SOAS in the media - 18-24 Apr

  • Robbie Barnett spoke to the Diplomat about Bhutan-China border disputes and India's role in this.
  • Steve Tsang commented on China ramping up construction on its new Antarctic station - NBC News.
  • Burzine Waghmar was interviewed on DDIndia about the Russian Foreign Ministry's newly issued foreign policy concept and the G7 meeting.
  • Olivette Otele was quoted in the Guardian about how the descendants of UK slave owners are calling on the government to apologise.
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote for Japan Forward explaining why the G7 foreign minister’s meeting in Nagano called on China to act as a responsible member of the international community.
  • Jim Hoare was interviewed on TVP about the North Korean announcement of its intention to launch spy satellites and the Japanese threat to intercept any that passed over its territory.
  • Burzine Waghmar published a RUSI commentary titled 'India's SCO Presidency: No Shanghai Surprise', covering the upcoming SCO Summit.
  • Duncan Bartlett spoke to Buzzsprout about the controversial remarks about Taiwan made by the French President Emmanuel Macron with Hanns Maull from the Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies.
  • Colin Shindler wrote an opinion piece for Jewish News about the evolving approach of British Jews to Israel over 75 years.
  • Steve Tsang was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 - PM on the changing demographics in China vs India.
  • SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies is featured in this report by Taiwan's Central News Agency after hosting the award winning Taiwanese documentary director Tsai Tsung-lung's film screening of And More Miles to Go Before I Sleep. 
  • Adam Habib provided comment to the National News about government's proposed restrictions on families joining overseas students in the UK.
  • Duncan Bartlett offers BBC World News (live TV) analysis on the key points to emerge from the meeting of G7 finance ministers in Nagano, Japan. 
  • Nick Westcott spoke to the Guardian about the ongoing unrest in Khartoum, Sudan.
  • Melek Saral commented for the BBC about the state of Tunisia's democracy and its stability. 
  • Carlos Oya's report published along with others was cited in a Quartz article about how Chinese companies pay in Africa.
  • Innocent Batsani-Ncube spoke to Voice of America about why China is building Africa's new parliaments.
  • Kambaiz Rafi wrote for the Conversation about how women and girls are paying the price in Afghanistan under the Taliban.