In The News: March 14, 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

• Biden-Netanyahu Rift Raises Questions About U.S Weapons to Israel. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Reuters, 3/12

• Why Have Thousands of Chinese Workers Left Africa Over the Past Decade? Professor Emerita and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam quoted in The South China Morning Post, 3/11 

• Ariete Rojo. (Spanish) Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Gianfranco Pasquino quoted in Inperfecto, 3/11 

• Iran and Saudi Arabia Reap Benefits of Rapprochement, One Year On. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 3/10 

• Drones, the Air Littoral, and the Looming Irrelevance of the U.S Air Force. Professor of Practice David Barno and Professor of Practice Nora Bensahel wrote in War on the Rocks, 3/7 

• Haiti PM's Return Still Murky as Gang Conflict Worsens. Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic quoted in Reuters, 3/6

• Threats of Nuclear Use in the Russia-Ukraine War. Jeffrey Pryce was interviewed on Mega TV, 3/6

• Vuković: Najniža izlaznost na unutarstranačke izbore u SAD-u u posljednja tri ciklusa. (Montenegrin) Sinisa Vukovic interviewed on Al Jazeera Balkans, 3/6

• What Biden Needs to Say on Foreign Policy at the State of the Union. Adjunct Lecturer Christopher Chivvis wrote in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace blog, 3/6

• U.S is Turning Its Back on the World With or Without Trump. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/6 

• Explainer: Haiti Called for Security Support. Who Answered? Sinisa Vukovic quoted in Reuters, 3/5

• SkyNews Talks to Johns Hopkins Middle East Expert Laura Blumenfeld About Middle East Ceasefire. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on SkyNews, 3/5 

• Iran’s Electoral Facade. Sanam Vakil wrote in Chatham House, 3/4

• Iran Announces Record Low Election Turnout Despite Calls on Voters to Participate. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNN, 3/4

• Tätä Vladimir Putin pelkää – ”Hallinto on hyvin huolissaan." (Finnish) Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Verkkouutiset, 3/4 

• China's Leaders Set Five Percent Growth Goal, Raise Military Budget in 2024. Henry M. and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in France24, 3/4

• Russia Has Dialled up its Covert Operations: Thomas Rid, Johns Hopkins University. Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies Thomas Rid interviewed on Deutsche Welle, 3/4

• Biden's Gaza Ceasefire Could Collapse Into ‘Wildfire,' Laura Blumenfeld. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Times Radio, 3/3 

• Ever More Undocumented Indian Migrants Follow ‘Donkey’ Route to America. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in The Washington Post, 3/3 

• Iran Stages a Dismal Election as Islamic Regime Circles the Wagons. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in The Washington Post, 3/3 

• Canada Needs to Start Preparing For Trump – and Getting Other Allies Involved. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell wrote in The Globe and Mail, 3/2

• Iran Holds First Elections Since Mahsa Amini Protests, with Low Turnout and Boycott Expected. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNBC, 3/1 

• Nuclear War, NATO and No Mention of Navalny: Putin Steps up Threats Against West in Rambling Speech. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Independent, 3/1 

• Independent Thinking: Iran’s elections: What’s at stake for the Middle East? Sanam Vakil interviewed on Chatham House's Independent Thinking podcast, 3/1 

• ‘We Are Being Punished for Daring to Criticize the Authority.' Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 3/1 

• Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose? Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 2/29 

• Muslim Holy Month Looms as Flashpoint in Fight Between Israel and Hamas. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 3/1 

• The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power. Sergey Radchenko interviewed on Battle Lines Podcast, 2/29

• Los últimos años de Carmen Laforet, "aquella sencilla abuelita sin perlas, sin maquillaje y con el pelo gris." (Spanish) Adjunct Lecturer of Spanish Language Israel Rolon-Barada quoted in El Mundo, 2/28 

• Navalny Aides Say the Russian Opposition Leader Was Close to Being Freed Before His Death. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Associated Press, 2/26 

• The Soleimani Gambit. Vali Nasr quoted in The Signal, 2/21 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• The Case for Vietnam’s Market Economy Status. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton wrote in the Geopolitical Monitor, 3/11 

• Beijing Has Impeded Efforts to Increase Academic Exchanges, U.S State Department Officials Say. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 3/8

• India Rises As An Emerging Markets Darling. FPI Senior Fellow Afshin Molavi wrote in Forbes, 3/6 

• Political Tremors in Chad Are Felt Much Further Afield. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 3/2 

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