In The News: March 31, 2025
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
Tariffs, Taiwan and Trump 2.0: What's Next for U.S.-China Relations? David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies Jessica Chen Weiss interviewed by CNN, 3/27
Pete Hegseth Says Signal Chat Had No ‘War Plans’. He’s Wrong, Say Experts. Professor of Practice Nora Bensahel quoted in Al Jazeera, 3/27
What Do the Mass Protests Mean for Future of Turkey & Erdogan? Assistant Professor Lisel Hintz interviewed by Al-Monitor, 3/27
Signalgate: Should Europe Be More Concerned About VP Vance Than President Trump Himself? Professor of Practice Mara Karlin interviewed by DW, 3/26
Trump Defends Yemen Chat, Says Europe Freeloading. Mara Karlin interviewed by CNN, 3/25
Former Top US Government Official Expects Multiple Investigations. Mara Karlin interviewed by BBC, 3/24
As Protests Over Imamoglu Arrest Rock Turkey, What's Next For Erdogan? Lisel Hintz quoted in Al-Monitor, 3/24
ISS Astronauts Push Back Against Musk’s Call To Crash Station in 2027. Adjunct Assistant Professor Svetla Ben-Itzhak quoted in Forbes, 3/24
The World's Constitution: Spheres of Liberty in the Future Global Order. Resident Professor of Political Science and American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) Adam Webb interviewed by New Books Network, 3/23
Israel Strikes 'Hezbollah Targets' in Lebanon. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 3/23
Democracy Under Arrest. Lisel Hintz interviewed by the Greek Current Cafe, 3/22
Israel Strikes Targets in Lebanon. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by DW News, 3/22
«Hamas non è sconfitto. Gli Usa stanno aumentano la pressione sull’Iran». (Italian) Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr interviewed by Corriere Della Sera, 3/22
Tesla Attacks Stoke Fears of Political Violence. Aronson Associate Professor Adria Lawrence quoted in The Hill, 3/21
Researchers Make Stunning Discovery About Promising Next-Gen Fuel Source: 'We Are Working at the Limits of Our Knowledge'. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Bob van der Zwaan quoted in The Cool Down, 3/21
The Times at One with Manveen Rana. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by Times Radio, 3/20
Američke poruke Dodiku: Podrška bh. institucijama i spremnost da se odbrani integritet BiH. (Bosnian) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed on Al Jazeera Balkans, 3/20
Not Corrupt Enough. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in London Review of Books, 3/20
Geopolitički osvrt: Zašto su Evropa i svet tihi po pitanju studentskih protesta u Srbiji. (Serbian) FPI Senior Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer Edward P. Joseph quoted in BBC Serbia, 3/19
IDF Starts Fresh Ground Operations in Gaza. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by DW News, 3/19
Israel Warns More Air Strikes to Come in Gaza. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 3/19
Istanbul Mayor, Erdoğan’s Chief Political Rival, Arrested Along With 105 Others. Lisel Hintz quoted in Courthouse News Service, 3/19
Trump Was Naive to Think He Could Negotiate with Putin. Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Spectator, 3/19
The Big Story: Will Trump and Putin's Energy Truce Lead to Real Peace? Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Dana Allin interviewed by Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian, 3/19
'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back': Ceasefire in Gaza Not Finished. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by ABC Radio, 3/19
Pete Hegseth Is Closing a Pentagon Office that Wins Wars. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/18
Netanyahu Doubles Down on Airstrikes in Gaza. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Radio, 3/18
Trump Issues Warning to Iran Over Houthi Actions. Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 3/18
Israel Ends Ceasefire with Series of Airstrikes into Gaza. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by NPR, 3/18
It May Not Be Brainwashing, but It’s Not Democracy, Either. SNF Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell quoted in The New York Times, 3/18
Is the American Electric Car Already Dead? Associate Professor Jonas Nahm quoted in DNYUZ, 3/17
US Launches More Strikes on Yemen. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 3/17
Borderline Disorder: Is Iran Attempting A Comeback In Post-Assad Syria? James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The New Arab, 3/17
Little Hope for Lasting Peace in Ukraine, Says Historian. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Iceland Monitor, 3/16
War Beyond the Headlines: Ukraine Through Virtual Reality and History. Kenneth H. Keller Professor of International Affairs at SAIS Europe Eugene Finkel quoted in The Varsity, 3/16
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable. Professor Emeritus Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 3/15
China Hits Out at ‘Threats of Force’ on Iran as Trump Pushes for New Nuclear Deal. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Esfandyar Batmanghelidj quoted in CNN World, 3/14
Trump's Turbulent Week with the Economy and Foreign Policy: Analysts React. Professor of Practice John McLaughlin quoted in Newsweek, 3/14
China’s Crucial Nuclear Talks with Iran and Russia: Exploring Global Implications. Sanam Vakil quoted in World Today News, 3/14
The US and Iran Are on the Road to Escalation. Europe Can and Should Create an Off-Ramp. Sanam Vakil wrote in Chatham House, 3/14
High Stakes as Iran Nuclear Issue Reaches Crunch Moment. Sanam Vakil quoted in BBC, 3/14
Bezbjednost Evrope na ispitu bez američkog štita. (Montenegrin) Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by Radio Television of Montenegro, 3/13
The Immigration Divide: Gujaratis Get More Pay, More Punjabis Stay. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in The Times of India, 3/13
China’s Quest for Military Supremacy: A Conversation with Dr. Joel Wuthnow and Dr. Phil Saunders. Adjunct Lecturer Philip Saunders interviewed by CSIS Podcast, 3/13
The U.S. and China in 2025. Jessica Chen Weiss interviewed by Sinica Podcast, 3/12
The Return of America First. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The New Statesman, 3/12
Putin Can Still Defeat Ukraine. Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Spectator, 3/12
Can Trump Launch Iran Nuclear Deal 2.0 in Second White House Term? Sanam Vakil quoted in CNBC, 3/11
Trump prend le parti de Poutine - est-ce pour creuser un fossé entre la Russie et la Chine? (French) Dana Allin quoted in BBC Afrique, 3/10
Trump Turns Screws on Zelensky Heading into Jeddah Talks. Eugene Finkel quoted in The Hill, 3/10
"Trump pense comme Poutine": Est-ce la fin de l'ordre mondial libéral? (French) Sergey Radchenko quoted in BBC Afrique, 3/9
"Volodymyr Zelensky aura du mal à recoller les morceaux avec Donald Trump". (French) Sergey Radchenko interviewed by L’Express, 3/9
On War and Peace, Security and Humiliation. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by History As It Happens, 3/7
End of Liberal International Order? Sergey Radchenko quoted in Modern Diplomacy, 3/7
U.S. foreign aid cuts threaten to choke off information from Iran. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Washington Post, 3/7
Iranian Networks in the Middle East. Sanam Vakil interviewed by CSIS, 3/6
Who Are the Winners and Losers of Trump’s Split with Ukraine? Eugene Finkel wrote in The Moscow Times, 3/6
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
US-China Rivalry Forcing Southeast Asia to Pick Sides, Congressional Panel Hears. FPI Senior Fellow Vikram Nehru quoted in South China Morning Post, 3/21
How Can North Africa Harness Its ‘Green Dividend?' FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 3/15
Strategy Through Action: Harriet Tubman as an Underappreciated Forebearer to Special Operations. SAIS MAIR Student '26 Wyatt Thielen wrote in Irregular Warfare Initiative, 3/18
The New G-ZERO, Why It Matters: Bhutan-Led Net-Zero Global Climate Advocacy. FPI Senior Fellow Gregory Chin wrote in Global Policy, 3/11
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