In The News: July 31, 2025
‘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 Generation Iranian Hard-Liners Have Been Waiting for. Associate Professor and Co-Director of Rethinking Iran Narges Bajoghli wrote in Foreign Policy, 7/29
Three Ways America’s World Order Could Collapse. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 7/28
Northwest Leaders Offer Warmer Take on Frosty U.S.-Canada Relations. Adjunct Lecturer and Director of the Center for Canadian Studies Christopher Sands quoted in the Seattle Times, 7/26
America Will Come to Regret Selling A.I. Chips to China. Dmitri Alperovitch Assistant Professor Ben Buchanan wrote in The New York Times, 7/24
28 Countries Condemn 'Drip Feeding of Aid' in Gaza. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 7/22
The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place. Professor of Practice Nora Bensahel quoted in The Atlantic, 7/22
Lula-Boric, una relación de sintonía política y con riesgos por el factor Trump. (Spanish) Adjunct Lecturer Cynthia Arnson quoted in El Mercurio, 7/20
Qui sont les Druze et pourquoi Israël attaque-t-il? (French) James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Les Actualités, 7/20
Trump y sus seis meses en la Casa Blanca: El turbulento retorno del republicano a Washington en ojos de expertos de EE.UU.. (Spanish) Cynthia Arnson quoted in La Tercera, 7/20
Qué dice el canje de presos entre EE.UU. y Venezuela sobre la relación de Trump con Maduro. (Spanish) Cynthia Arnson quoted in BBC Mundo, 7/19
Iran Bomb Damage Intel Suggests Two Nuclear Sites Not ‘Obliterated’. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in The Washington Post, 7/18
Israel is Exploiting the Vacuum Left by Southern Syria’s Sectarian Clashes and a Weak State. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Rob Geist Pinfold wrote in The Conversation, 7/18
Al-Sharaa Vows to Protect Druze Rights. Rob Geist Pinfold interviewed by France 24, 7/17
Druze Minority at Centre of Conflict. Rob Geist Pinfold interviewed by SBS News, 7/17
Israeli Strikes Kill 12 in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 7/17
US-China Spy Wars Intensify Under Trump 2.0 As Tech Competition Heats Up. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in South China Morning Post, 7/16
Israel vill hålla Syrien instabilt. (Swedish) Rob Geist Pinfold quoted in Aftonbladet, 7/16
What We Get Wrong About Iran. Vali Nasr interviewed by New Books Network Podcast, 7/16
Israel Attacks Neighbours as Coalition Splits. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Global News, 7/15
Can Trump Break Hostage Talk Deadlock? (Arabic) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Sky News, 7/14
El abrazo “Dragón-Oso” entre China y Rusia: ¿Qué tan estrecho es el vínculo entre Xi y Putin? (Spanish) George And Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center Andrew Mertha quoted in La Tercera, 7/13
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
What Will It Take for Thailand and Cambodia to Maintain Their Shaky Truce? FPI Senior Fellow Vikram Nehru interviewed by Channel News Asia, 7/30
China’s Joint Patrols on the Mekong River: Much Less Than Meets the Eye. SAIS MAIR alumna ‘25 Amy Sinnenberg wrote in The Diplomat, 7/25
China's War of Ideas in The South China Sea. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton wrote in Nikkei Asia, 7/18
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