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China's Field of Dreams in Pakistan
Rafiq Dossani, Niels Erich
Oct 16, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
China is four years into joint planning and construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, from Kashgar, China to the Pakistani port of Gwadar. What are the benefits for China and Pakistan and what do they mean for future growth in the region?
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International Diplomacy
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Punting on the Iran Nuclear Deal
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Oct 16, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
President Trump has signaled that he is likely to decline to certify that Iran is adhering to its nuclear deal commitments. The alternatives to the agreement are clear: Iran will develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. will go to war to prevent this, or both.
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Arctic Region
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Policy Challenges in the Arctic: Q&A with Abbie Tingstad
Oct 6, 2017
Abbie Tingstad discusses how the opening of the Arctic by climate change could strain relationships among Arctic nations, how these changes will affect indigenous communities, and what to make of Russia's military buildup in the region.
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Threat Assessment
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On North Korea, Past Foreign Policy Fiascoes Show U.S. What Not to Do
Michael J. Mazarr
Oct 5, 2017
CNN
Foreign policy disasters are often the sum of two basic errors: embracing exaggerated claims about the need to act, and inventing a conceptual magic wand to wish away potential consequences. Both are apparent in U.S. policy toward North Korea's nuclear aspirations.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal Would Not Increase U.S. Leverage
Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye
Oct 5, 2017
Jewish Journal
The Iran nuclear agreement is not perfect, but it is working. Iran is no longer on the brink of being able to produce a nuclear weapon as it was two years ago. The suggestion that decertifying would increase U.S. leverage to renegotiate and strengthen the agreement is unrealistic.
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International Economic Relations
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King Salman and Putin Deals Leave the U.S. Out in the Cold
Becca Wasser @Becca_Wasser, Howard Shatz @HowardJShatz
Oct 4, 2017
Newsweek
Riyadh plans to invest in Russian energy assets and possibly arms. The deals will lead to the manufacture of arms in Saudi Arabia and likely the transfer of military technology. These agreements thwart the U.S.- and EU-led sanctions regime and send an important signal to Washington.
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International Diplomacy
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The Multilateral Order Makes America Stronger
Michael J. Mazarr
Sep 26, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Skeptics have suggested that U.S. interests and support for the international community are somehow mutually exclusive. In fact, international institutions, rules, and norms have mostly worked in the U.S. interest, not against it. The Trump administration has an opportunity to build on that record with a strong agenda of reform and support.
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International Diplomacy
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Book Review: 'The Chessboard and the Web,' by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Ali Wyne
Sep 22, 2017
New Republic
Few quests in international relations scholarship are as imperative and vexing as that of rethinking power — how it is defined, who wields which types, and what strategies different actors pursue to accumulate it. Slaughter's new book is a significant contribution to that end.
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International Diplomacy
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Europe's Hour Is Here
Denis Corboy, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Kenneth Yalowitz
Sep 16, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Since World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom have played disproportionate roles in dealing with Russia. Now continental Europe must assume more of the burden in advancing Western values and interests with an unpredictable and at times unruly Moscow.
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Security Cooperation
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Joint Military Exercises Distract from Complex Russia-Belarus Relationship
Bruce H. McClintock @BHMcClintock, Bilyana Lilly
Sep 13, 2017
The National Interest
Analysts and military leaders have concerns that Russia will use the Zapad 2017 exercise in Belarus as a smokescreen to put personnel and equipment in place, and keep it there. But the deep ties and history of cooperation between the two states make the chances of that happening unlikely.
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Security Cooperation
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What Were China's Objectives in the Doklam Dispute?
Jonah Blank
Sep 8, 2017
Foreign Affairs
A recent military standoff on the Doklam Plateau was the most serious confrontation between China and India in a generation. It holds lessons for nations interested in Beijing's global strategic calculus.
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Counterterrorism
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Countering Violent Islamist Extremism: The Value of Words Over War
Peter Chalk
Sep 1, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
It is highly probable that the world will witness more attacks on civilian-centric locations as groups like the Islamic State group try to prove their continued relevance. Governments need a more nuanced strategy aimed at helping communities counter the conditions that contribute to extremist violence.
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Security Cooperation
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Countering Chinese Coercion: The Case of Doklam
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Arzan Tarapore
Aug 29, 2017
War on the Rocks
India and China have agreed to end a two-month border confrontation in the Doklam area claimed by both China and Bhutan. The immediate crisis seems to be over, but it offers insights into Chinese coercive strategies and how they may be thwarted.
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Arms Proliferation and Control
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How We Can Keep Iran from Becoming the Next North Korea
Michael J. Mazarr
Aug 22, 2017
Fortune
The United States brokered an agreement to constrain North Korea's nuclear program 25 years ago, but hard-liners abandoned it with vague intentions of coercing the North into something better. They never did, and now a runaway North Korean program poses real danger. This offers a powerful reason to preserve the Iran nuclear deal.
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North Korea
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Understanding North Korea
Aug 18, 2017
How should the United States respond to North Korea's provocative behavior? Even the best military options could be cataclysmically bad, but there are nonmilitary options to convince Kim Jong Un that the costs of his provocations outweigh any benefits.
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Global Security
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Dealing with Global Hot Spots in Times of Domestic Upheaval
David C. Gompert
Aug 14, 2017
Fox News Channel
The United States faces growing dangers of war in three parts of the globe: North Korea, Syria, and the South China Sea. How will it manage any—let alone all—of them, especially with political turmoil at the highest levels at home?
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International Diplomacy

China's Field of Dreams in Pakistan

Punting on the Iran Nuclear Deal

Policy Challenges in the Arctic: Q&A with Abbie Tingstad

On North Korea, Past Foreign Policy Fiascoes Show U.S. What Not to Do

Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal Would Not Increase U.S. Leverage

King Salman and Putin Deals Leave the U.S. Out in the Cold

The Multilateral Order Makes America Stronger

Book Review: 'The Chessboard and the Web,' by Anne-Marie Slaughter

Europe's Hour Is Here

Joint Military Exercises Distract from Complex Russia-Belarus Relationship

What Were China's Objectives in the Doklam Dispute?

Countering Violent Islamist Extremism: The Value of Words Over War

Countering Chinese Coercion: The Case of Doklam

How We Can Keep Iran from Becoming the Next North Korea

Understanding North Korea

Dealing with Global Hot Spots in Times of Domestic Upheaval

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