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News ReleaseSeptember 17, 2020Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the Twenty-First CenturyDrawing on two decades of government efforts to “secure the homeland,” experts offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations for homeland security. |
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News@E40September 16, 2020Luce fellowship deadline Oct 16Friday, October 16, is the deadline for the Luce Scholars Program. Young scholars from a variety of intellectual fields will be placed in internships throughout Asia. Candidates must have no prior experience in the region. More information |
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In the NewsSeptember 16, 2020Secret Tibetan military force raises stakes in India-China clashSudhi Ranjan Sen and Archana ChaudharyThe Japan TimesVipin Narang quoted: While neither country has an incentive to go to war, the increasing intensity and persistence of friction may cause them to stumble into one, according to Vipin Narang. “An advertent or inadvertent incident at a local flashpoint could now really fuel a broader conflict that neither government wants,” said Narang. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 13, 2020Seven bad options to counter state sponsorship of proxiesSara PlanaLawfareIran, Russia and other countries often use proxies as a way to fight the United States and its allies while advancing their own influence. Fighting proxy war, however, is often more complicated than confronting traditional aggression. Sara Plana details a range of responses to proxy war and notes their many limitations. (Daniel Byman). |
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2020China and India agree to ‘disengage troops’ in HimalayasAmy KazminThe Financial TimesVipin Narang quoted: “The bottom line is we have to see what happens on the ground,” said Vipin Narang. “Until there is physical disengagement on the ground, you could still get an accident that forces one or both sides into a conflict that they don’t want.” |
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2020The 9/11 Commission Report, the pandemic and the future of Homeland SecurityCarrie CorderoLawfareChappell Lawson and Alan Bersin write in a new volume they have edited along with Juliette Kayyem, that the new report will likely “bring significant disruption and confusion with little expectation of operational improvement.” |
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News@E40September 11, 2020The Center's bi-annual magazine is now availableprécis, the Center's bi-annual magazine, features essays and the wide range of activities of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. The spring/summer 2020 edition is now available for download. |
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In the NewsSeptember 10, 2020India and China meet to defuse Himalayan border tensionsAmy KazminThe Financial TimesVipin Narang heavily quoted: “I don’t think that either side really wants to risk a war over these positions along the line of actual control but we now have a lot of friction points,” he said. “The problem isn’t that one side starts a war intentionally. The risk is that they stumble into war.” But he added that expectations for the talks were muted. “I don’t think anybody expects there to be a massive breakthrough,” he said. “The best-case scenario is that both sides walk away with a detailed framework of how to disengage.” |
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In the NewsSeptember 9, 2020Fresh Pangong lake face-off complicates Jaishankar-Wang’s face-to-face meetRezaul H LaskarHindustan TimesVipin Narang quoted: “I don’t think either India or China have an incentive to go to war over the border dispute, but the increasing intensity and persistence of friction, along with air activity and the presence of loaded firearms may cause them to ‘stumble’ into war,” he said. “An advertent or inadvertent incident at a local flashpoint could now really fuel a broader conflict that neither government wants, as the forces continue to come into contact with each other,” Narang added. |
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In the NewsSeptember 7, 2020Pictures and videos show California burning as more wildfires break out across stateAristos Georgiou NewsweekVipin Narang quoted: “This is not a nuclear blast. It is California on fire,” MIT professor Vipin Narang wrote in a post showing the image on Twitter. |
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