SOAS in the Media: 8-14 March

15 March 2022

Items related to Asia

  • BBC World Service : Dr Bhavna Davé, Senior Lecturer in Central Asian Politics comments on Russia-China economic relations - 14 Mar
  • The Guardian : Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, comments on India's position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine - 10 Mar
  • BBC Radio 4 : Hong Bo, Professor in Financial Economics, discusses China's economic policy - 10 Mar
  • Channel 4: Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on whether China could help Russia in Ukraine - 14 Mar
  • The Guardian , The Daily Telegraph , Economic Times : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on the economic risk for China helping Putin - 14 Mar
  • The I : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Xi Jinping and Valdimir Putin's relations - 11 Mar
  • The Wall Street Journal : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Xi Jinping's potential plan to appoint a confidant he has known for decades as China's next Economic Czar - 11 Mar
  • The Economist : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, comments on Chinese money pouring into British universities - 10 Mar
  • The Daily Telegraph : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China-Russia relations and China's support for Russia - 10 Mar
  • BBC News 24: Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, discusses China-Russia relations - 09 Mar
  • BBC : Steve Tsang comments on what the Russia-Ukraine war means for Taiwan - 14 Mar
  • The Daily Telegraph : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, writes that China cannot allow Putin to fail stating that President Xi’s priority is to make the world safe for authoritarianism - 09 Mar
  • Bloomberg , The Straits Times : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam's silence as city's Covid-19 crisis deepens - 08 Mar
  • New Scientist : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on why the omicron coronavirus variant hit Hong Kong so hard - 8 Mar
  • CNN : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China-Russia relations and China's support for Russia - 08 Mar
  • Daily Express : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China-Russia relations amid calls for China to mediate peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine - 14 Mar
  • The Conversation , ForeignAffairs.co.nz : Subir Sinha, Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development, writes about why the Uttar Pradesh election result is important for Narendra Modi’s plans - 14 Mar
  • Japan Forward, Kootneeti: Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate at the SOAS China Institute, analyses the messages on defence and foreign policy sent by China’s leaders from Two Sessions meeting in Beijing - 11 Mar
  • China In Context: Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate with the SOAS China Institute, discusses the implications of Xi Jinping’s concept of Common Prosperity, for businesses and for China’s poorest citizens, with Scott Rozelle from Stanford University - 9 Mar
  • Republic TV : Burzine Waghmar, SOAS South Asia Institute member, on Sino-Russian trade and Chinese infrastructural constraints in receiving Russian gas supplies - 8 Mar
    ThePrint : Aadil Brar, MSc student in International Politics with a focus on China, writes about rising covid cases in China and Xi Jinping's preocupation with Russia - 14 Mar
  • ThePrint : Aadil Brar, MSc student in International Politics with a focus on China, writes that Xi Jinping's crackdown on China's tech industry isn't working - 09 Mar

Items related to the Middle East

  • The Daily Telegraph: Dr Simon Rofe, Reader in diplomatic and international studies, comments on UAE's sport diplomacy - 13 Mar

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • Business Insider: Professor Dina Matar, Director of the Centre for Global Media and Communication, comments on whether Facebook is bad for dictators and authoritarian leaders - 13 Mar
  • Le Monde diplomatique : Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development studies and International relations writes about US interventionism and the failure to learn the lessons of Vietnam - 13 Mar
  • Monocle : Phil Clark, Professor of International Politics, discusses the global stories of the day - 10 Mar
  • The Sunday Times : Dr Thembi Mutch Global studies Research Fellow, writes about her road trip in the South of Spain exploring the region's Arabic legacy - 13 Mar
  • History Today : Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor of Israel Studies, writes about the history of England’s Jewish community in a period of revolution at the end of the 18th century - 11 Mar
  • Jerusalem Post : Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor of Israel Studies, review the book, "Hitler’s First Hundred Days" By Peter Fritzsche - 10 Mar
  • Advance HE : Previous SOAS Director, Baroness Valerie Amos is mentioned in this International Women's Day piece reflecting on her becoming the first woman of African descent to lead a UK university - 08 Mar

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