Media Appearances
International Studies faculty Jason Stearns interviewed by global media regarding conflict in DRC
鈥淭his time around, we seem to be living in a different world 鈥� one in which migration, business investments and other national concerns are more important than humanitarianism, and where apathy trumps solidarity.鈥�
Jason Stearns, via The Financial Times
At the end of January 2025, the M23 rebellion, with backing from Rwanda, took control of the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. SFU International Studies associate professor Jason Stearns, who has been working on the region for over two decades, has followed the situation closely and has provided analysis and commentary to a variety of international media outlets, in addition to briefing US, Congolese, and European officials.
Stearns is the author of and the founder of based in New York University's Center on International Cooperation.
Stearns recently published a critical op-ed in The Financial Times regarding the escalation of conflict in the eastern DRC titled 鈥淩wanda鈥檚 troublemaking in DRC would be easy to stop鈥�. | PDF
In his op-ed for Le Monde, , Stearns, highlights how the lack of international response to the crisis in the DRC is part of trend of fraying multilateralism and humanitarianism in the world.
The escalation in the eastern Congo could spill over and destabilize governments in the region, argues Jason Stearns in an Foreign Policy op-ed with Kristof Titeca, "".
See a list of his other media appearances below.
- New Left Review, March 20:
- Time, March 19:
- The Times, March 10:
- Al Jazeera, March 3:
- BBC, February 22:
- Deutsche Welle, February 17:
- Bloomberg, February 11:
- Bloomberg TV, February 10:
- Deutsche Welle, February 9:
- Deutsche Welle (radio): (interviewed)
- BBC online news story, February 8: (cited)
- SBS News Australia (TV), February 7:
- 尝鈥椭虫辫谤别蝉蝉:&苍产蝉辫; (cited)
- Monocle Podcast, February 1: (interviewed)
- NBC News, February 1:
- La Croix, January 30: (cited)
- BBC World Service (radio), January 30 : News Hour
- Financial Times (cited), January 30:
- La Presse, January 29:
- BBC World Service (radio) January 29: News Hour
- BBC Focus on Africa (radio), January 29: (interviewed)
- RTE (radio), January 29: (interviewed)
- Reuters, January 28: Congo fighting: (cited)
- The Washington Post, January 27:
- Financial Times (op-ed), January 26:
- NBC News (TV) January 25: (interviewed)
- Reuters: (cited)
- BBC World Service (radio) January 23: