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Analysis + OpinionMay 10, 2020Can the democrats avoid Trump’s China trap?Democrats, and Republicans who truly put American security first, face a choice. Joe Biden in particular will decide whether to lead his party into Mr Trump’s trap or play a different game. |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 9, 2020An ode to the humble balconyIt is private, yet public; exposed, yet secluded. It offers company without the demands of intimacy, and we should never take it for granted again, writes Bernardo Zacka in a New York Times opinion piece available here. |
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In the NewsMay 8, 2020Trump wages a war on watchdogs as coronavirus elevates their importanceLiz GoodwinThe Boston GlobeJoel Brenner quoted: “It absolutely sends a chill through the whole community,” said Joel Brenner, former inspector general of the National Security Agency. “It’s a very clear message. The president doesn’t want any inspector general issuing any report critical of the administration and any inspector general who does it has to understand that he or she is likely to be out of a job.” |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 8, 20204 things that will happen if Kim Jong-un diedShould Chairman Kim exit early, there may be an opportunity to return to the negotiating table, especially given the North's precarious situation--one that is likely to deteriorate even further over the near to medium term, writes Jim Walsh in The National Interest's series asking what happens if Kim Jong-un died. |
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News@E40May 7, 2020Distinguished fellow and friend, Yukio Okamoto, felled by Covid-19Yukio Okamoto, a Japanese diplomat and fellow at MIT, died from Covid-19 on April 24 at the age of 74. The former special advisor to two prime ministers of Japan joined the Center for International Studies (CIS) in 2012 as a Robert E Wilhelm fellow and served as a distinguished research fellow at CIS until his death. |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 7, 2020Does the global pandemic open new South China Sea opportunities for Beijing? Not really.A number of recent analyses have emphasized that China is seizing pandemic-created opportunities to improve its position in the South China Sea as other countries are distracted or otherwise unable to respond. A key implication of such claims is that absent the pandemic, China would have acted differently and perhaps with more restraint. |
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In the NewsMay 4, 2020MIT Africa's Ari Jacobovits helps produce Covid-19 hackathonAri Jacobovits, managing director of the MIT Africa program, helped organize a hackathon on Covid-19 with collectives from around the world—drawing from universities, industry, government, and NGOs, among others. CIS research affiliate Claude Grunitsky covered the story in his publication True Africa. |
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In the NewsMay 1, 2020China's modern military strategy in historical perspectiveNCUSCR PodcastIn an interview with NCUSCR President Steve Orlins, Taylor Fravel discusses his motivations for and key discoveries from writing, "Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949." |
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In the NewsApril 30, 2020Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North KoreaFoster KlugAP NewsVipin Narang quoted: “The million-dollar question is: When do you invoke the OPLAN and what indicators do you rely on to do so? Because one country’s ‘securing the country’ operation can look to the other nation like an ‘invasion plan.’ And then all hell can break loose,” said Vipin Narang, a North Korea nuclear specialist at MIT. |
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News@E40April 29, 2020SHASS Infinite Mile Award recipients in CISCIS is pleased to announce Alicia Raun and Fatih Basaga are two recipients of the 2020 SHASS Infinite Mile Awards. Award recipients are recognized for making exceptional contributions to their academic units, the School, and the Institute. |
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