Elliott School Faculty in the News

January 2020

Each month, Elliott School faculty members are quoted, interviewed, and published in top media outlets from around the world on breaking news and pressing global affairs.

SUSAN AARONSON – South China Morning Post

authored Targeting TikTok, Grindr and FaceApp is not enough – the US needs to lay down the law on data privacy for tech firms

SUSAN AARONSON – International Business Times

quoted in US Tech Sector Sees Only Modest Relief In China Trade Deal

HOSSEIN ASKARI – The Globe Post

authored Iran, Foreign Policy, and Morality: What the US Needs to Learn

HOSSEIN ASKARI – Marketplace

interviewed in Iran’s painful economic reality

REUBEN BRIGETY – MSNBC

interviewed on Trump Administration Refuses Call to Remove Troops From Iraq

REUBEN BRIGETY – The Hill

interviewed on The Remedy: Frmr Amb.: "You couldn't do more damage than this Administration"

MICHAEL BROWN – Singapore's The Straits Times

participated in the panel US foreign policy could leave world in mess: Experts

MICHAEL BROWN – Singapore's The Straits Times

quoted in Trump's moves will leave world order in a mess: Experts at RSIS Distinguished Public Dialogue

ALEXANDER DOWNES – The Washington Post

authored Could U.S. actions topple Iran’s government?

CHARLES DUNNE – NBC News

authored The killing of Iran's top general, Qassem Soleimani, means America has declared war

AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest

authored What sort of revolution does Bernie Sanders want?

AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest

authored iPhone vs. Trump: How technology companies can protect both customers and national security

AMITAI ETZIONI – City Journal

authored It's hard to be a patriot

AMITAI ETZIONI – National Interest

authored America's actions in Iraq could create a stronger Iran

AMITAI ETZIONI – The Hill

authored Office of Technology Assessment: It's time for a second coming

HENRY FARRELL – The Washington Post

authored Here are the facts behind Mike Pompeo’s fight with NPR

CHRISTINA FINK – Voice of America

quoted in Myanmar Panel: War Crimes But No Genocide Committed Against Rohingya

CHRISTINA FINK – VOA Burmese Service

interviewed on How much will the ICOE report reach?

JOHN KLEIN – War on the Rocks

authored The creation of a U.S. Space Force: It's only the end of the beginning

STEVEN LIVINGSTON – The New York Times

featured in Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists

JOHN LOGSDON – The Washington Times

quoted in NASA has been touting Trump’s moon plan for nearly a year. Now it faces its first real test in Congress

JOHN LOGSDON – The Daily Beast

quoted in The new U.S.-Russia Space Race has begun (but Moscow may be bluffing)

MARC LYNCH – The Washington Post

authored Expect a tumultuous 2020 in the Middle East

ALLISON MACFARLANE – Washington Examiner

quoted in Daily on Energy, presented by API: ‘Carbon trade war’ standoff between Trump and the EU

ALLISON MACFARLANE – Washington Examiner

quoted in The climate proposal supported by many Republicans and Democrats is an iffy bet

FIRAS MAKSAD – Foreign Policy

authored Lebanon’s Halloween Government

FIRAS MAKSAD – U.S. News & World Report

quoted in Lebanon's Crisis of Confidence in Governance

MICHAEL MCCARTHY – The Hill

quoted in Trump envoy to Venezuela: Maduro 'weaker' after attack on opposition lawmakers

CYNTHIA MCCLINTOCK – The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

quoted in Latin America, Hit by Slower Growth, Braces for More Instability

MICHAEL MOORE – NBC News

quoted in Trump's China deal leaves some trade experts 'underwhelmed'

IVAN OELRICH – Washington Times

quoted in Russia's hypersonic hype may not match reality

WALTER REICH – The Atlantic

authored Seventy-Five Years After Auschwitz, Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise

DAVID SHAMBAUGH – The Washington Post

quoted in China is waging an aggressive propaganda campaign to distort media landscape, report warns

DAVID SHINN – PRI

interviewed in Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?

DAVID SHINN – South China Morning Post

quoted in Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi looks to boost ties with Africa on five-nation new year tour

DAVID SHINN – The Zimbabwe Mail

mentioned in How Zimbabwe new parliament symbolises China's chequebook diplomacy approach to Africa

SHARON SQUASSSONI – Forbes

quoted in The State Of Nukes In Iran And North Korea: Insights From Former Director Of Nuclear Nonproliferation Sharon Squassoni

ROBERT SUTTER – C-SPAN

featured in a discussion of Taiwan Elections

TARA SONENSHINE – Newsday

authored We need only one witness at impeachment trial

TARA SONENSHINE – Newsday

authored Baghdad is burning. But who lit the fire?

SHARON SQUASSONI – The Washington Post

quoted in Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse

SHARON SQUASSONI – NPR

quoted in The End May Be Nearer: Doomsday Clock Moves Within 100 Seconds Of Midnight

SHARON SQUASSONI – Time

quoted in The End Is Nigh: Doomsday Clock Reaches 100 Seconds to Midnight

SHARON SQUASSONI – Science Magazine

quoted in Doomsday Clock is reset to 100 seconds until midnight, closest ever

DAVID SZAKONYI – VOX

quoted in The Russian government’s dramatic shake-up, briefly explained

PAUL WILLIAMS – The Conversation

quoted in UN peacekeeping is stymied by serious contradictions. They need to be resolved