In The News: September 28, 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.

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN'S SPEECH AT SAIS

• Ukraine's Biggest Battle Will Be Retaining Support. The National, 9/24

• Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, Andrea Mitchell, Katty Kay, and Mike Barnicle of Morning Joe on MSNBC. US Department of State, 9/21

• 'Strategic Partnership with India has Never Been More Dynamic': US State Secy Antony Blinken. The Economic Times, 9/14

• Blinken Discusses US Diplomacy's New Era at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Mirage News, 9/14

• The Old World Order is Over— Blinken. Russia Today, 9/14

• Biden, Harris Visits Highlights Rising Global South, Increasingly Pragmatic Washington. Voice of America, 9/14

• 'We Team Up on Everything': Antony Blinken on Current India-US Strategic Partnership. Indian Express, 9/14

• The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era. Europe and Global Times, 9/13

• Blinken Makes the Case for American Diplomacy in Johns Hopkins SAIS Address. JHU Hub, 9/13

• Secretary Blinken's Remarks at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. CSPAN, 9/13

• Anthony Blinken and the Many Low-Key Successes of the Biden Administration's Foreign Policy. The Daily Beast, 9/13

• Growing US' Competition With Russia, China, Marks End of Previous World Order— Blinken. TASS, 9/13

• Russia-Ukraine War at a Glance: What We Know on Day 567 of the Invasion. The Guardian, 9/13

FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

• Biden Administration Seeking Greater Mideast Engagement, Influence. Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies Vali Nasr quoted in Arab News, 9/27

• The Friends and Foes of Democracy in Israel. Professor Emeritus Michael Mandelbaum wrote in American Purpose, 9/26

• Commentary on Heightened Tensions Between Kosovo and Serbia. Senior FPI Fellow and Lecturer Edward Joseph interviewed on BBC Newsday, 9/25

• An Unholy Postmodern Synthesis. Professor of Practice of International Affairs Yascha Mounk interviewed on Liberty Law Talk podcast, 9/25

• Should We Borrow From Other Cultures? Of Course We should, Just As We Always Have. Yascha Mounk wrote in The Guardian, 9/24

• Kosovan PM Albin Kurti Says Talks with Serbia Have Reached Deadlock. Edward Joseph quoted in The Guardian, 9/24

• Pope Francis Calls Protection of Migrants a Duty of Civilization. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz quoted in the Wall Street Journal, 9/22

• Ukraine and US Need a New Strategy for a Longer War. The Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 9/22

• The Suspended Disaster & Turkey/Syria Zoom. Lisel Hintz interviewed on The Project on the Middle East Political Science podcast, 9/22

• The American Face of Authoritarian Propaganda. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 9/21

• With a Prisoner Swap and $6 Billion, Iran's President Has Changed the Subject. Vali Nasr quoted in Time, 9/20

• We Don’t Know if Elon Musk Brought Armageddon Closer — All We Know is Uncertainty. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko wrote in Politico, 9/20

• China's Role in Conflict Mediation in the Middle East. The James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil interviewed on the China-MENA podcast, 9/20

• Western Policy Towards Iran Lacks Both Goals and Goalposts. Sanam Vakil wrote in The Financial Times, 9/19

• The US-Iran Prisoner Deal is a Diplomatic Breakthrough, But the Bad Blood Persists. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNN, 9/19

• How Mahsa Amini's Death Permanently Changed Iran. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New Arab, 9/19

• Life in Iran is a ‘General Political Struggle.' Sanam Vakil interviewed on CNBC, 9/15

• Is Democracy on the Verge of Extinction? Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Gianfranco Pasquino quoted in Euro Day, 9/15

• WTO Plans to Fix Appellate Body Paralysis by 2024. Adjunct Professor of International Law at SAIS Europe Arthur Appleton quoted in BWorldOnline, 9/14

• Beware the False Prophets of War. The Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 9/11

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Nearshoring to Mexico: Key Challenges and Opportunities. SAIS alumnus '93 Gerardo Guiza interviewed by Global Auto Industry, 9/23

• China is Going to Use Less Coal, Despite Reports to the Contrary. SAIS alumnus '14 David Fishman wrote in The China Project, 9/21 

• Britain, New Zealand Would Consider Altering Trade Partnership to Entice US to Join: Top Negotiators. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning, 9/21

• The Great Debt Conundrum. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 9/21

• Education Cooperation With the US Helps Vietnam Fulfill SDGs: PM. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton quoted in The Hanoi Times,  9/19

• The Tragic Cost of Failure of Governance in Libya. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 9/16