In The News: April 24, 2025

‘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 Pentagon Can't Be Run Like a Business. Professor of Practice Mara Karlin wrote in Foreign Affairs, 4/24

Trump Administration's Changes to the Pentagon. Adjunct Lecturer Charles Stevenson interviewed on C-SPAN, 4/24

Milei Defies Forecasts So Far As Argentina's Peso Strengthens. Professor of Practice at SAIS Europe Guido Sandleris interviewed by Bloomberg, 4/23

Hegseth Delivers What Trump Wants With Unwanted Controversy. Adjunct Lecturer Charles Stevenson quoted in Bloomberg, 4/23

Iran is the Enemy the West Created. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr wrote in Institute of Art and Ideas , 4/23

The Inheritance: America's Military After Two Decades of War. Mara Karlin interviewed by Irregular Warfare Podcast, 4/22

Trump Stands by Hegseth After Phone Call About Newly Revealed Signal Chat. Mara Karlin quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 4/21

La salida del cepo es un paso adelante y es más sano, aúncuando en abril suba la inflación. (Spanish) Guido Sandleris interviewed by Clarin, 4/20

Battle Lines of U.S.-China Trade War Sharpen in Southeast Asia. Senior Lecturer and FPI Director Carla Freeman quoted in The Washington Post, 4/20

Israeli Probe Into Deaths of Gaza Medics Finds Fault. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by DW News, 4/20

U.S-Iran Nuclear Talks. (Arabic) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Arabic, 4/18

With His Promises of Peace Unmet in Gaza and Ukraine, Trump May Find Iran Just as Tough. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Reuters, 4/18
 
Trump’s D.C. U.S. Attorney Pick Appeared on Russian State Media Over 150 Times. Lecturer and Director of Emerging Technologies Initiatives Olga Belogolova quoted in The Washington Post, 4/16
 
Trade, Tariffs, and India's Silver Lining. Assistant Professor of International Economics Shoumitro Chatterjee interviewed by Grand Tamasha Podcast, 4/15
 
‘The US Can Start a War with Iran, But It Will Not Get to Finish It,’ Warns Former State Department Adviser Vali Nasr. Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 4/14
 
How to Fix America’s Ship Problem. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent Calder wrote in The National Interest, 4/14
 
Kleptocracy, Inc. Senior Fellow at SAIS and the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 4/14
 
Iran Has a Reason to Strike a Nuclear Deal: Its Economy Is in Trouble. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 4/13
 
U.S. Nuclear Talks with Iran Move Forward, but Many Pitfalls Lie Ahead. Sanam Vakil and Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 4/13

US-Iran Talks Went ‘As Well As Expected’. Vali Nasr interviewed by CNN, 4/13
 
Cable Wars: What To Do About Deepening Conflict Beneath the Seas. Kent Calder wrote in Asia Times, 4/12
 
Чи приведуть переговори між Росією і Україною до миру? Американський дослідник назвав умови. (Ukrainian) Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by BBC News Ukraine, 4/12

Military Academies Criticized for Removing DEI-Related Books from Libraries. Senior Fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies and Senior Adjunct Professor Thomas Keaney quoted in ABC News, 4/12
 
By Plan or Luck, Trump Landed His First Blow on China. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 4/12
 
Elon Musk jak na Dzikim Zachodzie. Ruszył kosmiczny wyścig po nieziemskie pieniądze. (Polish) Adjunct Assistant Professor Svetla Ben-Itzhak quoted in Rzeczpospolita, 4/11

Iraq Taking 'Multi-Aligned' Approach When Balancing Ties with US And Iran. Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 4/11
 
Clean Technologies and Digitalization in Energy Transition. Lecturer Anna Broughel interviewed by Central Asian Network for Sustainable Energy Transition Podcast, 4/10
 
Tariffs Can’t Stop China’s Clean Energy from Winning the Future. Associate Professor Jonas Nahm and A. Doak Barnett Professor of China Studies Jeremy Wallace wrote in Foreign Policy, 4/10

Balkans Hit Hard by Trump's Tariff War. Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by TRT International, 4/9
 
Can Trump Cut a New Deal with Iran? Vali Nasr quoted in U.S. News and World Report, 4/9

Trump vs Iran: Deal or War? Sanam Vakil quoted in The Times Podcast, 4/9

US-Iran Talks Will Prevent War but Progress Will Be Slow, Experts Say. Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 4/9

Cittadinanza alla prova del referendum: norme e realtà del Paese. (Italian) Robert Abernethy Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Justin Frosini interviewed by Il sole 24 Ore, 4/9

Is Beijing Secretly Supporting Russia in Ukraine? Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Daily Mail, 4/8

Will Witkoff and Araghchi Meet in Oman? (Arabic) Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC Arabic, 4/8
 
Hamas Rejects Israeli Ceasefire Proposal. Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 4/8

With Trump’s Return, Netanyahu Faces Fewer Restraints on Gaza Than Ever. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 4/8
 
An Explosive Clock Is Ticking on Iran and Its Nuclear Program. Sanam Vakil quoted in The New York Times, 4/8
 
What Cards Can UK Play as Frustration with Israel Deepens? Sanam Vakil quoted in The National, 4/8
 
Israel Carves Morag Corridor Through Gaza in ‘Medieval Siege’ Strategy: Analysis. Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Rob Geist Pinfold interviewed by Al Jazeera, 4/6

Crna Gora postaje slaba karika na Zapadnom Balkanu i nepouzdan partner. (Montenegrin) Sinisa Vukovic interviewed by Standard, 4/4

In Trump’s Tariff World, India Must Say: We Are Open for Business. Shoumitro Chatterjee wrote in Indian Express, 4/4

Informativna emisija 24 sata. (Montenegrin) Sinisa Vukovic interveiwed by Televizija E, 4/3
 

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

Trump's Tariffs Put Us on a Path Toward International Conflict and Economic Decline. SAIS MAIR alumnus '93 Sean Ryan wrote in Crain's Chicago Business, 4/22

How Turkey Can Help Defend Europe. SAIS MAIR alumnus ‘23 Ali Mammadov wrote in The National Interest, 4/17

Taiwan’s Biggest Problem in Steeling Itself for War with China Is Cultural. SAIS MASCI alumnus ‘07 Yuster Yu wrote in War on the Rocks, 4/16

The U.S. Is Abducting Students. What Will Be the Cost to Us? SAIS MAIR alumnus ‘85 David Hamod wrote in The Des Moines Register, 4/13
 
Water, Energy and Peace: The Case for a Mediterranean Axis. FPI Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 4/13

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