SOAS in the Media: 23-30 November

1 December 2020

Items related to Asia

  • South China Morning Post : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China's claims to have eradicated absolute poverty and Xi Jinping's plans to double the size of China’s economy by 2035 - 24 Nov
  • BBC Radio 4 : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute discusses China's aim for carbon neutrality by 2060 on the Costing the Earth programme- 24 Nov
  • Economic Times : Rachel Harris, Professor of Ethnomusicology, comments on Chinese authorities detaining hundreds of Uyghur Muslim Leaders - 25 Nov
  • ORF : Dr. Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, writes about India-Pakistan relations - 27 Nov
  • Japan Times : Review of "Tokyo Before Tokyo" by Timon Screech, Professor of the History of Art - 28 Nov
  • Ask A North Korean – North Korea News : Keith Howard, Emeritus Professor of Music writes about the North Korean music scene - 26 Nov
  • EurAsian Times : Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate at the South Asia Institute comments on Pakistan's army's business interests - 30 Nov
  • New Age Islam : Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate at the South Asia Institute writes about Pakistan-France relations and accusations of blasphemy - 24 Nov
  • Nikkei Asian Review : Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate at the South Asia Institute comments on Pakistan's army's business interests - 30 Nov
  • Overseas Development Institute : George Magnus' blog on Xi’s Dual Circulation Strategy is referenced in this ODI article - 26 Nov

Items related to Africa

  • Monocle : Laura Hammond, Professor of Development studies, discusses the ongoing situation in Tigray, Ethiopia - 25 Nov
  • Press From : Dr Daniel Mulugeta, Research Associate in Politics and International Relations, comments on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia between Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) and Prime Minsiter Abiy Ahmed - 29 Nov

Items related to the Middle East

  • Daily Mail , France24 , Deutsche Welle , Le Point : Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies comments on the achievements of the Arab Spring 10 years later and there is a second wave of protests in the Middle East- 30 Nov
  • Tehran Times : Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies writes about the life of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona - 28 Nov
  • BBC News : Massoumeh Torfeh, SOAS Research Fellow writes about what the motives are behind the assassination of Iran's nuclear researcher Muhsin Fahrizade - 29 Nov
  • BBC Turkish , BBC Arabic , Nature Protocols : Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) comments on the emminent execution of a medical researcher who has been charged of spying in Iran - 30 Nov

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • The Times Higher Education Supplement : Incoming SOAS Director, Professor Adam Habib comments on how should universities approach decolonisation - 26 Nov
  • Asset Magazine , El Financiero , Sundiata Post: Dr Ulrich Volz, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance writes about how the G20 debt plan is not enough - 25 Nov
  • SciDevNet : Dr Subir Sinha, Senior Lecturer in Institutions and Development, comments on the UK's reduction in aid spending - 27 Nov
  • UK in a Changing Europe , LSE BREXIT : Nicholas Westcott, Research Associate at CISD writes about how a peculiar definition of sovereignty is the root cause of a failed Brexit - 27 Nov
  • Global Voices , AfricanDiasporaLeaders : Ian Inkster, Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies, writes about exemplary governance and which countries are handling Covid-19 well in this respect - 30 Nov

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