SOAS in the media 2-8 May

  • Gilbert Achcar provided analysis on the U.S.’s rejection of China’s proposal for a negotiated settlement - Truthout.
  • Guy Standing provided comment to Wired about how the Crown Estate lays claim to vast ocean assets, allowing the royal family to cash in on the booming blue economy.
  • Owen Miller spoke to the Telegraph about North Korea's attempt to sugar-coat life there via young TikTok influencers - also the Independent Ireland.
  • Olivette Otele appeared on BBC Woman's Hour (49:55) to talk about Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte, explaining who she was, and if there is any credibility to the speculation that she was the first woman of colour in the Royal family.
  • SOAS ICOP's event "In conversation with Shahbaz Taseer" was featured on one of Pakistan's biggest outlets - Geo News
  • Satona Suzuki appeared as a guest on Voice of Islam podcast talking about Japan’s plummeting birth rates.
  • Steve Tsang spoke to SCMP about what FedEx moving jobs and Asia-Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore means.
  • Duncan Bartlett interviewed Dr Mark Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, on his views on a keynote speech on China by the British Foreign Secretary - Buzzsprout.
  • Jeune Afrique interviewed Phil Clark on Rwanda's new economic strategy based on bilateral peacekeeping missions.
  • Lina Khatib was quoted on KSKA Radio and Hawaii Public Radio talking about Assad's expectations of the International community. 
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote about the messages relating to China which have been sent by senior British politicians, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly - Asian Affairs.
  • Phil Clark conducted a news review for Monocle24 on the UK's anti-protest laws ahead of the coronation and anti-LGBTI legislation in Uganda.
  • Olufemi Bolaji's study on diaspora finance for infrastructure development in Nigeria was featured in a World Bank blog and an Infodig article. 
  • Colin Shindler wrote for Plus 61J Media about Israel's changing demographic trajectory. 
  • Duncan Bartlett analysed, in Japan Forward, the meeting between Singapore’s long-serving prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida.
  • Avinash Paliwal wrote for Hindustan Times about how the violence in Manipur could be a by-product of three interlocking processes.
  • Colin Shindler wrote for Jewish News about the impact of Oliver Cromwell founding the English Republic and its link to the Coronation.
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote an opinion piece challenging the decision of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to hold bilateral talks with Egypt’s authoritarian leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - Japan Forward.