In The News: February 23, 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

• Turkey/Syria Earthquake Relief. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz interviewed on POMEPS Middle East Political Science podcast, 2/23

• Biden Meets with Eastern Flank NATO leaders, Says Freedom at Stake in Ukraine. Professorial Lecturer and Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow Jeffrey Pryce interviewed on Spectrum News, 2/23

• Three Reasons Most Analysts Were Wrong on War in Ukraine. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen was quoted in Voice of America, 2/22 

• Dissidence is Dangerous in Russia. Can We Measure True Reaction to Putin's Speech? Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed on NPR News, 2/21

• Deprem Diplomasisi Uzun Ömürlü Olur mu? (Turkish) Lisel Hintz quoted in Voice of America, 2/21

• In China, Worries About a Weakened Russia Prompt a Rethink. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 2/20

• The Developing World’s Coming Debt Crisis. Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam wrote in Foreign Affairs, 2/20

• Biden Just Destroyed Putin’s Last Hope. Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 2/20

• Seven Ways Russia’s War on Ukraine has Changed the World. Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in Chatham House, 2/20

• Ukraine’s Future is not in NATO. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 2/19

• Blinken Pledges $100m in Aid to Turkey on Tour of Earthquake Destruction. Lisel Hintz quoted in The National News, 2/19

• The Kyiv-Kosovo Catalyst: Ukraine’s Recognition of Kosovo Can Affirm Western Order in the Balkans and Across Europe. Adjunct Lecturer and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute Edward P. Joseph wrote in the SAIS Review of International Affairs, 2/18

• Janet Yellen’s African Trip Fans the Flames of the ‘Debt Trap’ Narrative. Deborah Brautigam mentioned in Mail and Guardian, 2/17

• The Iran Protests Are a Gen Z Moment. Sanam Vakil quoted in Haaretz, 2/17

• Authoritarianism in Turkey is Making the Earthquake Even Deadlier. Lisel Hintz quoted in The New Republic, 2/16

• After 100 days, Italy's Right-Wing Prime Minister's Popularity Surpasses Biden. Senior Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Gianfranco Pasquino quoted in Daily Caller, 2/16

• US Troops Kill ‘ISIS Official’ Involved in Planning Prison Breaks. Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Nora Bensahel quoted in Task and Purpose, 2/15

• Breaking Barriers: Women in Nigeria Defy Odds to Contest in Elections, But Face Uphill Battle. Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead Chiedo Nwankwor quoted in Africa News, 2/14

• ‘They Didn’t Understand Anything, But Just Spoiled People’s Lives’: How Russian Invaders Unleashed Violence on Small-town Residents. Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 2/14

• Ukraine and the Contingency of Global Order. Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Affairs, 2/14

• What China Has Learned From the Ukraine War. Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence Adam J. Szubin wrote in Foreign Affairs, 2/14

• The Economic Fallout from Curtailing Judicial Independence. Resident Professor of International Law Roda Mushkat wrote in Verfassungsblog, 2/13

• The Quake That Exposed Erdogan’s Fault Lines. Lisel Hintz quoted in Foreign Policy, 2/13

• The Gulf State is Breaking Away from Oil – and It’s Not Buying Premier League Clubs. Sanam Vakil quoted In Business News, 2/12

• Minstens 270 Miljoen Vanuit Nederland In Omstreden Iraanse Techsector. (Dutch) Sanam Vakil quoted in Investico, 2/11

• What Happens if the Balloon Goes Up with China? Hal Brands interviewed by War on the Rocks podcast, 2/10

• Facing Unrest, Iran Credits U.S Wars in Helping Islamic Republic Survive. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in Newsweek, 2/9

• China and Strategic Instability in Space: Pathways to Peace in an Era of US-China Strategic Competition. Adjunct Professor Bruce MacDonald wrote in United States Institute of Peace, 2/9

• Putin’s War in Ukraine is Backfiring in Historic Way. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Newsweek, 2/8

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Three Reasons Most Analysts Were Wrong on War in Ukraine. Senior Fellow Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was quoted in Voice of America, 2/22

• North Africa’s Untapped Clean Energy Potential. Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Hafed Al Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 2/18

• Resetting Science Collaboration to Avoid Ecological Disaster and Ensure New Opportunities for Peace Building in the South China Sea. Senior Fellow James W. Borton wrote in Modern Ghana, 2/16

• Multilateralism Is Still Better. Senior Fellow Anne O. Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 2/16

• Middle East Tech Startups Are A Hot Emerging Market. Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute Afshin Molavi wrote in Forbes, 2/15

• Why The Wagner Group isn’t Sending Prisoners to Die in Ukraine. SAIS MA student '23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 2/15

• Former Green Beret Who Fought for Ukraine Offers Perspective on War, How to Counter Russia. SAIS MA student '23 David Bramlette was interviewed on PBS News Hour, 2/14

• White House Sets Up Inter-Agency Group to Assess Impact of Objects Crossing over North America. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 2/14

• Putin is Angry: The Mighty Russian Military is Dying in Ukraine. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 2/14

• This American Spent Ten Months Fighting in Ukraine. David Bramlette was interviewed on Geopolitics Decanted Podcast, 2/12

• U.S Shot Down ‘High-Altitude Object’ over Alaska, White House Says. Bochen Han wrote in the South China Morning Post, 2/11

• WOW2 – February 2023: Women Trailblazers and Activists, 2-9 thru 2-14. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger mentioned in Daily Kos, 2/11

• On Okinawa, Shared Bases Remain a Chimera. SAIS MIPP student '23 Shawn Harding wrote in Stars and Stripes, 2/9

• Pan-Africanism and Soccer: How Africa Can Secure its Next Diplomatic Win. SAIS DIA student Deneyse Kirkpatrick wrote in Atlantic Council, 2/8

• What Ukraine Needs to Liberate Crimea: A Credible Military Threat Might Be Enough. Alexander Vindman wrote in Foreign Affairs, 2/2

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