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	Analysis + Opinion December 24, 2018 Diplomacy without denuclearization: North Korea in 2018 Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks After having attained what he saw as the necessary capabilities to deter the United States with nuclear weapons in 2017, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned the tables this year.
	Analysis + Opinion December 18, 2018 Want NATO allies to boost defense spending? Don’t build Fort Trump Barry R. PosenDefense One Basing an American division in Poland will reduce allies’ incentive to build up their own forces.
	Analysis + Opinion November 18, 2018 Time for General Mattis to move on Harvey M. SapolskyThe National Interest There is word that President Trump is thinking about pushing General Mattis out as his secretary of defense, the president is tired apparently of Mattis’s slow rolling or blocking his defense initiatives.
	Analysis + Opinion November 15, 2018 As Europe revisits wartorn times, Trump lays a minefield Una HajdariBoston Globe World War I is considered to be the first European war to see major US involvement. That’s why it’s ironic that at last weekend’s ceremony marking the end of that war, Donald Trump made it clear that his administration has no interest in maintaining a constructive relationship with European countries.
	Analysis + Opinion November 9, 2018 Would US leaders push the button? Wargames and the sources of nuclear restraint Reid PaulyMIT Press Why since 1945 have nuclear weapons not been used? Political scientists have cited five basic reasons: deterrence, practicality, precedent, reputation, and ethics, writes Reid Pauly in International Security.
	Analysis + Opinion November 1, 2018 Stephen Van Evera revisits World War I, one century after its bitter end Interview with Michelle English One hundred years ago on November 11, 1918, the Allied Powers and Germany signed an armistice bringing to an end World War I. Stephen Van Evera, Ford International Professor of Political Science and an expert on the causes of war, revisits the Great War and discusses key insights for today one century after its bitter end.
	Analysis + Opinion October 31, 2018 Election insights: on reducing gun violence John Tirman "A social movement to challenge America's reslient gun culture has rocked politics for the first time in a generation, and might shake up congressional complacency in the midterm elections."
	Analysis + Opinion October 25, 2018 President Reif, cut MIT’s ties to Saudi Arabia now! Lukas Wolters and Nicolas DumasThe Tech The Saudi regime targets and kills civilians in Yemen, oppresses and executes women and LGBTQ people, and assassinates journalists. MIT must not collaborate with them.
	Analysis + Opinion October 23, 2018 The price paid by journalists who break the cycle of repression Una HajdariBoston Globe There is a special circle of hell reserved for journalists who “shame” their countries in the foreign press, writes Una Hajdari in an opinion piece in the Boston Globe.
	Analysis + Opinion October 12, 2018 Why ethnic nationalism still rules Bosnia, and why it could get worse Una Hajdari and Michael ColborneThe Nation From Donald Trump to Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, nationalism seems to have become the mainstay of political rhetoric everywhere these days.
	Analysis + Opinion October 3, 2018 Renaming Macedonia in the age of nationalism Una HajdariThe New Republic At the heart of this issue lies the question of nationhood, specifically, the difficulties faced by nations formed at the latter end of modern European history, writes Una Hajdari.
	Analysis + Opinion October 1, 2018 Déjà vu? 'Global Britain' versus the continental commitment William JamesThe National Interest Overstretch and European obligations suggest it is time to rethink a return “East of Suez.”
	Analysis + Opinion September 20, 2018 How is Japan dealing with a volatile United States? Mayumi FukushimaInternational Affairs Managing its relationship with the United States is one of the core challenges facing Japan, as it will need to attempt to resolve the inherent tension between enhancing the alliance relationship as well as reducing its dependence on the US.
	Analysis + Opinion September 18, 2018 Does America need a space force? Harvey M. SapolskyTexas National Security Review President Trump wants to create a space force, America’s sixth armed service, to assure US dominance in space. It doesn’t matter that America already has a sixth armed service … and is already dominant in space, writes Harvey Sapolsky.
	Analysis + Opinion September 14, 2018 Who to blame for the protests in Basra, Iraq? Marsin Alshamary and Safwan Al-AminThe Washingon Post Basra’s protests are more about economic grievances than political ones. Although many of these grievances are shared by other Iraqis, they are felt most keenly by Basrawis, says Marsin Alshamary and Safwan Al-Aminmin in a recent opinion piece.
	Analysis + Opinion September 10, 2018 This 9/11, end the Afghanistan War Barry R. PosenUSA Today “It is time for this war in Afghanistan to end,” Gen. John Nicholson said as he relinquished command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Seventeen years of war have shown no plausible theory of success to justify additional U.S. costs and more killing in Afghanistan.
	Analysis + Opinion September 5, 2018 An agenda for Japanese military reform Eric Heginbotham, Richard SamuelsEast Asia Forum Quarterly Japan’s military planners face a number of major challenges on the near horizon, write Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels in their essay in East Asia Forum Quarterly. A potential conflict on the Korean peninsula, skirmishes in the East China Sea, debilitating cyberattacks, and the forced repatriation of Taiwan by Beijing.
	Analysis + Opinion August 29, 2018 The Trump administration’s new ‘Iran Action Group’ won’t work Nicholas MillerThe Washingon Post The "Iran Action Group" announcement signaled again that the Trump administration intends to act more aggressively against Iran. So how likely is it that this pressure campaign will change Iranian behavior? MIT SSP affiliate Nicholas Miller says it won’t work.
	Analysis + Opinion August 19, 2018 The GSDF is taking to the waves, but should it? Mina PollmannThe Diplomat, The Japan Times The approximately 2,100-member unit is based in southwest Japan and specializes in operations involving AAV-7 amphibious vehicles, MV-22 Ospreys and Chinook helicopters.
	Analysis + Opinion August 13, 2018 North Korea's nuclear program isn't going anywhere Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangForeign Affairs Although Trump is desperate to continue claiming that he “solved” the North Korean nuclear threat at Singapore, as many predicted, North Korea continues to expand its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals and has played its diplomatic hand brilliantly.