In The News: March 23, 2026
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
Polls Show Americans Dislike Canada More Than Ever, and That's Bad News for the Trade War. Adjunct Lecturer and Director of the Center for Canadian Studies Christopher Sands quoted in National Post, 3/22
“Iran Is Playing the Long Game:” Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr Interviewed by Democracy Now, 3/19
Why a Weakened Iran is Insisting on Prolonging the War. Associate Professor and Co-Director of Rethinking Iran Narges Bajoghli quoted by CNN, 3/19
Netanyahu Hopes Strikes on Iran Will Lead to Uprising and Regime Change. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 3/18
Takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress Meeting. William L. Clayton Associate Professor Ling Chen wrote in War On The Rocks, 3/17
Historian Shares How Russia Benefits from The US Being at War with Iran. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko interviewed by NPR, 3/17
Expert Urges Japan, U.S. to Reaffirm Importance of Alliance. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent Calder interviewed by Jiji Press, 3/16
In Iraq, the U.S. Tried to Bring Allies on Board. Not in Iran. Professor of Practice at SAIS Europe Nathalie Tocci quoted in The New York Times, 3/17
Middle East Experts Discuss Trump's Pressure on NATO to Reopen Strait of Hormuz. Nathalie Tocci interviewed by PBS, 3/16
Trump Leaves Allies and Foes Guessing on Endgame for Iran. Vali Nasr quoted in Bloomberg, 3/15
Iran War: Trump Urges China, Other Nations, to Send Warships to Secure Hormuz. Vali Nasr quoted in The South China Morning Post, 3/15
The Keystone XL Pipeline Could Come Back from The Dead in a New Form. Christopher Sands quoted in The Washington Examiner, 3/15
The Battle on the Propaganda Front Intensifies. Vali Nasr Interviewed by Al Jazeera, 3/14
Trump and Netanyahu’s Iran Quagmire is Wrecking the Global Economy. Narges Bajoghli quoted in The South China Morning Post, 3/14
AI Is Like the First Car: It Will Revolutionise a World That Has Not Yet Been Built for It. SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs Henry Farrell quoted in The Observer, 3/13
Why Iran Isn't Breaking: Vali Nasr on Pain, Patience and the Uprising That Isn't Coming. Vali Nasr Interviewed by Bloomberg, 3/13
Why Anthropic’s Fight with The Pentagon Looks Very Chinese. Henry Farrell quoted in The Financial Review, 3/12
What is the Endgame in Iran? Professor of Practice Mara Karlin interviewed by GD Politics, 3/12
If Iran Were Ever Going to Use Sleeper Cells in US 'It Would be Now.’ Mara Karlin interviewed by MS NOW, 3/12
Trump’s Iran War Is Estimated to Cost in the Billions Already, With No End in Sight. Mara Karlin quoted in Source NM, 3/11
War in Iran: Former Defense Official Breaks Down US Response and Strategy. Mara Karlin interviewed by ABC News, 3/11
Can Iran’s Regime Survive the War? Mara Karlin interviewed by Brookings Podcast, 3/11
“War on the Iranian People”: Nationalism Grows in Iran in Defiance of Deadly U.S. and Israeli Strikes. Narges Bajoghli interviewed by Democracy Now, 3/12
Iran Is Playing a Long Game. Vali Nasr wrote in The Financial Times, 3/12
The Challenges of Protecting Americans in the Middle East. Mara Karlin interviewed by ABC News, 3/11
How Donald Trump’s Iran War is Destabilizing the Gulf. James Anderson Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Sanam Vakil quoted The New Yorker, 3/11
Iran's Endgame for This War. Sanam Vakil interviewed by CNN, 3/11
Why Iran Wants A Long War. Vali Nasr Interviewed by WBUR, 3/11
Iranian Military Shows It Knows How to Adapt, U.S. Officials Say. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 3/10
Iran Expert Discusses What New Supreme Leader Means for Country's Future. Vali Nasr Interviewed by NPR, 3/10
Five Ways the Iran War Could Unfold. Vali Nasr Quoted in The Financial Times, 3/10
Hegseth: Today 'Most Intense' of US Attacks. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 3/10
The Bank Trump is Relying on for Rare-Earth Minerals. Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of International Affairs Jonas Nahm quoted in The New York Times, 3/9
How Trump Betrayed His First Duty to Americans. Mara Karlin wrote in The New York Times, 3/9
When Talks Fail in the Middle East. FPI Senior Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer Edward P. Joseph interviewed by Vietnam Today, 3/9
Iran 'Blinds' U.S. Before Final Blow. Edward P. Joseph interviewed by WION, 3/9
US-Iran War: Putin Offers Suggestions to Trump on Ending Iran War Quickly. Edward P. Joseph interviewed by WION, 3/9
Iran War Is Showing America's Strength - and Weaknesses. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 3/8
Iran’s New Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Son, is a Mysterious Figure. Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 3/8
What to Know About Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's Next Supreme Leader. Vali Nasr quoted in ABC News, 3/8
Iran Has a New Supreme Leader. What Does That Mean? Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 3/8
One Week into Iran War, the Dangers for the US And Trump Multiply. Laura Blumenfeld quoted in Reuters, 3/7
Trump Has Laid Out A ‘Dim Sum Menu’ Of Reasons for Attacking Iran. There’s One Key Thing Missing. Mara Karlin quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald, 3/7
China Spent Years Building Ties in Latin America. Can Trump Make Room for the US? Lecturer and Managing Director of Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs Margaret Myers quoted in BBC, 3/6
The Iranian Diaspora is Fracturing in Real Time, Across Dinner Tables, on Whatsapp, and in the Silence of Blocked Numbers. Narges Bajoghli wrote in The New York Magazine, 3/6
‘Cavalier and Demeaning’: the Trump Team’s Hyper-Aggressive War Rhetoric. Mara Karlin quoted in The Financial Times, 3/5
US Holds Talks with Iranian Kurdish Militants Over Anti-Regime Operations. Vali Nasr quoted in The Financial Times, 3/5
“Iran Is Not Going to Surrender”: Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran. Narges Bajoghli interviewed by Democracy Now, 3/4
Historic Harvests and Sky-High Prices – So Why Can’t Colombia’s Coffee-Growers Hire Pickers. Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe Jacqueline Mazza quoted in The Guardian, 3/3
Kraj opsade Sarajeva: 'Snajperista me imao na nišanu, ali je odabrao da ubije dete'. (Bosnian) Edward P. Joseph quoted in BBC News, 3/2
China’s Economic Involution: State and Business Strategies. Ling Chen wrote in China Leadership Monitor, 2/28
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