In The News: September 01, 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

• The Grand Race For Techno-Security Leadership. Senior Research Professor Thomas G. Mahnken wrote in War On The Rocks, 08/31

• Another Russia Is Possible. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in Foreign Affairs, 08/29

• Why have Russia and North Korea strengthened their diplomatic ties? Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in BBC News Indonesia, 08/29

• Russia and The Question of Legitimacy: A Symposium, Part IV. American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and Resident Professor of Political Science Adam K. Webb contributed commentary, 8/29

• Russian State TV's False Narratives. Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies and Professor of Strategic Studies Thomas Rid interviewed by On the Media Podcast, 08/26

• America: Weak Power to Superpower to Hyperpower? Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy Michael Mandelbaum interviewed by Global Village Space, 08/26 

• China Cancels 23 Loans to Africa Amid 'Debt Trap' Debate. Professor Emerita in International Political Economy and Director of China-Africa Research Initiative Deborah Bräutigam quoted in Voice of America, 08/25

• Johns Hopkins' Lipsky on Jackson Hole. Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar John Lipsky interviewed by Bloomberg, 08/25

• Victims of 1988 Iranian ‘Death Commission’ File Suit in NYC Against Iranian President Raisi. Practitioner-in-Residence and Interim Director of International Law and Organizations Steven Schneebaum quoted in Fox News, 08/25

• Capital Mobility and Taxation. Assistant Professor of Political Economy Ling Chen interviewed by the CSIS "Pekingology" Podcast, 08/25 

• Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands interviewed by The Dispatch Podcast, 08/25

• How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed the World: The Biggest Surprises Six Months In. Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence John McLaughlin quoted in Grid News, 08/24

• Made-in-America Electric Cars: Good in Theory But A Complicated Mess in Practice. Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment Jonas Nahm quoted in The New Republic, 08/23

• Can Antony Blinken Update Liberal Foreign Policy For A World Gone Mad? Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen quoted in The Washington Post, 08/22

• Why Freedom of Speech Is the Next Abortion Fight. Professor of Practice of International Affairs Yascha Mounk wrote in The Atlantic, 08/22

• The Emerging Conflict With China. Hal Brands interviewed by The Lawfare Podcast, 08/19

• Russia’s war in Ukraine is How the Soviet Union Finally Ends. Hal Brands wrote in the Washington Post, 08/17

• Green Pacifism Goes to War. Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Kissinger Center Josef Joffe wrote in Project Syndicate, 08/17

• What Drives Vladimir Putin? Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in Engelsberg Ideas, 08/9

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Long-term Transport Growth Bodes Well for Mideast Airlines, Airport as Competition Intensifies. Senior Fellow at SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Afshin Molavi wrote in Al-Monitor, 8/31

• Military Intervention in Eastern DR Congo Won't Solve Conflict. SAIS Doctor of International Affairs student Ruth E. Namatovu wrote in Monitor, 08/30 

• We Should Demand More from Those Who Cover the Solomon Islands. SAIS Research Fellow Michael Walsh wrote in CANZPS Opinion, 08/30

• Sell F-16s to Argentina. SAIS alumnus Santiago Previde wrote in Defense One, 08/29

• Iraq Gets Deeper And Deeper into a Political Quagmire. Senior Fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 08/27

• Africa: Is a Global Recession Inevitable? Senior Fellow Anne O. Krueger quoted in All Africa, 08/27

• Ukraine can be Proud but not Happy. Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations and Professorial lecturer in Conflict Management Daniel Serwer wrote in Peacefare, 08/23

• US Must Learn How to Disrupt and Subvert Chinese Partnership Network. Michael Walsh wrote in the Hill, 08/22

• American CHIPS Off The Old Chinese Block. Anne O. Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 08/18

• Threats on Democracy Across the Globe. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum interviewed on the Kasich and Klepper Podcast, 08/18