{"id":32753,"date":"2017-07-07T15:06:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T05:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=32753"},"modified":"2017-07-07T23:18:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T13:18:43","slug":"aspi-suggests-7july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-7july\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With my partner-in-crime, Amelia Long, having flown the coop, I\u2019ll be striking out on my own once more to bring you some choice reading, listening,<\/span> et al.<\/span> each Friday. Let\u2019s muck in \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Developments this week above the 38th parallel north spurred many an analyst into action, so here are some key picks. Starting at home, ASPI\u2019s Rod Lyon <\/span>makes no bones about the situation we face<\/span><\/a>: \u2018We\u2019ve reached a point where only seriously costly options could offer a real prospect of reversing North Korea\u2019s nuclear and missile programs, because those options involve either regime change or war (and perhaps both)\u2019. <\/span>This piece<\/span><\/a> over at War on The Rocks<\/em> similarly concludes that there are \u2018no good options at the moment \u2026 only bad ones and catastrophic ones.\u2019 And in <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i>, David C. Kang <\/span>carries a torch for deterrence<\/span><\/a>, while Michael E. O\u2019Hanlon <\/span>calls for dealmaking<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vale to <\/span>The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i>\u2019s China Real Time, a home of incisive China analysis which was shuttered this week. But not before they channelled <\/span>Mikes Willesee and Munro<\/span>, <\/span><\/a>chronicling <\/span>some of the key Sino-centric stories<\/span><\/a>\u00a0posted since their launch in 2008. Happily, the CRT archive will continue to live online. Here are a few other sites that might fill the hole in your heart: <\/span>ICAS<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>China Matters<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Sinocism<\/span><\/a> and CSIS\u2019s <\/span>China Power<\/span><\/a> project. Special mention also to <\/span>@limlouisa<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>@graemeksmith<\/span><\/a>, who pull together the Little Red Podcast suggested below. Holler your faves at me on Twitter\u2014<\/span>@davidmlang<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of opportunities for the young guns out there. If you fancy some time in Honolulu, you could do worse than throw your hat in the ring for a short visiting fellowship at CSIS Pacific Forum. Applications <\/span>for their WSD-Handa fellowship<\/span><\/a> opened recently, for a September start date. And for a paradise of an entirely different kind, applications are now open for the UN\u2019s Young Professionals Programme. It\u2019s the first time in a few years that Australia is on the list of eligible countries, so a good chance for Aussies (under 32 years old) to get a foot in the door. More details on <\/span>this blog<\/span><\/a> and over at the <\/span>UN careers page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

On to recruitment of a different kind, here are two fascinating accounts. The first, over at <\/span>Lawfare<\/span><\/i>, is a yarn about <\/span>some murky goings-on through the middle of last year<\/span><\/a> related to the GOP campaign, Clinton emails, Russia and a mystery man named Peter Smith. The second comes via the journalist Nate Thayer, who found himself at the centre of a recruitment campaign run by the Chinese Ministry of State Security. Thayer lays out how it all went down in <\/span>this gripping effort<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A heft of new research has landed this week, so clear your weekend schedules. First up, an <\/span>exceedingly helpful 101<\/span><\/a> (PDF) on all things UNCLOS, FONOPs, EEZ and South China Sea, courtesy of Eleanor Freund at Harvard\u2019s Belfer Center. Asia Society Australia recently put out its sizable volume of essays, <\/span>Disruptive Asia<\/span><\/a>. The Stockholm Center for Freedom has <\/span>released research<\/span><\/a> (in Turkish, with English to follow) about the July 2016 coup against Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, which claims that the events were a series of false flag operations designed to \u2018create a pretext for a mass persecution of critics and opponents in a state of perpetual emergency\u2019. And from the ANU\u2019s Strategist and Defence Studies Centre comes the latest Centre of Gravity paper, this time on a <\/span>rules-based order under siege<\/span><\/a> (PDF).<\/span><\/p>\n

There will be no shortage of analysis flowing from President Trump\u2019s Eurotrip, so for now let\u2019s restrict our attention to <\/span>this cracking <\/span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i> op-ed<\/span><\/a> which imagines the sort of advice Russia\u2019s president is receiving in advance of his <\/span>meet with President Trump<\/span><\/a> later today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Podcast<\/b><\/p>\n

In case you haven\u2019t yet come across it, the Little Red Podcast really is one not to miss. The infrequent but solid podcast is pulled together by two Australian academics (noted above) in order to shine a light on the work on China being churned out of Australian universities. Take in their back catalogue <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>, and head <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> for an interview with one-half of the brains behind the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video<\/b><\/p>\n

For the past year, two teams\u2014one American, one Chinese\u2014have been toiling to understand the shape of Sino-American relations, and where that relationship might be headed in the future. That work bore fruit this week, with the release of two reports: the US side\u2019s paper is titled <\/span>Joint U.S.-China Think Tank Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations: An American Perspective<\/span><\/i><\/a> (PDF), while the Chinese side\u2019s effort is titled <\/span>China-U.S. Relations: Exploring a New Pathway to a Win-Win Partnership<\/span><\/a><\/em> (PDF in English and <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> in Chinese). The papers were formally launched with <\/span>two meaty panel discussions at CSIS\u2019s DC digs yesterday<\/span><\/a> (2 hours, 37 mins).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Melbourne: Australia\u2019s former Ambassador to Japan, Murray Maclean, will join Nick Bisley for a lunchtime chat about where the land of the Rising Sun is headed under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. <\/span>Here <\/span><\/a>are all the details you need.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canberra: On 24 July, Gareth Evans will launch <\/span>Australia Goes to Washington<\/span><\/i>, a new history surveying Australia\u2019s 75 years of representation in the US, and how the Oz mission has diligently sought to advance Canberra\u2019s views inside the beltway. Register <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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