In The News: June 18, 2025
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
‘Regime Change’? Questions About Israel’s Iran Goal Pressure Trump. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 6/17
Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site is Deep Underground. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 6/16
Iran’s Regime is Fighting for Survival. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Financial Review, 6/17
The World Is on Edge as the Conflict Between Israel and Iran Escalates. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by ABC Australia, 6/16
Iran-Israel Path for Diplomacy? (Arabic) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Arabic, 6/16
Iran Looks to Trump and Nuclear Talks as Escape Hatch as Attacks Intensify. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 6/16
Where is Israel's Operation Heading. Vali Nasr and Sanam Vakil quoted in BBC, 6/16
Iran’s Regime Fights for Survival. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 6/16
With No Clear Off-Ramp, Israel’s War with Iran May Last Weeks, Not Days. Sanam Vakil quoted in DNYUZ, 6/16
Fuel And Fury: Energy Becomes a Middle East Battlefield. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 6/16
Diplomacy With Iran is Damaged, Not Dead. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 6/15
Israel and Iran Continue Attacks. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 6/15
Israel Strikes at Iran's Nuclear Program. Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 6/15
Gulf States Warn of Regional Instability Over Israel-Iran Tensions. Sanam Vakil quoted in News Central, 6/14
Map Shows China Aid Money Around the World. Professor Emerita and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam quoted in Newsweek, 6/14
How Israel's Iran Strikes Might Open 'Pandora's Box' For the Region — and the U.S.. Vali Nasr quoted in NBC News, 6/13
Israel’s Strike Against Iran: Chatham House Experts Offer Early Analysis. Sanam Vakil wrote in Chatham House, 6/13
Israel Targets Iran's Nuclear Sites and Military Leaders. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by CGTN, 6/13
Why Did Israel Strike Iran? Expert Breaks Down the Details and What’s Next. Vali Nasr interviewed by Zeteo, 6/13
At a Weak Moment, Iran Weighs Difficult Options in Responding to Israel. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 6/13
Mideast Experts Discuss What’s Next for The Region as Israel-Iran Conflict Erupts. Vali Nasr interviewed by PBS News, 6/13
Iran's Four Possible Responses to Israel — and Their Risks. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 6/13
The India Story: Re-Thinking Manufacturing Strategies. Assistant Professor of International Economics Shoumitro Chatterjee interviewed by CNBC, 6/12
"Die einzige Chance der Ukraine ist Aufrüstung“. (German) Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko interviewed by Kleine Zeitung, 6/12
Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Threaten to Bolt Government. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Global News, 6/12
Iran Nuclear Talks on the Brink. (Arabic) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Arabic, 6/12
UN Atomic Watchdog Rebukes Iran Over Nuclear Breaches. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 6/12
Syria’s Foreign Fighter Dilemma. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Rob Geist Pinfold wrote in Foreign Policy, 6/11
Cold Peace or Hot Mess? Israel, Syria and the Risk of Normalization. Rob Geist Pinfold wrote in Haaretz, 6/11
The New Balance of Power in the Middle East. Vali Nasr wrote in Foreign Affairs, 6/10
Army Birthday Celebration Falls in Shadow of LA Military Deployment, Immigration Policy Protests. Professor of Practice Mara Karlin quoted in Military.com, 6/10
The Future of War. Mara Karlin interviewed by Foreign Policy, 6/9
Sergey Radchenko's 'To Run the World' Shortlisted for Pushkin House Book Prize 2025. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Moscow Times, 6/8
Chinese Students Reconsider the U.S. as Republicans Threaten Their Visas. David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies and Director of the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs Jessica Chen Weiss quoted in The New York Times, 6/7
EU Pushes For ‘Independence’ From China and US – But Can It Get There? SNF Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell quoted in South China Morning Post, 6/7
Every Election is Now Existential. Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 6/6
Trump and Musk Was Never Going to Work. Professor of Practice Yascha Mounk wrote in The Spectator, 6/6
No Exit, No Entry. Shoumitro Chatterjee quoted in Marginal Revolution, 6/5
Syria After Assad. Rob Geist Pinfold interviewed by Al Jazeera, 6/5
How To End The US-Iran Nuclear Impasse. Vali Nasr wrote in The Financial Times, 6/5
Japan's Biggest Fear Isn't China or North Korea. It's the U.S. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 6/4
Iran’s Supreme Leader Hits Back at US Nuclear Proposal. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 6/4
US's Nuclear Proposal to Iran. Sanam Vakil quoted in Voice of Vietnam, 6/3
Putin Has No Interest in Peace. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Spectator, 6/3
Ukraine War End: Possible Solutions. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The News Directory3, 6/1
Hamas Submits a Response to U.S. Ceasefire Proposal. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Sky News, 5/31
Inconvenient Truths for the U.S.. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Arthur Appleton wrote in the Globalist, 5/26
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
Europe’s Innovators Are Waking Up. Associate Fellow at SAIS Europe Alessandro Merli wrote in IMF, 6/1
The Second Scramble for Africa’s Mineral Wealth. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News. 6/7
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