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How China is using UNSCR 2401 in Syria

By Logan Pauley There were high hopes on Feb. 24 when the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2401 for a

April 9, 2018
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The US-DPRK Summit: Assessing Chinese Anxieties

The visit by the mysterious North Korean visitor on Monday raises wide speculation about what China and North Korea are jointly planning

April 3, 2018
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Kim Jong Un Goes to China: Mending A Weathered Alliance

More than six years after his ascension to power, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid his first visit to China on

April 3, 2018
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Trump and Putin’s Race to the Bottom

By Barry M. Blechman It has been reported by several news outlets that during their infamous phone conversation on March 20th, President

March 30, 2018
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How Donald Trump Could Push Iran and Saudi Arabia to Build Nuclear Weapons

Optimistic and pessimistic arguments about nuclear proliferation were conceptualized decades ago. The best place to find them is in Scott Sagan and

March 29, 2018
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John Bolton

Quotes of the week: “We have only two very unpleasant choices: either Iran gets nuclear weapons in the very near future, or

March 23, 2018
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China finds opportunity in Myanmar crisis

The Rohingya refugee crisis emanating from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state has presented an acute challenge to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s

March 21, 2018
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China in the Arctic: An Identity Struggle

The release of China’s Arctic White Paper in late January brought broad attention to China’s somewhat nascent but rapidly expanding role and

March 21, 2018
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Xi is no longer ‘the first among equals’ in China; just the first

On Sunday, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party formally introduced the proposal to revise the Constitution of the People’s Republic

March 21, 2018
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It Only Takes One Trump Tweet To Fall Into North Korea’s Trap

On Thursday, President Donald Trump shocked the world by agreeing to meet Kim Jong-Un in person in Pyongyang, in what would be

March 21, 2018
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India-Pakistan Friction Heats Up

Quotes of the week: “For Pakistan, the present situation is favorable because at a very minimal cost, it is achieving good dividends

March 21, 2018
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A Political Choice: What Sparks an India-Pakistan Crisis?

This piece for The Hindu is based on a full chapter study by the authors in Investigating Crises: South Asia’s Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and Trajectories freely available

March 15, 2018