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	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.”
	In the News June 22, 2018 Rebuilding Germany’s centuries-old vocational program Russ JuskalianMIT Technology Review The Ausbildung is widely touted as an example other countries should follow. But it’s struggling to keep up with technological change. But don’t write off the German system just yet. Over the centuries, it “has survived and been adapted to massive changes in technology,” says Kathleen Thelen.
	In the News June 21, 2018 The psycho-politics of wellbeing Middle East Research and Information Project CIS affiliate scholar Orkideh Behrouzan speaks about the politics of Iranian mental health and the effects of 40 years of revolution and war and the ways in which a younger generation is forming identities.
	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