In The News: August 31, 2023

‘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

• Putin's Truncated Travel Schedule Shows Fear of Embarrassment and Betrayal. The Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in the Washington Examiner, 8/30

• Welcome to the New Era of Nuclear Brinkmanship. The Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 8/27

• ‘What Worries Me Is The Decline in Public Discourse, With Violence No Longer Delegitimised As It Should Be In a Civilised Society.' The Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in Times of India, 8/26

• As China’s Economy Slows, the Buck Stops With Leader Xi Jinping. Assistant Professor Ling Chen quoted in The Washington Post, 8/25

• BRICS Mapping De-dollarization for Emerging New World. SAIS Europe Director and Eni Professor of International Economics Michael Plummer quoted in Business Post, 8/25

• What's Next for Wagner After Presumed Death of Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs Eugene Finkel quoted in Axios, 8/25

• With Prigozhin Presumed Dead, What Happens to the Wagner Group Now? Adjunct Lecturer and Senior FPI Fellow Edward Joseph quoted in the Cipher Brief, 8/25

• Prigozhin Death is Likely Putin’s Payback for Mutiny, Warning to Opposition: Analysts. Eugene Finkel quoted in Al Arabiya, 8/24

• Prigozhin’s Death Heralds Even More Spectacular Violence. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in the Atlantic, 8/24

• With Iran's Help, Saudi Crown Prince Seeks to End War and Transform Kingdom. The James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in Newsweek, 8/24

• It Appears Prigozhin Got the Punishment Putin Vowed. What will the Russian Leader Do Next? Sergey Radchenko quoted in CBC, 8/23

• Is the US Dollar on Its Way Out? Michael Plummer quoted in East Asia Forum, 8/21

• Europe's Geoeconomic Revolution. How the EU Learned to Wield Its Real Power. The Dean Acheson Associate Professor of International Political Economy Matthias Matthijs wrote in Foreign Affairs, 8/22

• Iran's FM in Saudi Arabia to Bolster Restored Relations. The Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr interviewed on CNN, 8/17

• Women’s Rights Activists Rounded Up in Iran as Protest Anniversary Nears. Sanam Vakil quoted in the New York Times, 8/17

• What Impact Has Prigozhin’s Mutiny Really Had on Putin? Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence John McLaughlin wrote in the Cipher Brief, 7/20

• Oslo: Three Decades Later. Associate Professor of Middle East Studies Raffaella Del Sarto wrote in Israel Studies Review, 6/1

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• The Global Order’s Triple Policy Challenge and the Tasks Ahead. Senior Fellow at FPI John Lipsky wrote in Japan Times, 8/28

• US Shifts From a Trade War To a Subsidy War. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Mail and Guardian, 8/28

• Algeria and BRICS—Dream or Eventuality? Senior FPI Fellow and Executive Director of North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 8/27

• Ukraine Is Searching For an "Operational Breakthrough" Against Russia. SAIS alumnus ’23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 8/25

• The Fed Should Consider Globalization’s Effect on Wage-price Dynamics. John Lipsky wrote in The Hill, 8/25

• The Evolution of BRICS: From Acronym to Economic Powerhouse. Senior Fellow at FPI Afshin Molavi wrote in Gulf News, 8/25

• Why the U.S Government Cares About the Coup in Niger. SAIS alumna '2011 Emilie Greenhalgh wrote in Newsweek, 8/22

• Nuclear War Could End the World. But What If It's All in Our Heads? SAIS Phd Student Reja Younis quoted in the New York Times, 8/21

• Rethink Invest and Help Africa Realize Its Vast Potential. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 8/21

• America's Reactive Foreign Policy: How U.S. Organizational Behavior and Culture Advantages China. SAIS alumni '22 Elliot Seckler and '21 Travis Zahnow wrote in the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation, 7/20