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	Analysis + Opinion January 19, 2018 ‘Fire and Fury’ shows Trump’s shifts on China Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe It is clear that in the Trump Administration, neither hawks like Bannon nor doves like the Kushners are interested in challenging Beijing on value issues…
	Analysis + Opinion January 9, 2018 A #MeToo movement in China Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post The #MeToo movement is starting to bring about real social change in much of the world, yet its impact in China has been limited even as pioneers try to make a difference.
	Analysis + Opinion December 6, 2017 The price of war with North Korea Barry PosenNew York Times The complexity, risks and costs of a military strike against North Korea are too high. A combination of diplomacy and deterrence…is a wise alternative, says Barry Posen.
	Analysis + Opinion November 29, 2017 Beijing’s cruel eviction of its migrant workers Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post As a society urbanises, its “hardware” and “software” should both improve. Manual workers should be respected and cherished, not repaid with arrogance, discrimination and humiliation.
	Analysis + Opinion November 22, 2017 Trump intervened with Xi on UCLA players. But what about human rights activists? Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Some may argue that in the “America First” era, the president understandably pays far less attention to the fate of foreign human rights activists than that of US citizens.
	Analysis + Opinion November 20, 2017 Nuclear stability, conventional instability: North Korea and the lessons from Pakistan Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks This is the twelfth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a new series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition — military, economic, diplomatic — in Southern Asia, principally between China, India, Pakistan, and the United States.
	Analysis + Opinion November 17, 2017 Why Zimbabwe's military abandoned Mugabe Philip MartinForeign Affairs Zimbabwe’s recent military putsch is all the more remarkable. For the first time in the country’s 37 years of independence, the military has intervened directly in domestic politics against the wishes of the civilian head of state.
	Analysis + Opinion November 11, 2017 China, a model for gender equality? The reality would say otherwise Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post The glaring absence of women in top national decision-making bodies, and a culture where sexism and misogyny still thrive, mean female empowerment in China still has a long way to go.
	Analysis + Opinion November 9, 2017 Trump and Xi forge a friendship with a frightening edge Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Despite his China-bashing campaign rhetoric, President Trump is enjoying the warmest reception of his overseas trips — since his inauguration — in Beijing.
	Analysis + Opinion November 1, 2017 What next for Kurdistan? Aswo Safari and John TirmanThe Huffington Post The central government of Baghdad all along was threatening the Kurdistan regional government, as did Turkey, Syria, and in particularly Iran.
	Analysis + Opinion October 26, 2017 Ai Weiwei: The enemy of walls Audrey Jiajia LiThe Boston Globe Ai Weiwei is not an enemy of the state. He is an enemy of walls, physical or virtual, no matter who builds them, Trump or Xi Jinping.
	Analysis + Opinion October 25, 2017 What political science tells us about the risk of civil war in Spain Sara PlanaWar on the Rocks Spanish stability may well turn on what happens near the regional parliament building in Barcelona’s Barri Gotic—in the shadow of Roman and medieval relics — as Catalan citizens prepare to form human shields to literally block Spanish direct rule.
	Analysis + Opinion October 16, 2017 Deadly Overconfidence: Trump thinks missile defenses work against North Korea, and that should scare you Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks Could a president’s overconfidence in U.S. defensive systems lead to deadly miscalculation and nuclear armageddon? Yes. Yes, it could. If Trump believes — or is being told — that American missile defenses are that accurate, not only is he factually wrong, he is also very dangerously wrong.
	Analysis + Opinion October 10, 2017 Women will soon be issuing fatwas in Saudi Arabia. This isn't as groundbreaking as you'd think. Richard A. NielsenThe Washington Post Within days of the reversal of Saudi Arabia’s infamous driving ban for women, the Saudi government announced that women will be authorized as muftis to give state-sanctioned Islamic legal rulings. Yet those hoping that this move extends women’s rights in the kingdom will probably be disappointed.
	Analysis + Opinion September 26, 2017 China’s delicate dance with ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘dotard’ Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Mao Zedong succeeded in joining the nuclear club, and no external force in the world could undermine his grip on power after that.
	Analysis + Opinion September 15, 2017 Command and control in North Korea: What a nuclear launch might look like Vipin Narang and Ankit PandaWar on the Rocks A new nuclear state, in a major crisis with a conventionally superior nuclear-armed adversary, contemplates and prepares to move nuclear assets in the event it has to use them. Who controls the nuclear forces?
	Analysis + Opinion September 8, 2017 Why Kim Jong Un wouldn’t be irrational to use a nuclear bomb first Vipin NarangThe Washington Post North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is advancing quickly. Soon Kim Jong Un will be able to deliver it to our shores, if he cannot do so already.
	Analysis + Opinion September 4, 2017 Welcome to the H-Bomb Club, North Korea Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks After months of anticipation, it finally happened. On Sunday morning, September 3, at precisely noon local time, North Korea detonated its sixth nuclear device ever to test a presumably new thermonuclear bomb design.
	Analysis + Opinion September 1, 2017 Why India did not ‘win’ the standoff with China M. Taylor FravelWar on the Rocks The end of a standoff between India and China over a remote road on the Doklam plateau has prompted a vibrant discussion about the lessons learned. The emerging consensus is that India “won” and China “lost.”
	Analysis + Opinion August 23, 2017 Should you be worried about North Korea? Jim WalshAl Jazeera To no one's surprise, I can't "save us", but I can give you a sense of where things stand, where they might be going, and a few things we might want to do, writes Jim Walsh in a recent opinion piece.