Recent Media

July 27, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in The National article, "Iran Ready for Talks, President Says."

July 26, 2010
LISD Director Wolfgang Danspeckgruber was quoted in the Die Presse article, "Schleichender Rückzug untergräbt Glaubwürdigkeit."

July 15, 2010
Faculty Advisor Aaron Friedberg was quoted in the Arab Global Network article, "Despite Its Rise, China Has Lopsided Financial Interdependence with US."

July 8, 2010
Faculty Advisor Harold James was cited in The Economist article, "Gold: Store of Value."

July 1, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was quoted in the Voice of America Story, "New Afghan War Commander Briefs NATO Officials."

June 18, 2010
The op-ed, "Turkey's Gain is Iran's Loss," co-authored by Faculty Associate Bernard Haykel, appeared in the New York Times.

June 11, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty story, "Reformists Cling to Islamic Republic as Khamenei Sounds the Death Knell."

June 10, 2010
ABC Online published Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal's opinion article, "Obama's Middle East Strategy on the Rocks."

June 7, 2010
An editorial by Faculty Advisor Daniel Kurtzer, "The World is Angry but Israel Doesn't Care," appeared in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

May 30, 2010
Faculty Advisor Aaron Friedberg was quoted in the article, "Former Gov. Tom Kean says U.S. more Vulnerable to Terrorist Attacks since 9/11."

May 28, 2010
Advisory Council Member William Maley was quoted in The Age article, "Asylum Harder for Afghans."

May 25, 2010
Faculty Advisor Andrew Moravcsik was quoted in the Deutche Welle article, "To Remain Relevant in Washington, Europe Must Act, not Whine, Say Experts."

May 17, 2010
Faculty Advisor Daniel Kurtzer was quoted in the BBC News story, "Israelis Debate How to Deal with a Nuclear Iran."

May 6, 2010
Former Visiting Scholar and Non-Resident Associate Uriel Abulof's editorial, "Make History, Don't Record It," was published by the Huffington Post.

May 3, 2010
Non-Resident Associate and former Senior Visiting Fellow Joschka Fischer's editorial, "Obama and the Middle East," appeared in Today's Zaman.

April 26, 2010
Faculty Associate Bernard Haykel was quoted in the GlobalPost article, "Attack Calls US Yemen Strategy into Question."

April 25, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in The National article, "Political Purge on Iran's 'Liberal' Teachers."

April 20, 2010
The editorial, "Parsing what Petraeus Actually Wrote," by Faculty Advisor Daniel Kurtzer apeared in Lebanon's Daily Star.

April 9, 2010
Faculty Associate Frank von Hippel was interviewed in the NPR - Morning Edition story, "Nuclear Waste May Get a Second Life."

April 6, 2010
Former Senior Visiting Fellow Francesc Vendrell was quoted in the Voice of America story, "Afghan Leader's Comments Puzzle Officials."

April 4, 2010
Faculty Advisor Harold James' editorial, "Nixon Shock Doctrine Revisited," appeared in the Korea Times.

April 2, 2010
Faculty Advisor Stephen Kotkin was quoted in the New York Times article, "Putin Visits Venezuela to Discuss Oil and Arms."

March 28, 2010
The editorial, "Netanyahu's Gamble at Home," by Faculty Advisor Daniel Kurtzer appeared in the New York Post.

March 8, 2010
Faculty Advisor Daniel Kurtzer was quoted in the Washington Post article, "Biden Visits Middle East; Israel and Palestinians Agree to Indirect Talks."

March 1, 2010
An editorial by Non-Resident Associate and former Senior Visiting Fellow Joschka Fischer, "Greek Lessons for Europe," appeared in the Korea Times.

February 23, 2010
Faculty Associate Daniel Kurtzer was the featured guest for a discussion on the possibilities of restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on NPR's (WHYY) "Radio Times."

February 22, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Reuters article, "Iran Clerics Meeting Will Test Rafsanjani's Clout."

February 19, 2010
Faculty Associate Frank von Hippel was quoted in the Scientific American article, "Are New Types of Reactors Needed for the U.S. Nuclear Renaissance?"

February 17, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Toronto Star article, "Paramilitary at Very Core of Iran."

