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In the NewsJuly 18, 2020China now trying to put ‘genie back in bottle’Amit Shah's Aksai Chin Phuket NewsChina's foreign policy is at an inflection point even as India needs to come up with a new consensus on the border issue with Beijing, says China expert Taylor Fravel.
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 17, 2020Unearthing the stories of yesterday's George FloydsMelissa NoblesThe Boston GlobeWhen we call the victims' descendants to share our findings, they tell us 'I never thought I'd get this call.' The scars remain, and luckily, because we have found documents, so does proof. This opinion piece is written by Melissa Nobles and appeared first in the Boston Globe. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 15, 2020America and China have hampered peace progress on the Korean peninsulaKacie MuiraThe National InterestThe discordant approaches taken by South Korea, the United States, and China have hampered progress toward peace on the peninsula. Seoul’s pro-peace diplomacy has been undercut by Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign, which in turn has been undercut by Beijing’s loosening of sanctions enforcement. |
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In the NewsJuly 15, 2020Asia greets US shift on South China Sea with hope and doubtKen Moriyasu and Tomoya OnishiNikkei Asian ReviewM Taylor Fravel quoted: Given a choice, "Southeast Asian states do not want to choose between the US and China. But they also want to be able to assert their maritime claims and jurisdiction. The statement may create an expectation among other claimants that the United States may take actions to defend their claims, but the statement itself creates no such obligation, only an expectation," he said. |
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In the NewsJuly 15, 2020France creates first university intelligence chair and masters course on the dark arts of espionageHenry SamuelThe TelegraphJoel Brenner quoted: Speaking to the Telegraph, Joel Brenner said: "I'm pleased to see that Sciences Po-Aix recognizes that intelligence and the place of intelligence agencies in society are worthy of academic study. This is a welcome development and will make it easier to nourish links between French universities and their counterparts in the US and UK." |
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In the NewsJuly 13, 2020Trump administration’s move on visas is ‘dream-crashing’ for Indian students and familiesJoanna Slater and Niha MasihThe Washington PostVipin Narang quoted: The announcement makes international students a pawn in the administration’s push to get universities to fully reopen in the fall, said Vipin Narang. The level of anxiety it has induced is “incalculable,” he said. “It really does enrage me.” Several major US universities, including MIT, have sued the Trump administration in an attempt to reverse the move. |
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In the NewsJuly 13, 2020US says most of China’s claims in South China Sea are illegalEdward Wong and Michael CrowleyThe New York TimesM Taylor Fravel quoted: “The statement is a full-throated endorsement of the tribunal’s ruling,” said M Taylor Fravel, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies China’s territorial disputes and its military. |
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In the NewsJuly 13, 2020At home and abroad with MISTI 2020MISTIMIT News“Covid-19 has demonstrated that international collaboration is essential to tackling challenges that span countries and cultures. Our aim in the coming year is to continue to equip students with the skills and awareness they will need to confront such challenges in the future.” |
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In the NewsJuly 10, 2020US tells foreign students with online classes to go, universities look at optionsKarishma Mehrotra Indian ExpressVipin Narang quoted: “There’s always been this concern about these online-only, for-profit, F1 scam businesses. But this directive seems a little more carefully crafted to target institutions like MIT. If all they want is some in-person component for online classes, I’ll be happy to do that. If this targets legitimate students in legitimate institutions, then any loophole that would allow faculty and institutions to make a class ‘hybrid’ would be exploited.” |
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In the NewsJuly 8, 2020History contradicts new Chinese claims over Bhutan's territoryIndia Today BureauIndia TodayM Taylor Fravel heavily quoted: Past Chinese maps, put out by prominent China expert and Director of the MIT Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel, suggest that China has acknowledged the area as Bhutanese territory in the past. According to Fravel, the old Chinese maps “do not show Sakteng or nearby areas in Bhutan as Chinese territory”. |