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SOAS in the media 22 March 2013

22 March 2013

This week Professor Costas Lapavitsas has been interviewed on the financial crises in Cyprus on CNBC and both Professor Charles Tripp and Professor Nadje Al-Ali have commented on issues surrounding 10 years after Iraq. Dr Phil Clark was also asked for comment on Bosco Ntanganda earlier this week.

No solidarity in Europe’s Cypriot deal
CNBC – 20/03/2013
Costas Lapavitsas, professor of economics at SOAS, tells CNBC that the crises in Cyprus was created by the Trioka policies and the Greek crises, not the Cypriots

Ten years after the US invaded to remove Saddam Hussein, Iraqis are far from free. Zoe Holman reports
Sydney Morning Herald – 19/03/2013
''[Coalition forces] were, in many ways, flying blind,'' says Charles Tripp, a professor of politics with reference to the Middle East at the University of London's School of Oriental and African studies. ''The consequences were diabolical.''

Professor Nadje Al-Ali contributes to Costs of War for 10 years after Iraq
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The two groups challenging City of London status quo
London Evening Standard – 21/03/13
Policies: “Being more active in our wards, stiffening the spine [of the City] on Europe and standing up for bankers and high earners,” says the YBF’s Alex Deane. But there is a diversity of views, SOAS graduate and freelance journalist Donata Huggins points out