In the News: December 21, 2022

‘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

• Fear Was on the 2022 Ballot, with More in Store for '24. Resident Professor of History and American Studies Joe Renouard wrote in the George Washington University's History News Network, 12/18

• What does Japan's Military Expansion Mean for the Region? Resident Professor of International Politics David Arase interviewed by Al Jazeera, 12/18

• Why It ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ Middle East Nations to Avoid Taking Sides in China-US Rivalry Narrative of the West. The China Africa Research Initiative quoted in South China Morning Post, 12/18

• Iran Doubles Down on a Tactic to Crush Unrest: Death Sentences and Executions. James Anderson Adjunct Professor, and Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in NPR, 12/16

• U.S. Wants More Transparency About Terms of Debt African Nations Owe to China. Johns Hopkins SAIS quoted in Bloomberg, 12/16

• Iran: Ambiguity Around Disbanding the Morality Policy. Sanam Vakil quoted in the Observer Research Foundation's Young Voices, 12/16

• US Delegation Head Hails Tenacity of 'Taiwanese'. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Dean James Steinberg quoted in Taipei Times, 12/15

• China's iPhone Factory Stumbles Gives India a Chance to Swoop In. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in Bloomberg, 12/15

• Why Donald Trump Is So Popular a Topic Among Democrats. Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent E. Calder wrote in Kyodo News, 12/15

• Book Excerpt: The Migration-Development Regime. Professor of Sociology Rina Agarwala wrote in The SAIS Review of International Affairs, 12/14

• China’s War Against Taiwan Has Already Started. Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 12/14

• Is Putin Finally Getting Smart About His Ukraine Disaster? Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 12/14

• What The Historic Protests Against Xi Jinping Could Mean For China. Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor of Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in Newsy, 12/14

• Turkey's Government Wants Refund for Movie Following LGBTQ Controversy. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz quoted in Al-Monitor, 12/14

• What Putin's War in Ukraine Reveals About Russia—and the Likely Path Ahead. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot Cohen wrote in The Wall Street Journal, 12/13 

• Lie of the Year 2022: Putin's Lies to Wage War and Conceal Horror in Ukraine. Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs Eugene Finkel quoted in NBC Miami, 12/13

• Time to Fix Up Income Tax System, End Most of the Exemptions: Arvind Panagariya. Chung Ju Yung Professor of International Economics Pravin Krishna mentioned in Money Control, 12/13

• In the Khmer Rouge’s Last Stronghold, Myths from the Cambodian Genocide Still Reign. George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the China Studies Program Andrew Mertha quoted in Coda Media, 12/13

• SAIS Europe Celebrates Transformative $100M Gift. SAIS Europe quoted in Johns Hopkins The HUB, 12/12

• Johns Hopkins University Receives Record $100 Million Gift For Its Bologna Campus. SAIS Europe quoted in Forbes, 12/12

• A Putin Nuclear Strike on Ukraine? A Chinese Attack Against Taiwan? How the US Prepares for Global Nightmares. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John E. McLaughlin wrote in GRID, 12/12

• Getting China's Political Economy Right: State, Business, and Authoritarian Capitalism. Assistant Professor of Political Economy Ling Chen wrote in Cambridge University Press, 12/12

• The State of U.S.-Russia Relations and the Course of War in Ukraine.  Anne Applebaum interviewed by CBC, 12/11

• Bologna, Maxi Donazione di 100 Milioni di Dollari Alla Johns Hopkins University. SAIS Europe quoted in Il Sole 24 Ore, 12/9

• ¿Cuál Es El Impacto De Las Protestas En China En La Economía Mundial? Un Experto Responde. Ho-Fung Hung interviewed by CNN Espanol, 12/9

• Great Books: E.H. Carr’s Nationalism and After. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in Engelsberg Ideas, 12/9

• Iran Executes Man Over Nationwide Protests. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 12/8

• Arthur Ross Book Award: "The American War in Afghanistan: A History". Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte interviewed by The Council on Foreign Relations, 12/7

• Why South Korea Should Join the CPTPP. Director of SAIS Europe, and Eni Professor of International Economics Michael G. Plummer wrote in Brooking's Order From Chaos, 12/2

• 'Kiss and Make Up': Biden Hopes Tensions with France End with First State Visit. Associate Professor of International Political Economy Matthias Matthijs quoted in The Washington Examiner, 12/1

• Germany’s Military Awakening Makes France Nervous & More Trending News. Adjunct Professor of International Relations Hanns Maull quoted in Naija On Point, 11/30

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Putin’s Forces in Ukraine Sometimes Refuse to Fight. SAIS MA student '23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 11/20

• Billionaires Give Glimpse of Future. Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute Afshin Molavi wrote in Arab News, 12/19

• US Must Avoid the Mistakes of the Past In Africa. Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 12/18

• The Promise and Pitfalls of India’s Economic Growth. Afshin Molavi wrote in Asia Times, 12/18

• A Nightmare Scenario: Putin Keeps Losing Countless Soldiers in Ukraine. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 12/16

• Why Getting U.S. to Ratify UNCLOS Will Aid Asean's South China Sea Goals. Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute James Borton wrote in South China Morning Post, 12/15

• China Has Taken Advantage of Trade and Human Rights ‘Delinking’ 20 Years Ago, Say U.S. Lawmakers. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 12/14

• The West Must Help Ukraine Outlast Russia. Senior Fellow Daniel Hamilton quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 12/13

• Is Russia's War in Ukraine Going on 'Winter Break'?  Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 12/12

• We Are Failing the World and Poorest Are Paying the Highest Price. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 12/10

• The Intersection of Digital Health and Equity. SAIS PhD Student Michael Guterbock wrote in the Economist Impact, 12/7

• Ackman’s Hong Kong Short is Logical, Not Likely. SAIS alumna '11 Robyn Mak wrote in Reuters, 11/24

• NDIA Policy Points: The Precarious State of U.S. Defense Stockpiles. SAIS MA student '23 Chris Laudati wrote in National Defense, 11/18