SOAS in the Media: 22-28 February

1 March 2022

Items related to Asia

  • BBC World Service Radio : Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations discusses India's stance towards Russia and Ukraine - 22 Feb
  • Hindustan Times: Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations writes that India should reconsider its dependence on Russia - 26 Feb
  • The Times : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute writes a letter to The Times about China's role in holding Russia to account - 28 Feb
  • TIME , The I , Daily Mail , : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Insitute comments on China's position in Russia's invading of Ukraine - 22 Feb
  • CNN : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Insitute comments on China's position in Russia's invading of Ukraine and what this means for Taiwan - 23 Feb
  • BBC Radio 5 Live : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Insitute discusses China's role in the Russia-Ukraine war - 26 Feb
  • Reuters , Daily Mail , Times of India: Steve Tsang, Director of the China Insitute comments on China stepping in to steer Hong Kong's Covid crisis as they country continues to aim for a zero-Covid policy - 24 Feb
  • South China Morning Post : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Insitute comments on the US-China tech war and Taiwan's position - 24 Feb
  • Taipei Times : Ian Inkster, Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies, writes that Taiwan is not comparable to Ukraine following speculation about implications of the Ukraine-Russia war for future Taiwan-China relationships - 26 Feb
  • Japan Forward : Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate with the China Institute explains China's position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine - 25 Feb
  • Japan Forward : Duncan Bartlett from the China Institute writes an article analysing the significance for Asia of the “New Capitalism” philosophy promoted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida - 23 Feb
  • China Radio International: Duncan Bartlett from SOAS compares the UK’s “living with Covid” strategy to the “Zero-Covid” approach in China - 22 Feb
  • China In Context: Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate with theChina Institute, discusses how a resurgence in Covid is impacting society in Hong Kong with Tommy Wu of Oxford Economics - 22 Feb

Items related to Africa

  • Investment Monitor : Laura Hammond, Professor of Development studies, comments on the ethics around foreign aid drawing on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia - 28 Feb
  • AllAfrica , Green Building Africa: Weiwei Chen, final year PhD student in Development studies writes about her research which debunks the myth that Chinese engagement in Africa is being dominated by state-owned enterprise - 22 Feb

Items related to the Middle East

  • Haaretz : Yair Wallach, Senior Lecturer in Israeli Studies, writes about the Israel-Palestine conflict - 27 Feb

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • The Conversation , ForeignAffairs.co.nz : Anastasiia Kudlenko, ERC Project Coordinator writes that Putin’s desire to install a puppet government draws from the Bolshevik playbook - 28 Feb
  • Deutsche Welle : Dan Plesch, Professor of Diplomacy, comments on the end of the Soviet Union and why Russia doesn't want NATO's expansion - 23 Feb
  • Al Jazeera : Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, comments on the different Western views on Putin - 25 Feb
  • New Politics : Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, writes about the Russia-Ukraine war - 27 Feb
  • Al-Araby Al-Jadeed : Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, writes about the similarities between Vladimir Putin's behaviour in Ukraine and Saddam Hussein's behaviour in the past - 24 Feb
  • The New Arab : Coverage of the current Brunei Gallery exhibition, Coexistent Ruins - 24 Feb