In The News: June 15, 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

• The Death of a General Raises a Question: Why Were So Many Russian Officers Killed in Ukraine? Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence John McLaughlin quoted in USA Today, 6/14

• Où en Sont les Négociations sur le Nucléaire Iranien? (French) James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in L'Orient Le Jour, 6/13

• The United States is Creating a Kosovo Crisis. Adjunct Lecturer and Senior Fellow at FPI Edward Joseph wrote in Foreign Policy, 6/13

• Wagner, Prigozhin and Shoigu: an Assessment and Effect of Putin’s Military Operation. (Spanish) Professorial Lecturer and Senior Fellow at FPI Jeffrey Pryce interviewed on MegaTV, 6/12

• Saving Democratic Capitalism: Resisting Autocracy. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum interviewed on Financial Times podcast with Martin Wolf, 6/10

• Professorilta Kolme Skenaariota Ukrainan Sodalle. (Finnish) Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in Verkkouutiset, 6/10

• Stalemate in US-China Ties Appears Likely to Continue Despite Talks. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands quoted in Voice of America, 6/8

• How China Uses WeChat to Influence American Elections. Professorial Lecturer Seth Kaplan wrote in National Interest, 6/8

• The Limits of Plausible Deniability in Ukraine and Beyond. Assistant Professor of International Political Economy Andrew Cheon wrote in Political Violence at a Glance, 6/7

• Destroyed Dam Likely to Hinder Ukraine Before Russia. Sergey Radchenko quoted in France 24, 6/6

• Ukraine-Krieg: Zerstörung des Staudamms – wem nützt es? (German) Sergey Radchenko quoted in News38, 6/7

• Key Ukrainian Dam Blown Up. Kyiv Blames Russia. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Politico, 6/6

• Biden's Clamp on China Security Reviews Frustrates Deal Seekers. Administrative Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies and Adjunct Lecturer Elly Rostoum quoted in Bloomberg Law, 6/5

• India Is Stuck In a New World Disorder. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Foreign Policy, 6/1 

• The Battle for Eurasia: China, Russia, and Their Autocratic Friends Are Leading Another Epic Clash Over the World's Largest Landmass. Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Policy, 6/4

• Italy Eyes ECB Board Seat Gamble. Adjunct Professor and Associate Fellow Alessandro Merli quoted in Politico, 6/1

• Ukraine's Survival is Vital to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 6/1

• Das Vermeintliche Solarparadies. (German) Adjunct Lecturer Teal Emery quoted by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5/28

• Saudi Arabia: The Birth of a Superpower in the Desert With Petrodollars. Sanam Vakil quoted in News RND, 5/28

• An Effort to Scale Solar in Africa Was a Victim of Its Own Success. Adjunct Lecturer Teal Emery interviewed by Bloomberg, 5/18

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• NATO Goes Back to Defense Basics. SAIS alumna '14 Anne Marie Dailey wrote in Center for European Policy Analysis, 6/14

• Where Does Japan Fit Into South Korea's New Indo-Pacific Strategy? SAIS DIA Student '23 Shu Fukuya wrote in The Diplomat, 6/12

• Putin Should Be Truly Scared: Ukraine's Counteroffensive Is Just Getting Started. SAIS alum ’23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 6/12

• Asia's Russia-West Balancing Act on Show With Push for Peace in Ukraine from Indonesia's Prabowo. SAIS PhD student '25 Anu Anwar quoted in South China Morning Post, 6/10

• Morocco Leads the Way in Building a Sustainable Future. Senior Fellow and Executive Director of North Africa Initiative Hafed Alghwell wrote in Arab news. 6/10 

• Ukraine's Counteroffensive is Underway: Be Patient. Anne Marie Dailey wrote in Center for European Policy Analysis, 6/9

• Hollow Supply Chain Pact No Way to Win Over IPEF Skeptics. SAIS PhD student Rena Sasaki wrote in Nikkei Asia, 6/7

• US and China Can Cooperate Even in a Time of Heightened Tensions, a House Member Says.  SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 6/7

• Libya: Reasonable Calm For Now. But At What Cost? Hafed Alghwell wrote in Arab News, 6/3

• US and Taiwan Sign First Agreement Under New Trade Initiative. Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning Post, 6/2

• Anne Krueger: World Trade Defender. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger profiled in Finance and Development, 6/1

• Somalia Al Shabab Military Base Attack. SAIS PhD student Ruth Namatovu interviewed on Voice of America, 5/29

• Anti-Putin Volunteers Might Be One of the Catalysts For the Revolution in Russia. Senior Fellow at FPI Michael Haltzel interviewed by Apostrophe, 5/29