In The News: March 28, 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 Biden Could Radically Alter the U.S.-Israel Relationship. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The New Republic, 3/27 

• Joseph Says That Kosovo Should Prioritize the U.S. Positions. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Edward Joseph interviewed in RTK Live, 3/27 

• Može li se Izrael suočiti s međunarodnom izolacijom? | Kontekst. (Montenegrin) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed on Al-Jazeera Balkans, 3/26

• Ceasefire Circus: Sky News Interviews Johns Hopkins Middle East Analyst Laura Blumenfeld. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Sky News, 3/26

• The Tyranny of Expectations. Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen quoted in Foreign Affairs, 3/25

• Moscow Concert Attack: 'No Ukrainian Involvement' in Deadly Attack, U.S. Says. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in NBC News, 3/23 

• Why Israel Plans to Attack Rafah Despite U.S. Doubts. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 3/23 

• Ucraina. Da Inizio Invasione Le Truppe Russe Hanno Commesso Migliaia Di Crimini. Si Parla Di “Genocidio." (Italian) Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs at SAIS Europe Eugene Finkel quoted in Agen Press, 3/22 

• The US' Waning Naval Dominance and China’s Surge Should Worry You. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/21 

• There Was No Russian Election. Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 3/20 

• How Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Politicians and Power. Eliot Cohen quoted in The Stream, 3/19 

• Will the Hijab Protests Finally Bring Change To Iran? Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 3/19 

• Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers. Assistant Professor at SAIS Europe Nina Hall wrote in Stanford Social Innovation Review, 3/18 

• It's Looking a Lot Like World War II Out There. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/17  

• Number of Chinese Workers in Africa Drops Substantially. Professor Emerita and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam quoted in Voice of America, 3/16 

• What Do Sanctions Accomplish? Assistant Professor Narges Bajoghli interviewed on KFPA, 3/15

• Biden Keeps Israel Close, but Netanyahu Away. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Voice of America, 3/15

• Exclusive: Trump Launched CIA Covert Influence Operation Against China. Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies Thomas Rid quoted in Reuters, 3/14

• Absence of Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas War Could Spark Wildfire Conflict: Analyst. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed on Channel News Asia, 3/11

• Percorsi Costituzionali: Quadrimestrale Di Diritti E Liberta. (Italian) Adjunct Professor Justin Frosini and Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sara Pennicino wrote in Persorsi Costituzional, 3/10

• Sara Montiel: La mujer y la estrella más allá del mito. (Spanish) Adjunct Lecturer of Spanish Language Israel Rolon-Barada wrote in Hispania, 3/1

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• America Needs More Immigration. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Zawya, 3/27

• New Chairman is Named for US House Select Committee on China. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in The South China Morning Post, 3/26

• Israel’s PM Netanyahu Approves Military Plan For Rafah Ground Offensive. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell interviewed on BBC Newsday, 3/21 

• Disease X: The Next Pandemic Threat. Senior Fellow of Global Health at SAIS Europe Ilaria Capua wrote in The Italian Post, 3/21 

• ARRW: The U.S. Air Force Has A New Hypersonic Weapon. SAIS alumnus ’23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 19FortyFive, 3/21

• Putin's War Fired Up Russia's Economy and Beat Sanctions - But Big Problems Lie Ahead. Anne Krueger quoted in Business Insider, 3/20 

• The US Should Favor Its Friends in the Balkans, Serbia Does Not Secede From Russia. Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations Daniel Serwer quoted in Kosova Press, 3/20  

• Will U.S.-Turkey Relations Survive the Wars in Gaza and Ukraine? SAIS alum '23 Ali Mammadov wrote in National Interest, 3/18 

• Turning Tides: Climate Change Watershed Prompts Reevaluation of Nuclear Energy and Deep-Sea Mining. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton wrote in Modern Diplomacy, 3/14 

• Scholar Analyses Why US Should Recognise Vietnam As Market Economy. James Borton quoted in Nhan Dan, 3/12 

• Middle East Tech Startups Are A Hot Emerging Market. FPI Senior Fellow Afshin Molavi wrote in Forbes, 2/15 

• "Any Blockage to the Red Sea Will Have Dire Consequences on Commodities From China." Hafed Al-Ghwell interviewed on Channel Africa podcast, 2/29 

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