SOAS in the media 26 Sep - 2 Oct

  • Steve Tsang spoke to Der Spiegel about the Chinese President Xi Jinping's third term and the current situatino of the country's economy and foreign relations. 
  • Aysha Siddiqa appeared on 5 News to speak about the explosions in Pakistan, the country's politics, and why mosques might be targetted.
  • Burzine Waghmar was interviewed on News18 about the ongoing diplomatic row between New Delhi and Ottawa over the alleged assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist. 
  • Steve Tsang provided comment to News Day Express about Taiwan's first indigenous submarine built for military use. 
  • Gurharpal Singh spoke to SCMP about the widening breach between India and Canada following the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and what the event has meant for the Sikh diaspora. 
  • Ulrich Volz provided comment to Banking Risk & Regulation's article about central banks facing an increasing struggle to uphold their green initiatives. 
  • Steve Tsang spoke to the New York Sun about America having to return their pandas to China, something they described as "punishment".
  • Gurharpal Singh appeared on BBC Radio Leicester to speak about Suella Braverman's comments on multiculturalism and the City of Leicester.
  • Steve Tsang was interviewed on BBC World Service's programme "the Inquiry" about India and China's international relationship.
  • Le Monde interviewed Phil Clark about James Kabarebe, the former head of the Rwandan armed forces - accused of war crimes -  becoming the new head of regional cooperation
  • Gurharpal Singh's book "Sikh Nationalism" was referenced in this E-International Relations article about the Sikh disapora and the Khalistan. 
  • Ed Emery wrote SOAS's upcoming "Merde Alors!" conference for Verso Books, speaking about the centrality of excrement, both metaphorical and literal, to the modern world.
  • Steve Tsang spoke separately to Newsweek and Die Welt about the disappearing ministers in China and whether corruption and weakness are behind this pattern.
  • Phil Clark wrote the Monocle 24 newspaper review, covering the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace talks in Brussels, Suella Braverman's speech in Washington, and the Taliban using US and Chinese mass surveillance technology.
  • Steve Tsang provided comment to Aljazeera for their article about fears that China is ‘closing in on itself’ amid crackdowns, rising nationalism.