SOAS in the media - 11-17 Jul

  • SOAS alum Kareem Dennis, aka Lowkey, was interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning Iraqi data journalist Mona Chalabi in a 10-page print feature for GQ Middle East about the Arabic language, his Iraqi heritage, and justice. 
  • Burzine Waghmar was interviewed by the Epoch Times about the cooperation of Indo-American defence with the US Navy now establishing new logistics hubs at Indian ports.
  • Steve Tsang was quoted several times in this parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee report about China and the country's potential threats to the UK.
  • Kate Bayliss spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the Thames Water crisis and how UK investors agreed to inject nearly $1 billion to stave off a government intervention that could have resulted in temporary renationalization.
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote an opinion piece for the Evening Standard to accompany a report about MPs’ concerns about Chinese spies in the UK.
  • Jim Hoare appeared live on Polish TVP to speak about the North Korean missile tests. 
  • Olivia Cheung and George Magnus were interviewed by the BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the Intelligence and Security Committee report on China.
  • The Japanese Aesthetics of Recycling Exhibition currently showing in SOAS's Brunei Gallery reviewed in the Protagonist Magazine
  • On last week's podcast episode of China in Context, Duncan Bartlett discussed the stability of Xi Jinping’s leadership with Bernhard Bartsch from the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin.
  • Steve Tsang was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about Hong Kong's crackdown on overseas activists. 
  • Duncan Bartlett analysed why Japan’s prime minister believes relations with South Korea have entered a “new era” - Japan Forward.
  • Gilbert Achcar wrote a response for New Politics to Tom Dale's discussion of Gilbert's initial article about the Left and Ukraine - the Labour Hub. 
  • Guy Standing wrote an opinion piece asking the Rt Hon David Lammy MP to lead on deep sea mining - the Labour Hub.  
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote an analysis for Japan Forward about the role played by Japan’s prime minister at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • Colin Shindler wrote for the Thunderer column in the Times about how the King of Bulgaria during WWII was not the hero history makes him out to be. 
  • Ulrich Volz and Peter Knaack wrote for the LSE Blog about what inclusive green finance could look like for central banks and financial supervisors.
  • Fareda Banda, as chair of the judging panel for the Caine Prize for African Writing 2023, was featured in All Africa and the Independent Nigeria.
  • Kate Bayliss spoke to BNN Bloomberg about the conflicting objectives of Ofwat and the impact they are having on the way the system works.