{"id":27830,"date":"2016-07-22T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T04:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=27830"},"modified":"2016-07-22T15:05:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T05:05:35","slug":"aspi-suggests-22jul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-22jul\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was the week that US politics junkies had hung out for\u2014the one where the Republican National Convention circus rolled up to Cleveland for the coronation of Donald J. Trump. While The Donald was finally elevated as the GOP\u2019s Presidential nominee, things otherwise didn\u2019t go to script\u2014Ted Cruz <\/span>failed to deliver an endorsement <\/span><\/a>of Trump, and Melania Trump <\/span>failed to deliver a wholly original speech<\/span><\/a>. Both distractions have contributed to a divisive, destructive gathering\u2014one that Nate Silver describes as <\/span>\u2018flirting with disaster\u2019<\/span><\/a>. Trump has just delivered his campaign speech, which you can watch <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> with a <\/span>side of fact-checking<\/span><\/a> (and <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>). If you\u2019re after a blow-by-blow, you could do worse than check out the liveblogs filed for <\/span>New York<\/span><\/i> magazine by the august Andrew Sullivan (nights <\/span>1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>2<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>3<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>4<\/span><\/a>). And with the Donald now one step closer to the nuclear codes, it\u2019s a good moment to explore his grey matter through these two pieces: one on Trump\u2019s <\/span>potential sociopathy<\/span><\/a>; the other a <\/span>psychologist\u2019s dive into Trump\u2019s personality<\/span><\/a>. But the final thought rests with Jeffery Goldberg from <\/span>The Atlantic<\/span><\/i>, who claims Hillary Clinton is now effectively <\/span>running against Vladimir Putin<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Donald Trump, should he be elected president, would bring an end to the postwar international order, and liberate dictators, first and foremost his ally Vladimir Putin, to advance their own interests. The moral arc of the universe is long, and, if Trump is elected, it will bend in the direction of despotism and darkness.\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few research efforts and publications have bubbled up this week. Brookings\u2019 Order from Chaos project has this month taken the temperature of US alliances and security partnerships in East Asia, with chapters focused on <\/span>Japan<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>South Korea<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Australia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>the Philippines<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Singapore<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Taiwan<\/span><\/a>. If you haven\u2019t yet come across New America\u2019s worthwhile international security data project, it\u2019s a veritable goldmine of <\/span>facts and figures on MENA drone strikes and US extremism<\/span><\/a>. And finally, fresh out of Copenhagen comes <\/span>Foresight<\/span><\/i>, a new effort honing in on climate change and energy issues. Catch up with the slick, scholarly Scandi-chic mag\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Friday\u2019s coup attempt by a small faction within the Turkish Armed Forces across Istanbul and Ankara has received significant airplay across the world\u2019s media. Now, as the failed coup\u2019s impact is felt, analysts are looking at what comes next for the country.<\/span> The Atlantic<\/span><\/i> has been live-blogging<\/span><\/a> major updates relating to the coup attempt and its aftermath, concluding with Wednesday\u2019s declaration of a<\/span> three month state of emergency<\/span><\/a>. For another firsthand account,<\/span> this podcast<\/span><\/a> (18 mins) from CSIS includes an interview with Bulent Aliriza who was in Ankara as the coup took unfolded. Looking to the future, <\/span>Foreign Policy<\/span><\/i> thinks that<\/span> Turkey will now be unable to answer Washington\u2019s call<\/span><\/a> to provide greater assistance in the fight against Daesh;<\/span> The New Yorker<\/span><\/i> asks<\/span><\/a> how President Erdo<\/span>\u011f<\/span>an will use the coup to his political advantage; and<\/span> CSIS looks into<\/span><\/a> security implications from the putsch for the wider Eastern Mediterranean. <\/span>Wired<\/span><\/i> also has two stellar offerings on Turkey: the first on how the coup attempt<\/span> played out on social media<\/span><\/a>, and the second on<\/span> Wikileaks\u2019 \u2018Erdo\u011fan emails\u2019<\/span><\/a>\u2014294,548 emails leaked from AKP HQ in response to the government\u2019s brutal post-coup purges.<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to catch \u2018em all? There are plenty of people around the world who want otherwise, as backlash against the viral game Pok\u00e9mon GO was felt this week, with some even suggesting that the game\u2019s use of smartphone cameras could be a<\/span> high-tech spying <\/span><\/a>tool. That\u2019s been the rhetoric in Indonesia, where on-duty police have been<\/span> banned from hunting Pok\u00e9mon<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>in Egypt<\/span><\/a>, where Pikachu and pals have elicited national security concerns; in Saudi Arabia, where clerics have <\/span>renewed a fatwa<\/span><\/a> on Pok\u00e9mon; and in Russia, where the game has been branded<\/span> a \u2018CIA plot\u2019<\/span><\/a>. Beyond espionage,<\/span> others are face-palming<\/span><\/a> over gamers hunting Pok\u00e9mon in Auschwitz, Arlington Cemetery and the 9\/11 memorial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Podcasts<\/b><\/p>\n

CSIS has the podcast goods on China this week. <\/span>Bonnie Glaser sits down with Philippe Le Corre<\/span><\/a> to discuss how Brexit will impact on China (28 mins); Scott Kennedy <\/span>on Beijing\u2019s 13th Five-Year Plan <\/span><\/a>(19 mins); and Peter Mattis and Christopher Johnson on the origin, role, practices and structure of <\/span>China\u2019s esoteric intelligence bureaucracy<\/span><\/a> (56 mins).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Diplomat<\/span><\/i> also weighs in, with South China Sea heavies Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran <\/span>offering their thoughts<\/span><\/a> (21 mins) on the impact of last week\u2019s Tribunal ruling on geopolitics and security in the Indo\u2013Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n

Videos<\/b><\/p>\n

CSIS\u2019 recently hosted a discussion on technological innovation with William Roper, director of the US Strategic Capabilities Office. <\/span>Roper offers an insider\u2019s perspective<\/span><\/a> (1 hr) on how defense innovation in the 21st century will differ from previous experiences for the Department of Defense. It\u2019s definitely worth sticking around for Q&A, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, <\/span>Politico<\/span><\/i> premiered a new series of short videos, \u2018Retro Report\u2019, which will run every day over the week and a half that the Republican and Democratic parties hold their conventions. The series will explore eight significant US presidential conventions and draw parallels between them and the state of US politics today. The first four episodes are already available: <\/span>Episode 1: The Power of the Delegate<\/span><\/a> (6 mins); <\/span>Episode 2: The Mess in Chicago<\/span><\/a> (6 mins); <\/span>Episode 3: How it started<\/span><\/a> (4 mins); and <\/span>Episode 4: The Outsider Republican<\/span><\/a> (6 mins).<\/span><\/p>\n

Events<\/b><\/p>\n

Canberra: Richard Fontaine, head of the Center for a New American Security in Washington D.C., continues his tour of Australia for a few more weeks, so mark your diary for 8 August and get along to hear some wisdom. Fontaine will be at the ANU\u2019s National Security College where he will sketch out US foreign policy futures under the next president. Register <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sydney: With Prime Minister Abe having been returned with a supermajority in the Diet, now\u2019s as good a time as any to check in on how the Japanese economy is faring. And there\u2019s no better bunch to do that with than has been assembled by AsiaLink, including two serving Ambassadors and corporate heavyweights. <\/span>Sign up and head to PwC Sydney at midday on Friday 29 July<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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