In the News: October 6, 2022

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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

• With Risks Rising at Home, Putin Takes Anti-Western Rhetoric to New Heights. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 10/2 

• China Has a Debt Problem—Other People’s Debt. Professor Emerita in International Political Economy and Director of the China-Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam quoted in Bloomberg, 10/1  

• In Brazil’s Election, Democracy and the Future of Our Planet Are on the Ballot. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum quoted in The Hill, 10/1 

• Heterodox Views: What is Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix It. Adjunct Professor of International Law Arthur Appleton wrote in the Journal of World Trade, 10/1 

• Putin’s Nord Stream Gamble Backfires as Russia Losing Energy War. Adjunct Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment Simone Tagliapietra quoted in Newsweek, 9/30

• Nord Stream Pipeline Disinformation Fits Pattern of Russian Information Warfare. Professor of Strategic Studies and Founding Director of the Alperovitch Institute Thomas Rid quoted in Cyberscoop, 9/30 

• “Woman, Life, Freedom”: Iran’s Protests Are a Rebellion for Bodily Autonomy. Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies Narges Bajoghli wrote in Vanity Fair, 9/29 

• How Protests for Women, Life, and Freedom Are Reshaping Iranian Politics. Narges Bajoghli interviewed by Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast, 9/29 

• Could the War in Ukraine Go Nuclear? Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs Francis J. Gavin quoted in The Economist, 9/29 

• Can Kaspersky Survive the Ukraine War? Thomas Rid quoted in Cyberscoop, 9/28 

• Italy’s New Leader Faces Familiar Problems, Including Fickle Voters. C. Grove Haines Professor of History and International Studies Mark Gilbert wrote in The Washington Post, 9/28 

• What Meta’s Latest Takedown of Fake Foreign Accounts Could Mean for the U.S. Midterms. Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in Time Magazine, 9/28 

• China’s New Weapon Against Taiwan: Military Microaggressions. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 9/27

• Chinese Banks Want to be Repaid in Full: Skepticism Greets China’s Debt Forgiveness. Deborah Brautigam quoted in African Business, 9/26 

• Debt Defaults Are a Stress Test for China’s Soft Power Strategy. Deborah Brautigam quoted in Bloomberg, 9/26 

• From Elizabeth II to Charles III: A Triumph of British Ceremonial and Soft Power. Senior Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies David W. Ellwood wrote for the Center for Public Diplomacy, 9/26 

• Some Saudis Fear Being Left Behind Despite Oil Price Boom. James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in Financial Times, 9/25 

• Putin’s Army Without a Cause. Anne Applebaum quoted in CNN, 9/25 

• Jacinda Ardern's Popularity Beams in New York But Remains Rocky at Home. Assistant Professor of International Relations Nina Hall quoted in Stuff, 9/24  

• The Iranian Government Plans to Use Military Force on Protestors. Sanam Vakil interviewed by NPR, 9/24 

• Coups in the Kremlin. Sergey Radchenko wrote in Foreign Affairs, 9/22 

• Protests Intensify in Iran Over Woman Who Died in Custody. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 9/22 

• Take Putin’s Nuclear Threat Seriously, But Not Too Seriously. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 9/22 

• 'A Crisis Coming': The Twin Threats to American Democracy. Professor of the Practice of International Affairs Yascha Mounk quoted in the New York Times, 9/21  

• The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis. Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 9/21

• Russian History Professor Breaks Down Putin's Latest Speech. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by NPR, 9/21 

• Italy’s Election Paradox: Why America and the EU Should Root for a Far-Right Populist. Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy Erik Jones wrote in Foreign Affairs, 9/21 

• China Dream Keeps Southeast Asia Awake at Night. Resident Professor of International Politics David Arase wrote in Yusof Ishak Institute’s Fulcrum, 9/20  

• Putin Is Cornered. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 9/20  

• Biden’s Promise to Defend Taiwan Says a Lot About America’s View of China. Ho-Fung Hung quoted in Vox, 9/19 

• Is EU Enlargement to Ukraine and Moldova Credible? Lecturer of Risk in International Politics Veronica Anghel wrote in the European Consortium for Political Research’s The Loop, 7/21

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘Beef, Bible and Bullets’ Coalition Is Here to Stay. Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Monica de Bolle quoted in Financial Times, 10/3 

• A Brazilian Election Debrief with Monica de Bolle and Brian Winter. Monica de Bolle interviewed by Americas Society and Council of the Americas, 10/3 

• Major Air Combat and Special-Ops Drills Show How the US and Its Partners Are Trying to Lock Down an Important Region Amid Tensions with Russia. SAIS MA student '23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in Business Insider, 10/3 

• Putin Got Issues: The Russian Military Can’t Stop Losing in Ukraine. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in 1945, 10/2 

• U.S.-China Tech Fight Leaves Global Losers. SAIS alumna '11 Robyn Mak wrote in Reuters, 9/30 

• What Can the U.S. Learn from Putin’s War in Ukraine? SAIS MA student '23 Grant Bubb wrote in The National Interest, 9/29 

• Mysterious Fires and Explosions at Sensitive Russian Sites Are Hints of A Hallmark Mission for Special-Operations Units. Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in Business Insider, 9/28 

• U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit. SAIS Research Fellow Michael Walsh interviewed by Government Matters, 9/27

• How to Make Sure Your Research Paper is Reproducible? Evidence from 55 Papers. SAIS alumna’ 09 Maria Jones wrote in World Bank Blogs, 9/26 

• US Moves Toward ‘Strategic Clarity’ Reveal Old Rifts in China-US Relations. SAIS MA student '23 Joe Baldock wrote in The Diplomat, 9/22  

• Biden’s Trade War Against Himself. Senior Fellow Anne O. Krueger wrote in The Business Times, 9/22  

• Yuan-Class Type 039A: China’s Deadly Diesel-Electric Submarine. SAIS alumnus '16 Henry Holst quoted in 1945, 9/21

• Samsung Climate Inertia Is By-Product of Seoul's. Robyn Mak wrote in Reuters, 9/20

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