January 30, 2010
An editorial by Faculty Advisor Harold James, "Back to the Future in Finance," appeared in the Korea Times.

January 27, 2010
LISD Director Wolfgang Danspeckgruber was featured the Die Presse story, "Taliban Ist nicht Gleich Taliban."

January 22, 2010
The editorial, "A New Japan, A New Asia," co-authored by Faculty Advisor G. John Ikenberry appeared in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times online.

January 15, 2010
Faculty Advisor Thomas Christensen was quoted in the Businessweek article, "US Plans to Protest to China Over Internet Attack on Google."

January 12, 2010
Advisory Council Member William Maley was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "Afghanistan War Worsening, but Optimism Is Up Says New Poll."

January 8, 2010
Senior Research Scholar Robert Finn was featured in the Wall Street Journal article, "From the Bronx to Kabul: How Robert Finn's Childhood Home Prepared the Former U.S. Ambassador for Distant Outposts."

Faculty Associate Bernard Haykel's op-ed, "Act Locally: Why the GCC Needs to Help Save Yemen," appeared in The National.

January 3, 2010
The editorial, "Unlearnt Lessons of the Great Depression," by Faculty Advisor Harold James, appeared in the Financial Tiimes.

January 1, 2010
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the New York Times article, "Standoff in Iran Deepens with New Show of Force."

December 26, 2009
Faculty Associate Bernard Haykel was quoted in the AFP article, "Christmas Bomber 'Trained' by Al-Qaeda in Yemen."

December 25, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal's editorial, "'Rioter's Cleric' Might Still Have the Last Word," appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.

December 22, 2009
Former Senior Visiting Fellow Joschka Fischer was featured in the New York Times article, "Hoping for More than Just Energy from a Pipeline."

December 14, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "Iran Protesters Say Torn Khomeini Photos Were Staged."

December 4, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was quoted in the ABC Online article, "Yemen the New Training Ground for Terrorists."

December 2, 2009
Former Senior Visiting Fellow Francesc Vendrell was quoted in the Voice of America story, "New US Afghan Strategy Raises Questions."

December 1, 2009
Senior Research Associate Robert Finn was interviewed by Voice of America Radio for the segement, "President Obama’s Afghanistan Speech."

November 30, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "Iran Loses Clout in Arab World."

November 24, 2009
Former Senior Visiting Fellow Francesc Vendrell was featured and quoted in the Deutsche Welle story, "Troop Increase for Afghanistan Must Be Linked to Reforms, Says Expert." 

November 22, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was quoted in the Australian article, "Taliban at the Table."

November 20, 2009
Advisory Board Member William Maley was quoted in the Australian article, "Karzai Warned to Ditch Cronies from Cabinet."

November 13, 2009
Faculty Advisor G. John Ikenberry was featured and quoted in the Japan Times article, "Base Issue is Only a Sideshow: U.S. Expert."

November 12, 2009
Senior Research Associate Robert Finn was interviewed on al-Jazeera, for a segment on U.S. policy toward Afghanistan.

November 8, 2009
Faculty Associate Uwe Reinhardt was featured in the New York Post article, "Behind the High Costs of Health."

November 7, 2009
Faculty Advisor Stephen Kotkin was featured in the Los Angeles Times article, "Perspectives on the Fall of the Berlin Wall."

November 6, 2009
Senior Research Associate Robert Finn did a Q&A with Azerbaijan News about Azerbaijan and its relationship with regional neighbors.

Faculty Advisor Harold James authored an op-ed published in Pakistan's Daily Times, "The New Monetary Disorder."

Movember 3, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "Iran Warns Opposition on Eve of 30th Anniversary of US Embassy Seizure."

November 2, 2009
An editorial, "Ignoring Afghans' Misery Will Only Imperil America," by LISD Director Wolfgang Danspeckgruber appeared in the Financial Times.

October 31, 2009
Advisory Council Member William Maley was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "Abdullah Pullout from Afghan Runoff Sows New Doubt Over Legitimacy."

October 30, 2009
Faculty Associate Bernard Haykel was quoted in The National article, "Controlled Experiment."

October 21, 2009
Faculty Associate Daniel Kurtzer was quoted in The Independent article, "No Way Home: The Tragedy of the Palestinian Diaspora."

