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China's Ambitions, Origins of the Coronavirus, Income Inequality: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 11, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on China’s quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, how parents feel about sending their children back to school, and more.
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Indonesia
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Indonesia Is Quietly Warming Up to China
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jun 7, 2021
Foreign Policy
Improving China-Indonesia relations could have profound geostrategic significance for the United States. Washington may want to focus on assistance that would benefit Indonesia itself, not just the United States in its competition with China.
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South Korea
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Takeaways from the Biden-Moon Summit: Three Observations on China
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Jun 7, 2021
Nikkei Asia
North Korea was not the only elephant in the room during the recent U.S.–South Korea summit. In the broader context of U.S. foreign policy priorities and South Korea's geopolitical concerns, China was probably the larger presence.
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South Korea
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The Biden-Moon Meetings: Much Ado About Something?
Rafiq Dossani
Jun 4, 2021
The RAND Blog
The May summit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in elicited a wide range of opinion about its value. With diplomacy-first progressives in power simultaneously in both nations for the first time in two decades, even subtle gains may be significant.
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North Korea
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An Economic Blueprint for North Korea
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Jun 4, 2021
The National Interest
It would be simplistic to think that developing detailed blueprints for economic development in North Korea could on its own cut through decades of conflict and mistrust, triggering political and economic reform. But by expanding the terms of the debate it might move the needle on peace.
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South Korea
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U.S.-ROK Summit: Assessing Moon's Vaccine and Peace Promises
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Jun 3, 2021
Lowy Institute's Interpreter
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held their first in-person summit in Washington in May. But beyond the formalities, how fruitful was this first sit-down, face-to-face, no-mask meeting for Moon?
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United States Department of Defense
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It's Time to Drop 'Competition' in the National Defense Strategy
Raphael S. Cohen
May 18, 2021
The Hill
What should the U.S. Defense Department do during peacetime if the United States is not competing with China and Russia? Simply put, it should prepare to win the next war, while defeating any military aggression below the threshold of conflict.
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Educational Equity
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Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
May 14, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
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Security Cooperation
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What the United States Wants from Japan in Taiwan
Jeffrey W. Hornung
May 10, 2021
Foreign Policy
If a Taiwan conflict breaks out, what might the United States request of Japan? For the U.S.-Japan alliance, the answer is critical if the countries want to translate expressions of support into actual planning and preparation.
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Imagery Intelligence
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The Uyghurs, Getting the World Vaccinated, Policing in America: RAND Weekly Recap
May 7, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on China's disappeared Uyghurs, how the United States can help get the rest of the world vaccinated, what's next for policing in America, and more.
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North Korea
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Biden's North Korea Policy Review Is Sparse on Details. Here's One Interpretation
Soo Kim @mllesookim
May 6, 2021
Lowy Institute's Interpreter
The Biden administration recently completed its North Korea policy review. Details have been sparse, but based on prior U.S. dealings with the Kims, some informed guesses about Washington's approach towards Pyongyang under the new administration can be had. Here's one.
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Philippines
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China Has Lost the Philippines Despite Duterte's Best Efforts
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
May 6, 2021
Foreign Policy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has time and again underscored his anti-U.S. and pro-Chinese orientation. Duterte now recognizes, in spite of his continued rhetoric to the contrary, that China is no friend.
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Security Cooperation
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Biden Should Consider Downsides of Stressing National Values in Indo-Pacific
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
May 3, 2021
Nikkei Asia
The Biden administration has argued that the United States must strengthen its Indo-Pacific alliances and partnerships to compete more successfully with China. Will Washington prioritize national interests or national values?
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Arms Proliferation and Control
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Nuclear Ban Treaty Offers Rare Chance for Japan
Sayuri Romei
Apr 30, 2021
Asahi Shimbun
As the only country to suffer the horrors of wartime atomic bombings, one would assume Japan would eagerly sign any treaty to ban such weapons. Why hasn't Japan signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect in January 2021?
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Information Operations
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COVID-19 Disinformation, Biden's Address, Leaving Afghanistan: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 30, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on Russian and Chinese campaigns to spread malign and subversive information on COVID-19, President Biden's address to Congress, the planned U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.
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Imagery Intelligence
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China's Disappeared Uyghurs: What Satellite Images Reveal
Apr 29, 2021
At least one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have vanished into a sprawling network of camps and prisons in China's far west. Satellite images show brightly lit compounds, wall after wall of barbed wire, and a sudden rush to build what appear to be fortified preschools.
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East Asia

China's Ambitions, Origins of the Coronavirus, Income Inequality: RAND Weekly Recap

Indonesia Is Quietly Warming Up to China

Takeaways from the Biden-Moon Summit: Three Observations on China

The Biden-Moon Meetings: Much Ado About Something?

An Economic Blueprint for North Korea

U.S.-ROK Summit: Assessing Moon's Vaccine and Peace Promises

It's Time to Drop 'Competition' in the National Defense Strategy

Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap

What the United States Wants from Japan in Taiwan

The Uyghurs, Getting the World Vaccinated, Policing in America: RAND Weekly Recap

Biden's North Korea Policy Review Is Sparse on Details. Here's One Interpretation

China Has Lost the Philippines Despite Duterte's Best Efforts

Biden Should Consider Downsides of Stressing National Values in Indo-Pacific

Nuclear Ban Treaty Offers Rare Chance for Japan

COVID-19 Disinformation, Biden's Address, Leaving Afghanistan: RAND Weekly Recap

China's Disappeared Uyghurs: What Satellite Images Reveal

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