SOAS in the Media: 20-26 October

27 October 2020

Items related to Asia

  • Business Insider : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on power shifting in Asia and China - US relations - 22 Oct
  • The Times Higher Education : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China's plans to bring Hong Kong students to mainland China for study - 26 Oct
  • South China Morning Post : Steve Tsang comments on China-US relations - 23 Oct
  • Wealth Magazine , MoneyDJ : Steve Tsang comments on China-Taiwan-US relations - 20 Oct
  • Two Circles.net : Dr Subir Sinha, Senior Lecturer in Institutions and Development comments on the plight migrant laborers in Bihar, India - 26 Oct
  • StratNewsGlobal : Dr. Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations comments on Britain stepping up presence in the Indian Ocean - 21 Oct
  • Inside Indonesia : Michael Buehler, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, writes about regulation and corruption in Indonesia's oil and gas industry - 26 Oct
  • Nikkei Asian Review : Lauren Johnston, Research Associate at the China Institute writes about what China can teach the world about getting old and staying rich - 21 Oct
  • RadiiChina.com : Dr. Mukta Das, Research Associate at the Food studies centre comments on Indian-Chinese cusine and issues around the prosposed boycott of it in India - 22 Oct
  • Bloomberg-Quint , Times of India , India Today : Burzine Waghmar, member of the Centre for the Study of Pakistan comments on 'Black Day' which highlights the October 1947 invasion of Kashmir - 20 Oct
  • The Independent : Dr Kristin Surak, former Senior Lecturer of Japanese Politics comments on Japan's recent pledge to net zero emissions by 2050 - 23 Oct

Items related to Africa

  • The Conversation , ForeignAffairs.co.nz : Dr Olamide Samuel, Senior Teaching Fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) writes about why digital evidence of #EndSARS shooting in Nigeria makes impunity much harder - 26 Oct
  • South China Morning Post : Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics comments on the appointment of China's new ambassador to Ethiopia - 21 Oct
  • Pindula News : Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, warns Zimbabwean politican Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance that they risk losing political relevance ahead of the crucial 2023 polls. - 20 Oct
  • The I : Bulama Bukarti, PhD student comments on the ongoing anti-police protests in Nigeria - 21 Oct

Items related to the Middle East

  • Terra Brasil , Época Negócios : Wen-chin Ouyang, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature comments on the lack of both Arab writers who have won the Nobel Prize - 24 Oct
  • Chatham House : Dr Matthew J Nelson, Reader in Politics writes about The Taliban’s (Islamic) Isolation and how the international community should use its leverage to press for an inclusive approach to Afghan constitutional politics -21 Oct

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • Reuters (UK) , Frankfurter Rundschau , Business Line: and 10 other media outlets: Dr Yannis Dafermos, Lecturer in Economics, comments on the findings of a new report in collaboration with Greenpeace UK, which urges the European Central Bank to consider companies’ carbon footprint when choosing which corporate debt to buy - 20 Oct
  • Mirage News : Dr Anna Lindley and Professor Laura Hammond of the Development Studies deparment recieve funding for the project, Migrant Remittances and Covid-19: Practices of Care during Crisis - 23 Oct
  • Middle East Eye : Myriam François, Research Associate at the Centre of Islamic Studies (CIS) writes about issues of French nationalism, free speech and islamophobia in the wake of the killing of teacher Samuel Paty - 23 Oct
  • The Guardian : Interview with SOAS Honorary Margaret Busby which mentions the Daughters of Africa scholarship at SOAS - 22 Oct
  • Dazed Digital : SOAS alumna and Founder of the Black Curriculum Lavinya Stennett discusses the need to have Black British History on the school curriculum - 22 Oct
  • Radio Taiwan International , EasternKicks : Information about the Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema Project taking place at SOAS - 26 Oct

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