The editorial, "Suspicion Overshadows Afghan Runoff," by Advisory Council Member William Maley appeared in The Australian.

October 20, 2009
Faculty Associate Frank von Hippel was quoted in the Bloomberg article, "Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved."

October 19, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the BBC article, "Ahmadinejad's Theological Foes."

October 14, 2009
A new book by Faculty Advisor Stephen Kotkin was the focus of the Salon.com article, "Why the Berlin Wall Fell."

Faculty Associate Gilbert Rozman was quoted in the AP article, "Warmer Ties for Russia, China with Big Gas Deals."

October 11, 2009
Faculty Associate Uwe Reinhardt was quoted in the Boston Globe article, "Health Plan's Effects on Costs May Be Slight."

October 8, 2009
Senior Research Associate Robert Finn was interviewed by Azeri Turan News Agency about US-Azeri relations and founding the US embassy there.

October 7, 2009
Senior Research Associate Robert Finn was interviewed on BBC's World Service, for a segment on Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai.

October 2, 2009
Faculty Associate Frank von Hippel was quoted in the Slate.com article, "This Means War."

September 30, 2009
Faculty Advisor Aaron Friedberg was interviewed on CNN, for a segment on North Korea's military capabilities.

September 29, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald article, "A Regional Arms Control Pact Is the Only Way to Rein in Iran."

September 26, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in The National article, "Playing Chicken on a World Stage."

September 24, 2009
Former Visiting Fellow Uriel Abulof's editorial, "No Shortcuts to Statehood," appeared on YNetNews.com and earlier on the website of Real Clear World.

September 19, 2009
Faculty Associate Robert Hutchings was quoted in the New York Times article, "Good Will, but Few Foreign Policy Benefits for Obama."

September 18, 2009
An article by Advisory Board Member William Maley, Non-Resident Associate Rani Mullen, and LISD Afghanistan Project Participant Marvin Weinbaum, "The Nightmare Scenario in Afghanistan," appeared in Foreign Policy.

September 15, 2009
Faculty Associate Frank von Hippel's editorial, "A Nuclear Waste Solution," appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

Former Senior Visiting Fellow Francesc Vendrell was quoted in the National (UAE) newspaper article, "Panel Says NATO has Lost Trust of Afghans."

September 10, 2009
Faculty Advisor Harold James was quoted in the Economist article, "What If?"

September 4, 2009
The editorial, "Quo Vadis, Iran?," by Non-Resident Associate and former Senior Visiting Fellow Joschka Fischer appeared in The Journal of Turkish Weekly.

September 3, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the New York Times/Reuters article, "Minister Approvals Let Iran Focus on Nuclear Issue."

August 25, 2009
Faculty Advisor Aaron Friedberg co-authored the article, "Here Be Dragons," for the September/October issue of National Interest.

August 18, 2009
Advisory Council Member William Maley was quoted in The Australian article on Afghanistan, "Fear Rules the Ballot."

Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was interviewed in the ABC/Radio Australia story, "Insurgency Backdrop to Afghanistan's Presidential Elections."

Faculty Advisor Harold James wrote the commentary, "How to Waste a Crisis," for Business World. (registration required)

August 17, 2009
Faculty Associate Uwe Reinhardt was interviewed on ABC News, for a segment on U.S. healthcare reform.

August 13, 2009
An article by Visiting Fellow Uriel Abulof, "A Shadow on the Wall," was published by Common Ground News Service and Daily News Egypt. (Hebrew; Arabic)

August 12, 2009
Faculty Advisor Aaron Friedberg was quoted in the Washington Post article, "Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration with Bush."

August 11, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Amin Saikal was quoted in the ABC Online article, "Afghans May Be 'Too Afraid' to Vote."

August 8, 2009
Non-Resident Associate Ali Ansari was quoted in the Reuters article, "Iran Trials Send Message of No Compromise."

August 7, 2009
Faculty Advisor Harold James authored an op-ed published in the Taipei Times, "Will the World Miss an Opportunity for True Economic Reform?"

August 1, 2009
Faculty Advisor Andrew Moravcsik's article, "Europe Defies the Skeptics," appeared in Newsweek.

Non-Resident Associate William Maley was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor article, "In Afghanistan, Taliban Kill More Civilians than US."

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