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  • South Korea's Nuclear Options

    April 19, 2023
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    In January, the U.S.–South Korean alliance was rocked by President Yoon Suk-yeol's surprising suggestion: his country, a law-abiding member of the international system and a key U.S. ally, might need its own nuclear deterrent. In the United States, many foreign policy experts were aghast. A South Korean nuclear arsenal was unnecessary, they argued, because Seoul enjoys U.S. protection. Moreover, a South Korean nuclear program would violate the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), destabilize East Asia, and expose South Korea to crippling economic sanctions.

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  • The Politics of the China Threat in East Asia

    April 19, 2023
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    Japan has realized that they need to take more responsibility for their security in response to China's rise, but there remain disagreements among U.S. allies about how to confront China. Dartmouth College professor Jennifer Lind discusses the threat environment in East Asia, Japan's military spending and relations with its neighbors, and how collective narratives about historical baggage between countries can shape policy. Listen to the full podcast here! 

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  • 'Stamp of approval': Twitter's Musk amplifies misinformation

    April 19, 2023
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    "Musk has almost 135 million Twitter followers and forced his engineers to increase the reach of his tweets, so we should worry when he spreads misinformation," the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Brendan Nyhan tells AFP about Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

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  • The Myth of Multipolarity

    April 18, 2023
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    Professors Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth co-author a Foreign Affairs piece about the "myth of multipolarity" and say that while the United States has become less dominant over the past 20 years, it remains safely atop the global power hierarchy. Read the full article here! 

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  • Japan's Defense Plans Are Big, Popular, and Expensive

    April 17, 2023
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    "The question is what will Tokyo actually spend, particularly given all the public policy challenges that the Japanese people are very concerned about," Professor Lind says about Tokyo's plan to double its defense spending within five years. Read the full Foreign Policy article here! 

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