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	Analysis + Opinion July 27, 2018 The origins of America's gun obsession John TirmanWBUR John Tirman writes in an opinion piece that Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? “kinderguardian” ruse reveals the extent of America’s gun culture. It’s a wellspring from the earliest times of colonial America, nourishing the country’s entire history.
	Analysis + Opinion July 25, 2018 Authoritarian nostalgia among Iraqi youth Marsin AlshamaryWar on the Rocks PhD candidate Marsin Alshamary discusses the roots and repercussions.
	Analysis + Opinion July 22, 2018 Japan’s pivot in Asia Richard J. Samuels and Corey WallaceOUPblog In Tokyo, apprehension regarding how the different trajectories of China and the US might affect Japan—muted somewhat by the Obama administration’s reassurances of a US “pivot” to Asia—is more apparent than ever.
	Analysis + Opinion July 16, 2018 A new military strategy for Japan Eric Heginbotham and Richard SamuelsForeign Affairs Japan's current military strategy, which relies on forward defense, is outdated. An active denial strategy would improve deterrence and mitigate crisis instability, says Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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 May 17, 2018 Calm down, folks: Enemies still fear US military tech innovation Harvey M. Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz Defense One Where most countries focus on one or two areas, America has a huge, well-funded R&D infrastructure that pushes the envelope everywhere. Panting warnings that the US is falling dangerously behind our opponents in the race for military innovation are commonplace.
	Analysis + Opinion May 11, 2018 Between two Caesars: The Christians of northern Iraq Roger Petersen and Matthew CancianProvidence A brief account describing the formation and fragmentation of self-defense forces (militias) within the Christian population of the Nineveh Plains. Traces the development of their post-2003 self-defense force, the crisis of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) attack, and the current fractured state of Christian forces in the area.
	Analysis + Opinion May 8, 2018 The future of the US military commissions: legal and policy issues James E. Baker and Laura DickinsonJust Security The ongoing operation of the US military commissions at Guantanamo Bay has posed significant challenges for multiple US administrations.
	Analysis + Opinion May 4, 2018 Trump thinks his North Korea strategy will work on Iran. He’s wrong on both. Colin H. Kahl and Vipin NarangThe Washington Post On April 24, French president Emmanuel Macron walked into the Oval Office with one overriding mission: persuade President Trump not to ditch the Iran nuclear deal.
	Analysis + Opinion March 27, 2018 Keep the Iran deal — 10 good reasons why A bipartisan group of 118 American national security leaders, including CIS scholars, issued a statement outlining ten reasons why President Trump should keep the Iran nuclear deal.
	Analysis + Opinion March 15, 2018 The Trump-Kim Summit and the truth about North Korean denuclearization Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangThe Diplomat In a stunning and unexpected move, President Donald Trump announced last week that he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — setting the stage for the first-ever presidential-level US-North Korea summit.
	Analysis + Opinion March 1, 2018 With friends like these: Japan-ROK cooperation and US policy Eric Heginbotham and Richard SamuelsThe ASAN Forum Although they share a common ally, history and politics keep Japan and South Korea at arm’s length and severely limit their defense cooperation.
	Analysis + Opinion February 20, 2018 South Africa's healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's resignation is a good sign Daniel de Kadt, Evan Lieberman, and Philip MartinForeign Affairs Democracy in South Africa is in tatters. Or at least that’s the widespread view following President Jacob Zuma’s forced resignation on February 14, which ended his almost-nine-year tenure in office.
	Analysis + Opinion February 13, 2018 What can we learn from North Korea’s successful nuclearization? Nicholas L. Miller and Vipin NarangThe Texas National Security Review According to most theories of nuclear proliferation, North Korea did not stand much of a chance of successfully acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet here we are, staring down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-sized barrel of the world’s 10th nuclear weapons power.
	Analysis + Opinion February 13, 2018 The rise of illiberal hegemony Barry R. PosenForeign Affairs Is US hegemony of any kind sustainable, and if not, what policy should replace it? Trump turns out to be as good at avoiding that question as those he has condemned.
	Analysis + Opinion February 12, 2018 Why North Korea and Iran get accused of nuclear collusion Jim Walsh Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist At first glance, it would seem that Iran-North Korea military or even nuclear cooperation makes “sense.” Both nations face the United States as an adversary, and both have been subject to US and international sanctions.
	Analysis + Opinion February 6, 2018 An adolescent's foreign policy John TirmanHelsinki Times If there’s one thing President Donald Trump demonstrated in his first year in the White House, it is a penchant for disruption. Not the disruption we hear so much about in the tech industry or as a tool of innovation, but just sheer destructiveness.