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	Analysis + Opinion December 10, 2014 The new industrial espionage Joel BrennerThe American Interest The information revolution has rendered obsolete the legacy legal regime on intellectual property rights, enabling spying for commercial purposes to morph into a strategic issue.
	Analysis + Opinion October 24, 2014 Nations everywhere are exploiting the lack of cybersecurity Joel BrennerWashington Post US military and security officials can blow things up with a keyboard and a mouse. They’ve done it. Some even say they were behind the Stuxnet cyberattack that destroyed thousands of centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear enrichment facility.
	Analysis + Opinion October 22, 2014 It will take more than natural resources for Africa to rise Calestous JumaAl Jazeera The rise of 3D printing could do for Africa what semiconductors did for Taiwan in the 1960s.
	Analysis + Opinion July 25, 2014 Putin in July (or the fight for Russia’s soul) Elizabeth A. WoodWashington Post The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 has put Vladimir Putin in a bind, evidence that he has unleashed forces in Eastern Ukraine that he cannot entirely control. But he may have also unleashed forces in Moscow, which, while still not very strong, are beyond his control.
	Analysis + Opinion July 21, 2014 Smallpox: the long goodbye Jeanne GuilleminBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Last week, six vials of smallpox virus were discovered in a disused closet at the National Institutes of Health, where they had lain, forgotten and misplaced, for over 30 years.
	Analysis + Opinion June 18, 2014 The legacy of unlearned lessons, and the current crisis in Iraq John TirmanWBUR: Cognoscenti The advances of the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) deep into the heart of Iraq from its base in Syria is an occasion for introspection in the United States.
	Analysis + Opinion June 16, 2014 The case for doing nothing in Iraq Barry PosenPolitico Whenever there’s a crisis anywhere in the world, you can count on America’s pundit class to demand action—usually of the military variety.
	Analysis + Opinion June 16, 2014 ISIS continues dramatic takeover of territory in Iraq Jim WalshWBUR: Cognoscenti Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks to Jim Walsh, an expert in international security at MIT's Security Studies Program, about the developments in Iraq and Ukraine.
	Analysis + Opinion May 28, 2014 Is Japan back? Richard SamuelsThe National Interest The title of this article evokes a 2012 campaign promise by Prime Minister Abe Shinzō who declared that he would “take back Japan”. Since his election and the triumphant return of the Liberal Democratic Party, the idea that “Japan is back” has become a standard part of discussion about Japan. But the campaign promise and the discussion it engendered beg two important questions: First, where did Japan go? And, second, which Japan are we talking about?
	Analysis + Opinion May 16, 2014 India's new leader faces old scars Priyanka BorpujariBoston Globe Friday morning, 2,500 kilograms of ladoo, an Indian sweet, were being unpacked at the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or Indian Peoples’ Party. By late afternoon, it was clear that the party’s poster boy—63-year-old Narendra Modi—would become India’s 14th Prime Minister.
	Analysis + Opinion May 12, 2014 Ukraine: part of America's 'vital interests'? Barry R. PosenThe National Interest Though the intensity of Western discourse about Ukraine might lead one to conclude that serious strategic interests are threatened by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and meddling in eastern Ukraine, the United States and even its allies have few interests in Ukraine, and our past and present policies are at odds with the interests we have.
	Analysis + Opinion April 17, 2014 When your work suddenly comes home Jim WalshWBUR: Cognoscenti For me, the Boston bombings of a year ago seem both far away and right beneath the surface.
	Analysis + Opinion April 14, 2014 Imagining invasion on Vladimir Putin’s doorstep Christian CarylForeignPolicy.com Life was already hard enough for Ukrainians. But now they also have to worry about a Russian army on the march.
	Analysis + Opinion April 12, 2014 Why India must stay the nuclear hand Vipin NarangThe Indian Express Revising India’s no-first-use posture, as the BJP is purportedly considering, would be unnecessary and dangerous.
	Analysis + Opinion April 12, 2014 Chinese signaling in the East China Sea? M. Taylor FravelThe Washington Post The dispute between Japan and China over the sovereignty of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands is one of the most volatile flashpoints in East Asia today.
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2014 The Ukrainian paradox Jim WalshWBUR: Cognoscenti The Ukrainian paradox is not a math problem. It has more to do with chess than equations.
	Analysis + Opinion March 16, 2014 Leave Iran's missiles out of nuclear talks Mansour SalsabiliBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Controversy over Iran’s ballistic missile program intensified during the most recent round of talks between Iran and its six negotiating partners, the P5+1, or the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, as the two sides disagreed over whether the topic should even be discussed.
	Analysis + Opinion February 21, 2014 Crimes against humanity: why we must never become numb to the phrase Jim WalshWBUR: Cognoscenti This week has witnessed (what seems like) daily snowstorms, Ukraine teetering on the brink and that quadrennial spectacular known as the Olympics. But there were two other events worth noting.
	Analysis + Opinion August 29, 2013 'Talk to my eyes, not to my chest' Priyanka BorpujariBoston Globe In January 2012, BBC reported that India has more than 70,000 newspapers and over 80 news channels. It is the biggest newspaper market in the world, with more than 100 million copies sold daily. Stalwarts from the Indian media, at a recent conference, agreed that people in South Asia generally had a strong faith in newspapers, which is why the industry continues to thrive. But what also thrives is violence against women journalists in the field, and their ongoing harassment within the journalism fraternity.
	Analysis + Opinion August 29, 2013 Syria’s red line Jeanne GuilleminBoston Review The chemical weapons ban should have been made universal years ago.