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	In the News June 20, 2018 Kim Jong Un ends visit to China with a message for the US Zachary CohenCNN “The Economist may have said ‘Kim Jong Won,’ ” Narang said, referring to a pun on the magazine’s cover about the summit, “but it really should've been Xi Jinping winning.”
	In the News June 20, 2018 CIS experts discuss immigration in the US CIS experts have been talking about immigration in America and offering their insight on the issues—as well as how the Trump administration changes impacted the process and changed the narrative on migration to the US.
	In the News June 16, 2018 Some experts question defense value of submarines Dan FreedmanThe Hour The Columbia-class is the updated classic ballistic-missile submarine, and, according to Owen Cote, “the single most important part of the nuclear triad. It’s the only weapons platform that can survive attack and destroy any target. The only bad thing about it is it’s expensive.”
	In the News June 16, 2018 How China is using North Korea in its long game against America Shi JiangtaoSouth China Morning Post Despite Pyongyang’s record of using diplomacy to manipulate major powers, analysts say Beijing may have few good options other than to throw its weight behind another round of denuclearisation talks to maintain ties with its communist neighbour and secure its regional influence.
	In the News June 14, 2018 Two guys walk into a summit in Singapore Chris LydonRadio Open Source
	In the News June 13, 2018 CIS experts in national security and the Koreas discuss the Singapore summit The Center's experts have been mentioned in media outlets around the globe, weighing in on the expectations and possible outcomes of the historic meeting of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
	Analysis + Opinion June 12, 2018 North Korea is a nuclear power. Get used to it. Vipin Narang and Ankit PandaThe New York Times North Korea has arrived as a nuclear power, and there is no going back. Once the reality-show theatrics of the Singapore summit meeting subside, we are left with the reality that North Korea was just recognized as a de facto nuclear weapons power.
	Analysis + Opinion June 12, 2018 What just happened? Experts break it down CNN Vipin Narang tells CNN that the Singapore summit showed why Kim Jong Un pursued nuclear weapons in the first place. Although he might have declared his nuclear weapons force “completed” in November 2017, it only achieved political completion when he sat down with the President of the United States as an equal.
	In the News June 12, 2018 Gender gap without gender bias? Colleen FlahertyInside Higher Ed Kathleen Thelen's research inspires political science publishers to take a closer at publication gender bias. Study says editors of major political science journals demonstrate no systematic bias against female authors. Yet women authors remain underrepresented in the field. Why?
	In the News June 11, 2018 Who has Kim Jong Un's 'nuclear button' in Pyongyang while he's away? Josh SmithReuters “Its command and control structure while Kim is traveling is unlikely to be robust enough for him to be able to reliably issue or stop launch sequences,” says Vipin Narang. He said that was because North Korea was likely to have configured its nuclear forces to permit rapid authorization to launch in order to offset the risk of a first strike from the United States.