Schar School in the News: July 28th to August 1st, 2025

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Homeland Security Today: Column: Between security and strategy: Rethinking the terrorist designation of the Muslim Brotherhood (Op-ed by Mahmut Cengiz).

Washington Informer: Michael K. Fauntroy op-eds on politics, civil rights, and higher education.

What a Day (Crooked Media podcast): Andrew McCabe discusses loyalty in government with regards to the confirmation of Emil Bove as a federal judge.

Cardinal News: David Ramadan writes in an op-ed about investing in the region’s workforce.

WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): How much money is this year’s gubernatorial race bringing in? (Jennifer Victor quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).

Iran International: Umud Shokri examines what’s at stake for Iran in the face of new international challenges.

Higher Ed Dive: James Finkelstein answers the question, Who is going to want to be a university president?

Fairfax County Times: Area business leaders are optimistic about the economy (Terry L. Clower quoted).

Virginian-Pilot: Stuart Malawer writes an op-ed declaring “unscrupulous attacks” on Virginia universities must cease.

Al Jazeera: ‘Dramatic setback’ (Jo-Marie Burt quoted on Peru’s new amnesty law).

WJLA-7 (local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.; video): What will motivate Putin to stop the war? Probably not sanctions or tariffs, expert says (Mark N. Katz quoted). Also in OKCFox (Oklahoma City, OK), Fox Illinois (Champaign, Ill), and other media outlets.

Cardinal News: Virginia needs more of its college graduates to stay in state. Here’s a place that figured out how to do that. (Op-ed in which Terry L. Clower mentioned).

Azadliq Radiosu (translation may be required; Azerbaijan): Wires stretching from Baku to Washington. ‘Aliyev is tapping into Trump’s egotistical vein’ (Former Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich quoted).

MSN (The Daily Caller pickup): Andrew McCabe can’t understand why Kash Patel called Boulder attack terrorism (Op-ed in which Andrew McCabe cited).

The National Interest: Mark N. Katz examines how the U.S. response to developments in Russia, Ukraine, and China are resonating around the world. Also in Real Clear World. His thoughts are picked up by Russia Matters.

Chronicle of Higher Education: James Finkelstein summarizes the state of university presidents under fire from the federal government.

Times of London Radio (video): Mark N. Katz says sanctions won’t change Putin’s behavior, but increasing Ukraine’s military support might.

The Daily Wire: Meet Omar Fateh, the radical Somali American socialist poised to be the next mayor of Minneapolis (Alum and Minnesota state senator Omar Fateh, bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Public Administration, profiled).

Fox News (audio option): DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified Trump-Russia docs: Here’s what they say (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in WCSI AM 1010 FM 98.1 (Columbus, IN), TalkRadio 1080 AM, and other media outlets. Similar in BizPacReview.

Academia

Doctoral student Aydin Guven examines India’s AI policy in Durham University’s Global Policy publication.

PhD candidate Julianna J. Thompson cowrites a study analyzing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious rhetoric in official capacities for the London School of Economics.

Master’s student Yenting Lin writes Rethinking Defence in Taiwan for the Defence Horizon Journal.

Doctoral student Loveline C. Phillips cowrites Tackling the Issue of Limited Dialogue and Strengthening Collaboration Among Court Actors for Improving the Condition-Setting Process with Faye Taxman and others for Sage Journals.

Mark N. Katz reviews Complex Equation: Relations Between Russia and the Middle East in the Middle East Journal.