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February 12, 2013

How do you solve a problem like North Korea?

David CaseGlobalPost
Kim Jong Un detonated a nuclear weapon at North Korea's Pungyye-ri test site on Tuesday. The test appeared to be more successful than the two previous explosions. 

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January 13, 2013

What really drives civil wars?

Thanassis CambanisBoston Globe

Not identity, says an MIT scholar, but a volatile jockeying for power.

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January 6, 2013

Outrage over the culture of rape in India

By Priyanka Borpujari Boston Globe

The recent gang rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old woman in India's capital has made headlines around the world. 

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January 1, 2013

Japan's shifting strategic discourse

Richard J. SamuelsSigur Center for Asian Studies

After decades of accepting U.S. supremacy in Asia as the foundation of its foreign and security policies, finding the right distance between the U.S. and China is the most important strategic choice facing Japan today. “Getting it just right” with these two powers will require both military and economic readjustments. But it will not be easy.

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December 11, 2012

Use of chemical weapons could be Syria’s ‘bloody crescendo’

Jim WalshWBUR: Cognoscenti

After two years of civil war and more than 40,000 deaths, fears are growing in the West that Syria will unleash chemical weapons in a last-ditch act of desperation.

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December 1, 2012

What’s killing Brazil’s police?

Graham Denyer WillisNew York Times

São Paulo, Latin America’s largest city, continues to descend into a violent blood feud between the police and an organized crime group, the First Command of the Capital, known by its Portuguese initials P.C.C.

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October 4, 2012

The delusion of limited intervention in Syria

Brian T. HaggertyBloomberg

With Turkey’s decision to shell targets in Syria in retaliation for a mortar attack that killed five civilians inside the Turkish border, there are new signs that Syria’s civil war could escalate into a broader conflict. 

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October 4, 2012

The perils of diplomatic disengagement

Ambassador Timothy Carney, Tara MallerForeign Policy

After the recent unrest at embassies in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Tunisia and the killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, there may be mounting pressure in upcoming weeks or months to permanently shut down embassies or rupture diplomatic relations. 

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September 27, 2012

What Netanyahu's meddling in US election means for Obama, Romney, and diplomacy

David WeinbergChristian Science Monitor

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the United Nations General Assembly today, where he is expected to reiterate his demands that President Obama set 'red lines' for Iran.

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August 23, 2012

Much ado about the Sansha Garrison

M. Taylor Fravel and Dennis J. BlaskoThe Diplomat

Don’t believe the hype: Beijing’s Sansha military garrison is more of an administrative move than an arms buildup in the South China Sea.

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July 12, 2012

Burmese days

Christian CarylNew York Review of Books

In January, Min Ko Naing, one of Burma’s leading dissidents, walked out of prison. 

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March 30, 2012

The lady’s leap of faith

Christian CarylForeign Policy

Why Aung San Suu Kyi's decision to participate in a flawed election could be the biggest gamble of her career.

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March 10, 2012

Japan's roiling struggle forward

Richard SamuelsBoston Globe

A year after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, criticism continues on the government’s response to the disaster.

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February 11, 2012

Cutting aid to Africa won't help gay rights

Jackee Budesta BatandaBoston Globe

Despite its objections to anti-homosexuality bills, the United States is wrong to make LGBT discrimination the heart of its foreign aid policy. In cases where embargoes have been imposed on countries, it is ordinary people - not government officials - who face the brunt of the embargoes. 

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January 18, 2012

Russia's anti-Putin protests

Elizabeth WoodBoston Globe

Will these protests lead to regime change, or will Putin hold on? Will they have long-term effects on the Russian political scene, or will they fizzle out?

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January 3, 2012

The forgotten wages of war

John TirmanNew York Times

We rarely question that wars cause extensive damage, but our view of America’s wars has been blind to one specific aspect of destruction: the human toll of those who live in war zones.

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November 19, 2011

Ugandans wonder: is US after Kony, or oil?

Jackee Budesta BatandaBoston Globe

Ugandans greeted President Obama’s decision last month to deploy 100 US military advisers to central Africa to assist in the manhunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony with mixed feelings. 

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November 1, 2011

'Kill team' trial: are atrocities inevitable in war?

John TirmanBBC

Why do soldiers kill innocent civilians in wartime?

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September 16, 2011

The Palestine UN vote: is there a duty to admit?

Balakrishnan RajagopalHuffington Post

The Palestinian Authority will submit a formal petition to the U.N. next week for admission. It is unclear whether they will submit a petition to the Security Council for full membership or to the General Assembly for an “observer status.”

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August 5, 2011

After war: reconstruct

John TirmanBoston Globe

The US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is now winding down. Both were considered to be vital to US security, and both exacted high tolls in human and financial costs. But neither has brought a satisfying result, and the mixture of high costs and dashed hopes may result in the neglect of both countries once our troops are withdrawn.

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