In The News: July 18, 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

• Russia Has a New Gulag. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 7/14

• Seven Principles to Realize the Potential of Diaspora Philanthropy for India. Adjunct Professor Alex Counts wrote in Philanthropy News Digest, 7/14

• Should Ukraine Negotiate With Russia? The Debate Over How to End the War. Adjunct Professor of European Studies Alina Polyakova wrote in Foreign Affairs, 7/13

• Ukraine is Not the Only State Signing Up for the American Empire. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 7/10

• China's Inflation Data. Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor of Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung interviewed on BBC World Report, 7/10

• NATO's Worst-of-Both-Worlds Approach to Ukraine. Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte wrote in Foreign Affairs, 7/10

• 'Contempt': WeChat Warned Over Failure to Front Parliament. Professorial lecturer Seth Kaplan quoted in Sydney Morning Herald, 7/10

• Trump's Campaign is Already Shaping Global Affairs. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 7/9

• Turkey Isn’t Getting Much Use Out of Its Russian-made Missile-defense System, But That’s not Why Erdogan is Keeping it Around. Assistant Professor of International Relations Lisel Hintz quoted in Business Insider, 7/9

• Emiratos y Qatar son los países árabes mejor preparados para afrontar la transición energética. (Spanish) Adjunct Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment Manfred Hafner quoted in El Correo del Golfo, 7/7

• Step Aside Joe Biden. The President Has No Business Running for Office at Age 80. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 7/7

• Whatever Happened to Mutually Assured Destruction? Professor Emeritus Michael Mandelbaum quoted in CNN, 7/6

• 米大統領、トルコにF16売却へ議会説得か　NATO拡大で. (Japanese) Lisel Hintz quoted in Nikkei, 7/6

• The Ukraine War Changed This Company Forever. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell quoted in the New York Times, 7/5

• Abraham Accord Arab States Seen Sticking With Israel Despite Jenin Violence. The James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in BD News 24, 7/5

• Building India Into a Powerhouse in Maths. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur wrote in Hindustan Times, 7/2

• Iran Avoids Its Isolation with Europe and Latin America. Sanam Vakil quoted in Time News, 7/3

• What Experts Make of Putin’s Rare Public Appearances After Failed Coup. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in Yahoo News, 6/30

• Jair Bolsonaro is Barred From Office for Eight Years. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research Filipe Campante quoted in The Economist, 6/30

• Threats to International Peace and Security. Sergey Radchenko testified at the UN Security Council, 6/29

• Pew Survey Busts Myths on Indian-American Attitudes; Shows Community Backs Affirmative Action. Devesh Kapur quoted in Hindustan Times, 6/29

• Iranian-Western Talks Have Resumed. Here’s What That Means. Sanam Vakil quoted in News Brig, 6/29

• UN Expert Calls for Declaration on the Right to International Solidarity. Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Institutions Obiora Okafor testified at the UN Human Rights Council, 6/28

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Is South Korea Ready to Be a Global Pivotal Arms Exporter? SAIS MA '24 student Chris Park wrote in The Diplomat, 7/13

• History Helps Vietnam Navigate Its Maritime Relations. Senior FPI Fellow James Borton wrote in Geopolitical Monitor, 7/12

• An Urgent Warning for Ukraine About a Second Trump Presidency. SAIS Alumnus '23 Alexander Vindman interviewed in World Crunch, 7/10

• India's Chance for Chips. SAIS PhD student '25 Anu Anwar quoted in The Wire, 7/9

• Climate Change: Why Africa Should Top the Agenda at COP28. Senior Fellow Afshin Molavi wrote in Arab News, 7/5

• Why India is Wary of China’s BRICS Expansion Push as Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Seek to Join. Anu Anwar quoted in South China Morning Post, 7/5

• Libya Needs a Stable Political Structure But is it Ready for Party Politics? Senior FPI Fellow and Executive Director of North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab news, 7/1

• Long-time China Scholar in Washington leaves for Post at Hong Kong University. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 7/1

• Erdogan droht die wirtschaftliche Abrechnung. (German) Senior Fellow Anne Kruger wrote in Die Presse, 6/30

• Twin Risk of Rising Rates and Slowing Economy Spark Italian Attack on ECB. Associate Fellow Alesandro Merli quoted in Politico, 6/29

• US Supreme Court Guts Use of Race as a Determinant in College Admissions. Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 6/29