In The News: August 18, 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

• US Asks Iran to Stop Selling Drones to Russia. The James Anderson Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies Sanam Vakil quoted in the Financial Times, 8/16

• Ukraine Is Fighting to Survive. So Why Are Allies Nervous About These Weapons? Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot Cohen wrote in the Washington Post, 8/16

• The West’s ‘See No Evil’ Approach to Serbia’s Vucic Risks Destabilizing the Balkans. Adjunct Lecturer and Senior FPI Fellow Edward Joseph quoted in CNN, 8/15

• Do Oppenheimer’s Warnings About Nuclear Weapons Apply to AI? The Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 8/15

• Zalmay Khalilzad's Push to Stay Relevant After Losing Afghanistan. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in Politico, 8/13

• Iranian Politicians to Debate Over Hijab Law Behind Closed Doors. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Republic World, 8/13

• America's Coming Presidential Elections, Any Third Way? Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent Calder wrote in Kyodo News, 8/12

• Iran Transfers Five Imprisoned Americans to House Arrest. Sanam Vakil quoted in The Financial Times, 8/10

• What Was Once a Safe Haven for Those Fleeing China Is Now a More Dangerous Place. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz quoted in NBC News, 8/10

• Experts Say China, Facing Economic Woes, May Become More Aggressive. Hal Brands quoted in Voice of America, 8/10

• The Saga of Hong Kong's Protest Anthem, Which Authorities Are Trying to Ban. Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor of Political Economy Ho-Fung Hung quoted in NPR, 8/8

• The Protests Inside Iran's Girls' Schools. Assistant Professor Narges Bajoglhi quoted in The New Yorker, 8/7

• With Ukraine Summit, Saudi Arabia Boasts Mediator Role, Courts West. Sanam Vakil quoted in Al-Monitor, 8/5

• Western Diplomats Need to Stop Whining about Ukraine. Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 8/4

• Will Ukraine Rid Europe of Its Colonial Mindset? Lecturer Veronica Anghel wrote in Voxeurop, 8/3

STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE

• From Trade War to Subsidy War. Senior Fellow Anne Krueger wrote in Project Syndicate, 8/15

• Remembering General Paik Sun-yup. SAIS Phd candidate Jaehan Park wrote in the Council on Foreign Relations, 8/15

• The United States Can't Offset Its Rivals in Central Asia Alone.Turkey Can Help. SAIS alum '23 Ali Mammadov wrote in the Atlantic Council, 8/14

• Global Community Faces an Impossible Choice in Libya.  Senior FPI Fellow and Executive Director of North Africa Initiative Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 8/12

• For China's Economy, a Crisis of Confidence. SAIS alum '23 Xiangxue Zheng wrote in the Diplomat, 8/11

• In An Effort to Engage ASEAN Members, US Hosts New Fellowship Training Programme. SAIS alumna '21 Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning, 8/10

• US Special Operations Command Is Working on a New Mini-sub to Carry Seals to Their Targets in Style. SAIS alum ’23 Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in Yahoo, 8/10

• Baghdadi Raid Documents Suggest New US Standards For Assessing Civilian Harm. SAIS alumna Anna Zahn wrote in Just Security, 8/10 

• Paraguay Attempts to Be An Island of Stability in Latin America. SAIS MAIR student '24 Greg Ross wrote in Real Clear World, 8/10

• Joe Biden Signs Into Law Bill Approving US-Taiwan Trade Agreement to Boost Bilateral Economic Ties. Bochen Han wrote in South China Morning, 8/8

• Unnecessary Fights With Israel Harm U.S. Interests. SAIS alum '23 Zack Schildcrout wrote in 19FortyFive, 8/6

• An Everyday Defense of Global Trade. Senior Fellow at FPI Afshin Molavi wrote in Jordan News, 8/5

• Al-Sudani's War on Corruption in Iraq is An Uphill Struggle. Hafed Al-Ghwell wrote in Arab News, 8/5