/15

• Japan PM: East Asia Could Be Next Ukraine. Voice Of America, 1/14 

• Kishida Vows to Defend Freedom, Democracy. Arab News Japan, 1/14

• Japan, U.S and Europe Must Act Together on China, PM Kishida Says. Al Jazeera, 1/14

• Japan PM Tells Biden that New Era Requires More Military Muscle. France 24, 1/13

• Kishida Stresses Japan-US Security Cooperation in Speech in Washington. NHK, 1/13

• Kishida Calls China a 'Central Challenge' for Japan and U.S. TRT World, 1/13

• U.S Strongly Committed to Japan Defense, Biden Tells Kishida, Hails Military Boost. Reuters, 1/13

• Japan's Kishida Says Allies Must Act in Concert on China. Reuters, 1/13

FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

• Should the Federal Reserve Continue to Raise Its Target Interest Rate? Assistant Professor of International Economics Jonathan Hoddenbagh wrote in Wallethub 1/26

• What Everyone Misses When It comes to Cyber Attacks. Professor of Strategic Studies and founding director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies Thomas Rid quoted in The World Economic Forum, 1/25

• ChatGPT Has the Potential to Transform Higher Education, Researchers Say. Thomas Rid quoted in Mezha Media, 1/25

• Are We in a New Cold War? Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed by Vox, 1/24

• TikTok is Bad, but WeChat is Worse. Professorial Lecturer Seth D Kaplan wrote in The Wall Street Journal, 1/24

• Feminist Foreign Policy in Germany. Assistant Professor of International Relations Nina Hall interviewed by Nights with Karyn Hay Podcast on Radio New Zealand, 1/24

• Will Ukraine Wind Up Making Territorial Concessions to Russia? Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs Eugene Finkel and Sergey Radchenko quoted in Foreign Affairs, 1/24

• ChatGPT Talks its Way Through Wharton MBA, Medical Exams. Thomas Rid quoted in The Register, 1/24

• Is Germany Letting Ukraine Down? It’s Not That Simple. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 1/23

• 折り返し地点の｢バイデン外交｣　評価と課題、専門家はこう見る. (Japanese) Resident Professor of History and American Studies Joe Renouard interviewed by Asahi Shimbun, 1/21

• How US-German ‘Bickering’ is Blocking Ukraine’s Push for Tanks. Professorial Lecturer of the Foreign Policy Institute Jeffrey Pryce quoted in The Hill, 1/19

• Might the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Use the Iranian Protests to Supplant the Ruling Clerical Establishment? James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, 1/19

• Isolated Bolsonaro Faces Mounting Investigations over Brazil Riots. Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs and International Research Cooperation and Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor Filipe Campante quoted in Financial Times, 1/18

• Elections Carry a High Risk of Interference by Serbia and Russia. Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy, and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Program Sinisa Vukovic quoted in Cafe del Montenegro, 1/18

• Utrecht University Hosts The Launch Of BatteryNL Consortium. Adjunct Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment Bob van der Zwaan quoted in India Education Diary, 1/17

• Western Aid to Ukraine Is Still Not Enough. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 1/17

• How Europe Got Its Mojo Back: The EU Has Deftly Managed Inflation and the War in Ukraine. Associate Professor of International Political Economy Matthias Matthijs wrote in Foreign Affairs, 1/17

• What Russia's Claim on the Capture of Soledar Means for Ukraine. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by NPR, 1/16

• Is India Seeing a Decline in Violence? Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in BBC News, 1/16

• What 70 Years of War Can Tell Us About the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The New York Times, 1/16

• Alireza Akbari: Iran Executes British-Iranian Dual National. Sanam Vakil quoted in BBC News, 1/14

• Big Lesson of the Ukraine War: There’s Only One Superpower. Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 1/12

• ChatGPT Poses Propaganda and Hacking Risks, Researchers Say. Adjunct Lecturer Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade quoted in BNN Bloomberg, 1/11

• Market Power and Spatial Competition in Rural India. Assistant Professor Shoumitro Chatterjee wrote in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1/9

• Agricultural Federalism: New Facts, Constitutional Vision. Shoumitro Chatterjee and Devesh Kapur wrote in Economic and Political Weekly, 9/3

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Putin's Favorite Mercenary Leader May be Preparing to Justify a Failure in Ukraine. SAIS MA student '23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in Business Insider, 1/23

• Putin is Sweating: The Russian Military is Being Hammered in Ukraine. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 1/22

• As U.S China Fight Over Bangladesh, India is the Real Winner. SAIS PhD student '25 Anu Anwar wrote in The Diplomat, 1/21

• Deterrence Through Doctrine: The Case for a Joint Counter-Landing Doctrine. SAIS alumna '15 Dylan Buck wrote in War On The Rocks, 1/19

• A Global Debt Explosion? Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 1/19

• Right, Capacity and Will in Content Moderation: A Case for User Empowerment. SAIS MA student '23 Hiromitsu Higashi wrote in Tech Policy Press, 1/19

• US Files to Dismiss Case Against Ethnic Tibetan New York Policeman Accused of Hiding Beijing Ties. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 1/18

• Washington Wants Dhaka to Play Key Role in Indo-Pacific Region. Anu Anwar quoted in the Daily Star, 1/17

• Bringing China Onboard to Diffuse Debt Bomb. Anne Krueger wrote in The Asset, 1/17

• How Cooperation on Marine Protection Between China and Southeast Asian Nations Can Reduce Regional Tensions. Senior Fellow James W. Borton wrote in South China Morning Post, 1/17

• How Not to Criticize a Central Bank: A Lesson for Italy from Some Old German Ghosts. Associate Fellow Alessandro Merli quoted in Politico, 1/16

• The Leopard 2 Tank Is Headed to Ukraine to Fight Russia. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 1/14

• China and the Sovereign Debt Time Bomb. Anne Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 1/13

• A Conversation with Lt. Col Alexander Vindman. Senior Fellow Lt. Col Alexander Vindman interviewed on Voice of America Africa, 1/13

• U.S House Bans Emergency Oil Sales to Chinese Communist Party-linked Entities in Rebuke to Biden Policy. Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 1/13

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