GW Elliott School Faculty Media Mentions

August 2021

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.

8/23/21

SEAN ROBERTS - Voice of America

quoted- China's Outreach to Taliban Draws Mixed Reactions

8/23/21

NILOFAR SAKHI - USA Today

quoted- As Harris travels to Asia, activists push her to speak out for women fleeing Taliban in Afghanistan

8/22/21

SEAN ROBERTS - Business Insider

quoted- As the US scrambles out of Afghanistan, warnings grow about what China plans to do there

8/22/21

MICHAEL MOORE- International Business Times

quoted- Leak And Destroy: On The Hunt For Climate Killing Gas,

8/19/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- National Post

quoted- Is Afghanistan really a 'graveyard of empires'?

8/19/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- First News with Jimmy Cefalo

interviewed- An Open Question

8/17/21

REBEKAH TROMBLE- Wired

quoted- How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook

8/18/21

DAVID SHINN- Foreign Policy Research Institute

quoted- Violence in Tigray Threatens Ethiopia’s Already Fragile Stability

8/17/21

HOPE HARRISON- Voice of Islam Radio

interviewed- Wildfires in Greece and Turkey/Berlin Wall

8/17/21

WILLIAM DANVERS- Fox News

quoted- Kamala Harris plans Vietnam visit – just as Afghanistan draws comparisons to fall of Saigon

8/17/21

SHAWN McHALE- Politifact

quoted- Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

8/17/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- WABC-ABC7, New York

interviewed- Expert: Here's why Afghanistan fell so quickly

8/17/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- WUSA-CBS9

quoted- VERIFY: No, the U.S. government did not directly fund the Taliban as claimed online

8/16/21

REBEKAH TROMBLE- Columbia Journalism Review

quoted- Facebook’s excuses for shutting down research ring hollow

8/16/21

BENJAMIN FRIEDMAN- Sinclair Broadcast Group

interviewed- N/A

8/16/21

JOHN LOGSDON- Axios

quoted- NASA's delayed lunar dreams

8/16/21

SEAN ROBERTS- The Washington Post

quoted- Taliban takeover in Afghanistan adds volatility to China’s tense Xinjiang region

8/16/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- Sprectrum New TV

featured- Biden defends Afghanistan exit amid Taliban takeover: 'I stand squarely behind my decision'

8/16/21

MARYAM DELOFFREE- The Associated Press

quoted- Haiti’s troubled history may slow aid to earthquake victims

8/15/21

BENJAMIN HOPKINS- Nextstar Media Group

interviewed- about the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

8/15/21

WILLIAM DANVERS- The Hill

authored- Kamala Harris has an important job to do in Asia

8/14/21

AJAY CHHIBBER- The Economic Times

authored- 75 years of independence: What India needs to do to fulfill its tryst with destiny

8/13/21

HOPE HARRISON- AICGS

authored- The Berlin Wall: Sixty Years Since Construction

8/12/21

JAY SHAMBAUGH- Politico

quoted- ‘Price growth is winning the race’: Inflation is devouring wage gains

8/10/21

JUNE PARK- Deutsche Welle

quoted- Why North Korea is wary of foreign warships in the region

8/9/21

BRUCE DICKSON- The Pembroke Observer

quoted- Who's Pan Dong? Meet the publicity-shy Chinese-Canadian soap tycoon

8/8/21

GIOVANNA DE MAIO- The Assocaited Press

quoted- Once lagging, Europe catches up to the US in vaccinations

8/8/21

JOHN LOGSDON- The Daily Beast

quoted- Inside the Dangerous Consequences of Russia’s Space Screwups

8/8/21

DAVID SHAMBAUGH- US Arab Radio

quoted- Wolf vs. Panda: Is China at. Crossroads over how to Spread its Global Message?

8/8/21

DAVID SHAMBAUGH- US Arab Radio

interviewed- on a water war in the Nile Basin

8/5/21

BRUCE DICKSON- The Guardian

quoted- Tunisia shows that democracy will struggle if it cannot deliver

8/3/21

REBEKAH TROMBLE- Columbia Journalism Review

quoted- Facebook shuts down research, blames user privacy rules

8/3/21

SUSAN AARONSON- Hinrich Foundation

authored- Data is disruptive: How data sovereignty is challenging data governance

8/3/21

ROBERT MCGUIRE- Christian Science Monitor

quoted- Haiti’s history of resilience – beyond coups and natural disaster

8/2321

TARA SINCLAIR- BBC World Radio Service

interviewed- about how the International Monetary Fund is helping countries come out of the pandemic

8/2/21

ROLLIE LAL- Scope with Waqar Rizvi

interviewed- Punishing Whistleblowers: U.S. Drone Program

8/1/21

JOHN LOGSDON- Scientific American

quoted- Can the US and China Cooperate in Space?

8/1/21

WILLIAM DANVERS- The Hill

authored- It can't happen here? Viktor Orban's Hungary shows how democracy dies

8/1/21

DAVID SHINN- South China Morning Post

quoted- Is the US making a real comeback in Africa to take on China?

8/1/21

BRUCE DICKSONOLLIE LAL- CNN

quoted- Xi Jinping only wants the most devoted Chinese Communist Party members. His tough membership rules could backfire

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