In The News: November 20, 2025
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
Visa Restrictions Are Bad for Indians—But Maybe Not for India. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in The Economist, 11/20
US Military Buildup in the Caribbean and What it Means for Venezuela. Adjunct Lecturer Cynthia Arnson interviewed by BBC, 11/18
Iran Seizes Tanker in Gulf: Tensions Rise & Escalation Fears. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Memesita, 11/16
Cooperación en inteligencia entre Colombia y Estados Unidos, 'en fase de incertidumbre'. (Spanish) Cynthia Arnson quoted in El Tiempo, 11/15
Saudi Arabia MBS—Trump Meeting. (Arabic) Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Arabic, 11/15
Multinationals Aren't Ready for the US-China Clash. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 11/13
State Department Erases 15 Pages of Nuclear History — With No Warning. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Washington Post, 11/13
The Enduring Value of Studying in China: A Conversation with the HNC’s Adam Webb. Resident Professor of Political Science and American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) Adam Webb interviewed by CSIS China Field Notes podcast by SAIS MAIR alumnus '92 Scott Kennedy, 11/12
Elections in the U.S. (Bosnian) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by BSRT, 11/11
Trump Hosts Syrian President at White House. Professor of Practice Mara Karlin interviewed by BBC News, 11/11
What Al-Sharaa’s White House Visit Means for US-Syrian Relations and Syria’s Global Standing. Sanam Vakil quoted in Arab News, 11/11
Tehran Would Fire 2,000 At Once to Overwhelm Israeli Defenses: Report. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Week, 11/10
¿De quién es el topo India? (Spanish) C. V. Starr Distinguished Professor of Practice Joshua White quoted in La Vanguardia, 11/10
The Dangerous Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Program. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 11/9
How the War in Gaza Affected the Redistribution of Power In the Middle East and the World. Sanam Vakil quoted in Vijesti, 11/7
Syria at a Crossroads Seizing the Opening In Syria And Lebanon. Mara Karlin wrote in Brookings, 11/7
Vuković: I dalje postoji bezvizni režim sa državljanima Rusije što je indikacija nedosljednosti i devijantnog ponašanja. (Bosnian) Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by Portal ETV, 11/6
Iran Vows to Rebuild Nuclear Program After Attacks, Signals Defiance Amid Rising Tensions. Sanam Vakil quoted in International News and Views Corporation, 11/6
How China’s Engineering Mindset Has Shaped Its Infrastructure and Society. George And Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center Andrew Mertha interviewed by PBS News, 11/1
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
China's Slim AI Budgets Are Self-Reinforcing. SAIS MAIR alumnus '23 Alvin Edhitjia wrote in Medium, 11/13
A Syrian Village and the Long Road to the White House. FPI Senior Fellow Randa Slim quoted in The New York Times, 11/10
Gen Z Rising? Why Young Indians Aren't Taking to the Streets. SAIS PhD '27 Sudhanshu Kaushik quoted in BBC, 10/22
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