SOAS in the Media: 3 - 9 Jan 2023
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Expert comment on global news topics from the past week
- Adam Habib writes about rethinking university partnerships and international fees for International Higher Education Global Issues Magazine.
- Stephen Chan comments on the new Chinese foreign minister's recent visit to Africa for Al Jazeera.
- Ha Joon Chang comments on the economic impact of washing machines, especially for women's financial liberation for Glasgow University Magazine.
- Steve Tsang comments on China's interest in Afghan oil of i news.
- Steve Tsang speaks to BBC Ulster about China's "panda diplomacy" as two giant pandas from Edinburgh zoo will return to China (listen from 55.09).
- Steve Tsang comments on China's Covid-19 outbreak following the abadoning of the zero-Covid policy and what this means for Xi Jinping for Newsweek.
- Steve Tsang comments on why Beijing want Jimmy Lai to be locked up for The Atlantic.
- Sanjay Srivastava writes for the Indian Express about the effect of demolitions and evictions on the poor in Haldwani, India.
- Phil Clark appears on Monocle Radio to discuss the M23 violence and continuing violence in eastern DR Congo.
- Antonio Andreoni discusses compressed development and innovating industrial policy on the Policy Matters podcast.
- Colin Shindler writes about the new Israeli government for Plus61J.
- Hazel Smith is referenced commenting on the food insecurity in North Korea in this Telegraph article.
- Dara Salam writes about the women's movement in Iran for the LSE Middle East blog.
- John Parker comments on former Ghanaian President Nkrumah’s ties to socialism for the Daily Express.
- Interview with Shantel Earle, SOAS HR Business Partner in HR Magazine.
- Duncan Bartlett predicts the main economic issues for Japan in 2023 for Japan Forward.
- Tribute to Annabelle Sreberny by Article 19.