In The News: September 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

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

• WTO Warns Against Global Trade Split-Up. Arthur Appleton quoted in Business World, 9/13

• 'Joseph: Kurti and Vucic Benefit from the Crisis in the North.' Adjunct Lecturer and Senior FPI Fellow Edward P. Joseph was interviewed by Radio Free Europe, 9/12

• Vladimir Putin Pleased Trump Indictments Reveal 'the Rotten American Political System." Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko quoted in the Washington Examiner, 9/12 

• Opinion: 30 Years Later, The Oslo Vision Can Still Be Revived. Adjunct lecturer David Makovsky wrote in The Washington Post, 9/11

• What Russia Got By Scaring Elon Musk. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 9/11

• Deterrence in Taiwan is Failing. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Policy, 9/8

• India’s Policy Contradictions Are Making It Harder For Investors To Crack Its Market. Chung Ju Yung Professor of International Economics Pravin Krishna quoted in CNBC, 9/8

• Young People in China Can’t Find Work, and Xi Jinping Has Only One Response. Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy Ho-fung Hung wrote in The New York Times, 9/8

• Putin’s Reaching Out To Kim Jong-Un Is A Desperate Move – And Potentially A Dangerous One. Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Guardian, 9/7

• India’s G20 Presidency Risks Ringing Hollow as Ukraine War Dashes Hopes of Consensus. Pravin Krishna quoted in CNBC, 9/5

• How to Make the Inflation Reduction Act Rollout a Success: Lessons from Europe. Dean Acheson Associate Professor of International Political Economy Matthias Matthijs and Associate Professor Jonas Nahm wrote in the Council on Foreign Relations blog, 9/6

• Saudi Arabia Lands in Spain in A Big Way With the Purchase of 9.9% of Telefónica. The James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The Limited Times, 9/5

• China’s Xi Fights Fires at Home and Abroad. Assistant Professor Ling Chen quoted in The Washington Post, 9/5

• Cuba Says ‘Human Trafficking Network’ is Sending its Nationals to Fight for Russia in Ukraine. Sergey Radchenko quoted in CNN, 9/5

• Tilting the Balance: What Does Erdoğan Get by Meeting with Putin? Assistant Professor of International Relations Lisel Hintz quoted in Turkey Recap, 9/5

• As the G20 Summit Nears, India is Tearing Itself Apart. Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies Devesh Kapur quoted in the Financial Times, 9/4

• How the War in Ukraine is Driving a New Global Order. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence John Mclaughlin wrote in the Decipher Brief, 9/3

• India: A Strategically Favorable Situation. Administrative Director for the South Asia Studies Program Walter Andersen wrote in the Sunday Guardian, 9/3 

• American Influence: Ireland Must Focus on Economic Security as Arena of Vulnerability. Professor of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute at SAIS Henry Farrell wrote in The Irish Times, 9/2

• Time to Tap Growth Opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies Vali Nasr quoted in the Eurasia Review, 9/1'Kissinger’s Prophetic Warning Would Have Helped the West Stop Putin's War on Ukraine.' Sergey Radchenko quoted in the Daily Express, 9/1

• Our Voices 535: Female Politicians and the Power in Numbers. Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Senior Lecturer and Director of SAIS Women Lead Dr. Chiedo Nwankwor interviewed on Voice of America Africa,  9/1

• A Saudi-Israel Deal Could Dramatically Reshape The Middle East — But Don’t Expect It Anytime Soon. Sanam Vakil quoted in CNBC, 9/1

• Raimondo’s ‘Bold Move’ in China. Ho-fung Hung quoted in Politico, 8/31

• Iran’s Opposition Has No Idea Who Or What Should Come Next. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Jewish Chronicle, 8/31

• Russia And Turkey Vie Over Black Sea, as Erdoğan Prepares to Visit Putin. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Politico, 8/30

• U.S., South Korea and Japan Agree to Deepen Military Ties. Resident Professor of International Politics David Arase interviewed in Taiwan Talks, 8/29

• Professori: Vladimir Putinin Toiminta On Osoitus Järjestelmän Kriisistä. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Verkkouutiset, 8/25

• “It’s Just How Things Are Done”: Social Ecologies of Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Aid." Aronson Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies Sarah Parkinson wrote in International Studies Quarterly, 8/23

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• Vietnam-US: Historic New Phase of Cooperation. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton quoted in The Hanoi Times,  9/12

• How Has the Global South Shaped Developments At The G20 Summit? FPI Senior Fellow Vikram Nehru quoted in Channel News Asia, 9/11

• The Case For Northeast Asia Command. SAIS PhD candidate Shawn Harding wrote in Sasakawa USA, 9/11

• In a US Showdown With China, There Are Some Missions With No Special-Operations 'Easy Button.' SAIS alumnus '23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in Business Insider, 9/11

• UAE Boosts Trade With Iran After Eased Restrictions on Business Activity. Senior Fellow at FPI Afshin Molavi quoted in the Financial Times, 9/10. 

• Will India End Up Alienated from Brics over US Tilt, Attempts to Dilute China’s Influence? SAIS PhD Candidate Anu Anwar quoted in South China Morning Post, 9/3

• The Upcoming Colombian Local Elections Will Be a Referendum on President Gustavo Petro. SAIS MA Student '24 Enrique Reyes Dominguez wrote in The Global Americans, 9/1

• Appeasement Without Limits. Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations Daniel Serwer wrote in Peacefare, 9/1

• Navigating the Nile — a Win-Win for Egypt and Ethiopia. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al Ghwell wrote in the Arab News, 9/2

• Moscow’s African Footprint is in Flux. SAIS MA Student '25 Mathew Cesare wrote in the American Foreign Policy Council, 8/30

• UN Withdrawal from Mali: Consequences and Containment Strategies for Peacekeeping. SAIS PhD candidate Ruth Esther Namatovu wrote in the Wilson Center blog, 8/23