In The News: October 9, 2025
‘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
The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones. Professor of Practice David Barno quoted in The New York Times, 10/9
Guido Sandleris: “Es un error pensar que lo que pasa con el dólar y las tasas es como en 2018; no hay una crisis, sí más volatilidad”. (Spanish) Professor of Practice at SAIS Europe Guido Sandleris interviewed by Clarín, 10/08
China Is Joining Russia’s Shadow War on Europe. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 10/7
British Technology Used in Russian Drones. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by LBC, 10/6
Israeli PM: We Will Bring All the Hostages Home. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Sky News, 10/6
Hamas Partially Agrees to Trump's Peace Plan. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Global News, 10/4
Cautious Optimism as Gaza Negotiations Ramp Up. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Global National, 10/4
Hamas Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 10/3
UK Reimposes UN Sanctions on Iran. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in Arab Daily, 10/3
Beijing’s Military Parade May Not Be the Show of Unity That it Seems. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Byteseu, 10/3
'We're Entering a Period of Unknown': Expert on the Future of Iran Nuclear Program Talks. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 10/2
With Iran Under Pressure, Fears Grow of New Israeli Strikes. Vali Nasr quoted in The Washington Post, 10/2
Italy Backs Trump's Ceasefire Plan as Public Demands More Help for Gaza. Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Gianfranco Pasquino quoted in Belleville News-Democrat, 10/2
Europe’s Stance on Israel Shifts as Pro-Gaza Protests Sweep the Continent. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Independent, 10/1
Israel’s Long-Standing Ties with Europe Crumble As Outrage Over Gaza War Swells. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Times of Israel, 10/1
Trump's 20 Point Peace Plan. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Voice At The Scene, 10/1
Donald Trump's Peace Plan for Gaza. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by ABC News, 10/1
Turkey's Women, LGBTQ Artists Top Targets of Erdogan's Drive for Cultural Hegemony. Assistant Professor Lisel Hintz quoted in Al-Monitor, 10/1
White House Releases Gaza Peace Plan. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by DW News, 9/30
4 Things the U.S. Should Know to Understand Iran’s True Motives. Vali Nasr quoted in The Hub, 9/30
Trump's Gaza Plan. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by ABC Australia, 9/30
Trump: Hamas Has "Three or Four Days" to Accept Deal. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by Sky News, 9/30
Tony Blair: Britain’s Former Premier Central to Trump’s Gaza Plan. Sanam Vakil quoted in Gulf News, 9/30
Russia’s Provocations Are Menacing NATO. The Cold War Shows How it Needs to Respond. Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Guardian, 9/29
Putin’s Lies Hide Weakness. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Kyiv Post, 9/28
Tony Blair Returns Divvying up the 'Spoils' of Gaza. Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 9/28
Shifting Diplomacy and the Policy on Russia and Ukraine. (Spanish) Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by Oscar Haza, 09/27
Milei's Bet on Trump Pays Off at Critical Moment for Argentina. Guido Sandleris quoted in Bloomberg, 9/26
Vendet arabe “zënë ngushtë” Trump-in / Presidenti amerikan mund ta lërë në baltë Netanyahu-n? (Albanian) Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Gazeta Shqip, 9/26
Trump Plan Backs Tony Blair as Postwar Gaza Leader. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 9/26
Le problème de l’Europe n’est pas le manque d’idées, c’est l’écart entre la rhétorique et la mise en œuvre. (French) Inaugural Rector of SAIS Europe Renaud Dehousse quoted in Le Monde, 9/26
Europe's Flattery of Trump is a Strategy. It Isn't Working. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 9/25
Arabische Welt: Auf dem Weg zu einer "Islamischen NATO?" (German) Sanam Vakil quoted in DW News, 9/25
Can the State of Palestine Ever Truly Exist? Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by CBC News, 9/25
Vanuatu's Climate Minister: 'We Are Already Past Adaptation'. Lecturer Anna Broughel wrote in Forbes, 9/24
US Allies' Embrace of Palestinian Statehood Tests Trump's Israel Policy. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Reuters, 9/24
The Lingering Wealth Gap in Saudi Arabia. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 9/24
How to Respond to Russia's Incursions into NATO Airspace? (Spanish) Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by Oscar Haza, 9/23
How Argentina’s Javier Milei Lost the Markets and Turned to Donald Trump. Guido Sandleris quoted in The Financial Times, 9/23
Why Putin Won’t End His War Against the West. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Politico, 9/14
Why Nuclear is Now a Booming Industry. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Daniel Kammen quoted in The Economist, 9/4
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
The Contested South China Sea Shoal Where Nature, Sovereignty Collide. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton wrote in UPI, 10/7
Saudi-Pakistan Pact — A Veiled Ultimatum to Israel. SAIS MAIR student '28 Afnan Wasif wrote in The Financial Times, 10/5
China’s Anti-Japan Dramas Get a Gen Z Makeover. Fulbright-Schuman NATO Security Scholar Friso Stevens quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 9/26
Beijing's Greenwashing of the South China Sea. James Borton wrote in Nikkei Asia, 9/24
Can Lebanese Democracy Be Saved? FPI Senior Fellow Randa Slim interviewed by Middle East Institute Podcast, 9/23
In Tumult, Understanding Soft Power. Phd alumna '04 Irene Wu wrote in Politics and Rights Review, 9/9
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