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Analysis + OpinionNovember 28, 2021Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa won't be silencedAda PetriczkoBoston GlobeMaria Ressa faces up to 60 years in prison in the Philippines on charges of cyber libel and tax evasion, both of which human rights advocates decry as a harassment campaign. But the embattled journalist refuses to be silenced. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 17, 2021How Americans' views of the military have changed over 20 yearsRonald R Krebs and Robert RalstonWar on the RocksAmericans’ views on the relationship between civilian leaders and the military are disturbing. When it comes to decisions about the use of force, recent surveys demonstrate that Americans are inclined to disempower civilians and defer to the professional military’s judgment. |
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News@E40November 16, 2021Seven students receive Human Rights and Technology Program fellowshipsThe Center is thrilled to announce that seven students, including one two-person team, are being awarded Human Rights & Technology Fellowships in the program’s fourth year. These graduate students will be exploring human rights issues that are either aided or exploited through the use of technology. |
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In the NewsNovember 15, 2021China’s nuclear build-up: ‘one of the largest shifts in geostrategic power ever’Demetri SevastopuloFinancial TimesQuoted: Vipin Narang, a nuclear security expert at MIT, believes China is engaging in an “eye-popping” nuclear expansion because it thinks “the risk of a conventional war with the US is higher now than ever”. He says the biggest risk is not nuclear war but “an exceptionally intense conventional war where China unloads its massive arsenal of conventional missiles in the Asia theatre without fear of US nuclear escalation”. |
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In the NewsNovember 14, 2021China is not looking to start a war with USFox NewsInternational security expert Jim Walsh discusses China's upset over US lawmakers visiting Taiwan. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 12, 2021The world needs to quit oil and gas. Africa has an idea: Rich countries first.Shola LawalNew York TimesAs world leaders meet at COP26 in Glasgow, some African leaders and activists are, for the first time, vocally opposing a speedier pivot to renewables for their countries. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 11, 2021China’s nuclear arsenal is growing. What does that mean for US-China relations?Fiona Cunningham, Taylor FravelWashington PostThe new Pentagon report reveals China’s worries about US missile defenses. While any potential changes in Beijing’s nuclear strategy are unclear, three questions stand out regarding how Beijing might seek to use silo-based missiles to deter the United States.
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 11, 2021Underplaying the China threatKunal SinghHindustan TimesThe government has consciously decided to downplay China’s aggression. This has possible benefits but also costs, explains Kunal Singh for the Hindustan Times. |
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In the NewsNovember 10, 2021Will China surpass the US in military air superiority?John XieVOAQuoted: "They're putting together packages of fighter aircraft, the J-16 in particular, flown in large numbers. And that's a relatively new capability," said Eric Heginbotham, a principal research scientist at MIT's Center for International Studies. "They're putting complete packages together. They're also sending anti-submarine warfare aircraft up. So, they're showing a lot." According to Heginbotham of MIT, a specialist in Asian security issues, less than 15% of US air inventories are in the western Pacific, and the US does not have all its aircraft flying around the clock. "The difference is probably that China can challenge you at their superiority locally and for certain periods of time." he said in a telephone interview with VOA. |
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In the NewsNovember 10, 2021Kishida's picks for top diplomat and rights adviser hint at striking balance on ChinaJesse Johnson and Satoshi Sugiyama The Japan TimesQuoted: “I do see the Hayashi appointment as part of Prime Minister Kishida’s balancing act,” said Richard Samuels, a Japan specialist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....Those remarks garnered headlines, Samuels said, “but it was mistakenly identified as a shift in national policy.” |