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	In the News July 11, 2018 Is China using force or coercion in the South China Sea? Constantinos YiallouridesThe Diplomat M. Taylor Fravel comments that China’s use of force in its territorial disputes aims “to create a reputation for toughness over territory and deter its opponents in all other disputes.”
	In the News July 10, 2018 Crisis in US nuclear talks with Pyongyang not China’s doing, experts say Keith JohnsonForeign Policy “Trump’s tweet betrays the fundamental problem: He thinks it was a contract and a unilateral agreement to denuclearize,” said Vipin Narang. “But when North Korea says it is not going to unilaterally disarm, that is not the influence of China — that is them knowing what they signed [in Singapore].”
	In the News July 9, 2018 Heated rhetoric from North Korea Lisa MullinsWBUR Here & Now President Trump heads to Europe this week for the NATO summit after a weekend that featured heated rhetoric from North Korea on denuclearization. Jim Walsh weighs in on Here & Now.
	News@E40 July 9, 2018 Celebrating Robert Murray, a colleague and friend The Center hosted a retirement party for Robert Murray on June 28. Bob, as he was known at CIS, served as the Center’s administrative officer for seventeen years. The event was as celebratory as it was poignant.
	In the News July 8, 2018 North Korea declares US diplomacy “gangster-like” Robin WrightThe New Yorker Vipin Narang described the criticism as a “negotiating tactic.” But he also cautioned, in a tweet, that the Kim regime is signalling “… (1) We aren’t unilaterally disarming…(2) Any other stuff short of that? Gonna cost you chief…”
	Analysis + Opinion July 6, 2018 More and more, overseas Chinese fear the long arm of Beijing Audrey Jiajia LiInkstone When Audrey Jiajia Li was invited to host a panel at a conference in Singapore, she didn’t expect to be shouted at for being too negative on China. But it’s part of a disturbing trend of Chinese being unable to speak their mind overseas, she says.
	In the News July 2, 2018 US has plan to dismantle North Korea nuclear program within a year: Bolton The New York Times The North could try to trade sites and technology that have relatively low values in exchange for sanctions relief, while covertly operating facilities required to advance key capabilities, SSP's Vipin Narang said. “What it suggests is that Kim has no intention of surrendering his nuclear weapons.”
	In the News July 2, 2018 Is North Korea secretly continuing its nuclear programme? Andreas IllmerBBC News “You can imagine a North Korean strategy where — without a full disclosure of all their facilities — they can offer to shut down some of the known sites in order to get sanctions relief,” SSP’s Vipin Narang explains to BBC News. “At the same time they would clandestinely push ahead at the secret sites.”
	Analysis + Opinion June 30, 2018 There are signs North Korea is still working on its nuclear program. Here’s why ‘denuclearization’ is so problematic. Jane Vaynman and Vipin NarangThe Washington Post There are signs that North Korea is continuing to improve and expand infrastructure at key nuclear-weapons-related sites, including multiple suspected clandestine sites, and a strategy to deceive the United States about them. And it has yet to raze the Sohae missile test site, as Trump claimed Kim promised to do in Singapore.
	In the News June 27, 2018 Satellite images show North Korea upgrading nuclear facility Zachary CohenCNN “North Korea has had a decade-long nuclear testing sequence where they have presumably learned a lot about designs,” SSP's Vipin Narang told CNN. “They probably do not need full blown tests to go into serial production of warheads.”