Speaking & Writing
Sophia is a regular commentator on UK and international broadcast media, and has appeared on a wide range of platforms, including the BBC News and the BBC World Service, Sky News, BBC Politics Live, BBC Radio 4 (including the Today Programme, Westminster Hour, and The World Tonight), BBC Newsnight, NBC, Bloomberg, LBC, Radio National Australia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Euronews. Her research has been featured in leading global publications, such as The Economist and The New York Times.
Recent broadcast appearances include:
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BBC Radio 4's flagship Westminster Hour programme
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The Spectator's Coffee House Shots podcast on the Israel-Gaza situation and the appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary
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The Chinese Whispers podcast on UK-China relations
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LBC Cross Questions
Sophia has recently provided comment to articles such as:
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The New York Times, 'Rishi Sunak's Pivot Away from Global Britain'
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The Australian Financial Review, 'Why this Middle East conflict poses a danger like no other'
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Tatler Magazine, 'What in the world? How the freshly ennobled Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton leapt back onto the world stage'
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The Financial Times, 'UK presses Beijing over Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang'
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Politico, on the new UK Defence Secretary, Chinese investment, the UK-France Summit, Rishi Sunak's foreign policy, the UK-Australia pact against Chinese coercion, UK-German defence cooperation, and UK-EU defence cooperation.
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Times Higher Education, 'Citations Used by China to Seize Control of Global Science'
Sophia also writes for a wide range of newspapers and magazines.
Some examples include:
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The Spectator - 'The West is Failing to Rise to the Coronavirus Challenge'
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Financial Times - 'Why the British have fallen under the spell of Australian policy'
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The Telegraph - 'Coronavirus should not stop us defining and championing Global Britain'
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City AM - 'China Has Become a Bio-Police State, but Finally its Citizens Have Had Enough'
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City AM - 'Trump or Biden? Either way, global Britain should prepare to step into the void'
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The Spectator - 'Did Australia’s China-scepticism prepare it for Covid-19?'
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New Statesman - 'We must fight the use of disinformation as an election campaign technique'
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City AM - 'Our divided country can’t even agree on who our enemies are'
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The Independent - 'Britain has nothing to learn from Viktor Orban'
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Wall Street Journal - 'Europe’s Leaders Need a New Way of Talking About Immigration'
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Financial Times - 'Gender fluidity leaves policymakers floundering'
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The American Interest - 'The Flight 93 Temptation'
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The Atlantic - 'The Post-Brexit Paradox of ‘Global Britain’
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The Telegraph - 'Political correctness battles show we have lost our common ground'
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The New Statesman - 'The British public are unlikely to back involvement in Trump’s conflict with Iran'
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The Telegraph - 'After decades of strife, the French are finally falling out of love with strikes'
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The Times of London - 'We don’t do nostalgia like we used to'
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The New Statesman - 'Brexit shows the media must wise up to the challenges of covering populism'
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Prospect Magazine - 'Older Britons don’t want to return to a “golden past”—but they do want to press the “stop” button'
Sophia also travels frequently around Europe and the United States to present her research at a range of high-level conferences, workshops and briefings.