SOAS in the media 25 Apr - 01 May

  • Hisae Kato spoke to Swedish newspaper - Flamman - about the current situation in Sudan.
  • Gilbert Achcar provided comment to Ahram Online about how it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war.
  • Duncan Bartlett and James Laurenceson were appeared on Buzzsprout to discuss how Australia’s prime minister is attempting to stabilise the relationship with China.
  • Owen Miller spoke to the Telegraph about the North Korean influencers behind Kim Jong-un’s new propaganda push.
  • Gilbert Achcar appeared on the Gateway podcast to talk about his latest book: The New Cold War: The US, Russia and China from Kosovo to Ukraine
  • Duncan Bartlett wrote for Japan Forward about the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, following his state visit to Washington. 
  • Steve Tsang spoke to CNN Espanol about Xi Jinping being positioned as a mediating agent after the league with Zelensky. 
  • Gilbert Achcar wrote for New Politics about the "Sudanese dream" that the unrest may have the same effect that wars have had on some of the major revolutions of the modern era.
  • Duncan Bartlett continued his “China’s World” series with an in-depth analysis of the current state of relations between China, the UK and the countries of the European Union - the China Project
  • Karabekir Akkoyunlu appeared on BBC Weekend programme where he discussed various topics from the situation in Sudan and Biden’s re-election bid, to the elections in Turkey and Napoli’s chances of winning the Italian football league.
  • Lina Khatib was interviewed on NPR on how countries are normalising relations with Syria and this leading to regime victims fearing no accountability.
  • Colin Shindler spoke to the Jerusalem Post about his new book featuring 100 Cartoons that summarize Israeli, Zionist history.
  • Steve Tsang wrote a letter to the Times about why the UK must develop a proper China strategy and invest in China programmes at university. 
  • The late Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf's multi-year project called Social Change in Rural Nepal and resulting book was referenced by the Kathmandu Post's article on Nepali social scientists demanding funds for social science research in the country.
  • Costas Laspavitsas provided an interview to Truthout about how regulation won't end bank crises, rather public control is needed.
  • Steve Tsang spoke to CNN about Xi Jinping stepping up bid to broker peace with Zelensky.
  • Nimer Sultany was quoted by IFP News about the UN special rapporteur in the occupied Palestinian territories who says she has been the target of an Israeli “smear campaign”.
  • Steve Tsang provided comment to CNN about how China may need to bail out one of its poorest provinces.