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	Analysis + Opinion August 18, 2017 Revisit NIH biosafety guidelines Kenneth OyeScience The NIH recently marked the 40th anniversary of its Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.The meeting was an inspiring start for charting future oversight of nonclinical applications.
	Analysis + Opinion August 18, 2017 It's time to make Afghanistan someone else's problem Barry PosenThe Atlantic Afghanistan...is a good place to create problems for America’s adversaries. And the best way to do that is to get out, says Barry Posen.
	Analysis + Opinion August 10, 2017 North Korea, Trump, and strategic stability Vipin Narang and Ankit PandaWar on the Rocks Words matter, especially when nuclear weapons use is on the line. In a matter of 30 seconds on a Tuesday afternoon, Trump negotiated himself into a disastrous strategic corner.
	Analysis + Opinion August 5, 2017 The US will keep losing wars until it decides what it stands for Harvey SapolskyNational Interest Despite the promises, the panels and the pronouncements, a grand strategy for the United States, on par with the Cold War’s containment and Germany’s unconditional surrender during World War II, remains elusive.
	Analysis + Opinion July 18, 2017 Danger at Dolam M. Taylor FravelThe Indian Express Current India-China standoff bears a resemblance to the dispute that sparked the 1962 war. But let’s not stretch the analogy.
	Analysis + Opinion July 14, 2017 Will Tokyo’s arms exports help or hurt US interests in Asia? Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels The Cipher Brief Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s current political problems obscure the striking speed with which he successfully tackled thorny and long-standing security policy problems, including the lifting of the country’s arms export ban.
	Analysis + Opinion July 6, 2017 North Korea's ICBM: A new missile and a new era Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks So what? North Korea was nuclear before, it is nuclear after. What’s the big deal? Vipin Narang and Ankit Panda explain in War on the Rocks.
	Analysis + Opinion June 21, 2017 North Korea won't be solved without South Korea Jim WalshFox News Any military action on the Korean peninsula would, by necessity, require South Korean consent if not commitment. If war breaks out, it will be Seoul, not San Francisco, that will carry the brunt of the fighting.
	Analysis + Opinion May 30, 2017 Some of the top political science journals are biased against women. Here’s the evidence. Dawn Langan Teele and Kathleen ThelenThe Washington Post For our study in PS, we collected information on all articles published by 10 top journals over the past 15 years. The data shows that they publish a lower proportion of articles written by women than there are women in the discipline as a whole.
	Analysis + Opinion May 6, 2017 Turkish referendum rallies in Europe made headlines. Did they affect election results? Tugba Bozcaga and Fotini ChristiaThe Washington Post Turkey’s recent referendum, which ended its parliamentary system by transferring all executive powers to the president, has been a source of contention within its borders, as well as outside them.
	Analysis + Opinion April 26, 2017 Is war coming to North Korea? Jim WalshAljazeera Could war really break out on the Korean Peninsula? Could a conventional war lead to the first use of nuclear weapons since 1945? Is this actually for real? Jim Walsh addresses the good and bad news in a recent opinion piece.
	Analysis + Opinion March 23, 2017 Protecting America from cyber attacks Joel Brenner Joel Brenner, a senior research fellow at CIS, gave a presentation on protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks to InfraGard, a partnership between the FBI and the private sector dedicated to sharing information to prevent hostile attacks against the United States.
	Analysis + Opinion March 16, 2017 Syria Showdown: will Trump be pressured into putting Turkey first, America second? Barry R. PosenThe National Interest Turkey may retaliate against the United States if its desire to recapture Raqqa is denied, writes Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Security Studies Program.
	Analysis + Opinion March 12, 2017 Is it time for our dealmaker in chief to talk with North Korea? Jim Walsh Fox News Opinion North Korea’s recent missile tests will put new pressure on the Trump administration to choose a strategy for dealing with this pesky proliferator.
	Analysis + Opinion March 9, 2017 US-Japan relationship: past, present, and future Richard Samuels Richard Samuels spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the past, present, and future of the US-Japan relationship. Samuels has written widely on Tokyo’s grand strategy, on the events of 3/11 in Fukushima, and is now working on a book on the Japanese intelligence community. Read transcript
	Analysis + Opinion March 6, 2017 Trump’s military budget minus a plan Caitlin TalmadgeThe New York Times President Trump called to revitalize the United States military, with a 10 percent increase in the defense budget. Such proposals make for a snappy sound bite, yet in the absence of a coherent national strategy, arbitrary increases in the defense budget will do little to make America safer, and could make the world more dangerous.
	Analysis + Opinion February 5, 2017 Making sense of Trump’s travel ban Harvey M. SapolskyE-International Relations The dangerous part stems from the belief that President Trump’s ban, temporary or not, blocked or not on legal grounds, will become a recruiting incentive for terrorists.
	Analysis + Opinion January 26, 2017 Smartening up Japan's defenses Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. SamuelsNikkei Asian Review Targeted spending increases needed to buttress deterrence as threats rise. The balance of power in Asia is shifting rapidly, with important consequences for Japanese security and the U.S.-Japan alliance. The People's Liberation Army has become a formidable military force capable of challenging U.S. power at an increasing distance from the Asian continent.
	Analysis + Opinion January 14, 2017 Guess who we don’t talk about these days? Iran Thomas R. Pickering and Jim WalshThe Charlotte Observer Have you noticed? The nuclear agreement with Iran is no longer in the headlines. Not long ago, Iran’s nuclear program was the central issue in U.S. foreign policy.
	Analysis + Opinion December 13, 2016 The End of the Commonwealth John TirmanThe Huffington Post Amid the many controversies attending the election of Donald Trump is one easy to overlook: the mounting assault on “public goods” — public education, public lands, public information and public health, among them.