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    <title><![CDATA[Asia |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Playing Nice with North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing_nice_with_north_korea#When:11:56:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea can make concessions to a visiting ex-president without losing face. This was dramatically illustrated ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-15T11:56:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons in Japan? Not in the Wake of Tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_in_japan_not_in_the_wake_of_tragedy#When:15:29:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important consequences of the tsunami tragedy in Japan has received no attention. Japan's ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:29:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Chinese Cozy Up to the Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-chinese-cozy-up-to-pakistanis#When:10:10:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[China’s expanding reach is a natural and acceptable accompaniment of its growing power—but only up to a point.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T10:10:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Futile Message to Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang#When:08:36:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[South Korea's air force has been dropping balloons with leaflets into North Korea describing the struggle to oust ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-04T08:36:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Principled&#8221; Hawks Risk North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/principled-hawks-risk-north-korea#When:08:58:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With North Korea facing an acute food shortage, the United States should offer a long-term food aid commitment to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:58:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Chinese Civil War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-chinese-civil-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-chinese-civil-war#When:12:08:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When China recently unveiled a radar-evading stealth fighter jet and an anti-ship ballistic missile that could hit US aircraft carriers, a century of U.S. military dominance in the Pacific ended.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-07T12:08:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China&#8217;s North Korean Calculations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations#When:10:12:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When President Obama hosts the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, in Washington later this month, North Korea is certain to be high on the agenda. But as in the past, Beijing is likely to use its leverage with Pyongyang only if a major war threatens.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-06T10:12:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drawing a Line in the Water]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drawing-a-line-in-the-water</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drawing-a-line-in-the-water#When:08:55:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[THE crisis in the Yellow Sea, which was set off by the North Korean shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island last month, is probably mystifying to many Americans. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-12T08:55:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Rut in India&#8217;s Economic Highway]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-rut-in-indias-economic-highway</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-rut-in-indias-economic-highway#When:14:00:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Writing about India's booming economic performance and growth potential has become its own cottage industry over the last several years. Indeed, a report out this week ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-18T14:00:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support, Don’t Promote, Democracy Abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-dont-promote-democracy-abroad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-dont-promote-democracy-abroad#When:14:49:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debate rages over what and how much world leaders and other senior officials should and should not say in public about the actions and policies of countries other]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-10T14:49:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Faces of Reform in North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-new-faces-of-reform-in-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-new-faces-of-reform-in-north-korea#When:17:23:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[KIM JONG-IL’S bold moves to strengthen his grip on the Workers Party, the Army, and the bureaucracy in North Korea mark an important victory for the advocates of economic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-13T17:23:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Stabilize Chinese Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations#When:12:25:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As fears of a prolonged recession grow, so does the need to stabilize U.S. economic relations with China. 
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-09-30T12:25:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Discrete Hold on Pakistan&#8217;s Northern Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-discreet-hold-on-pakistans-northern-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-discreet-hold-on-pakistans-northern-borderlands#When:12:29:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley, a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan, where Islamabad is handing over de facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northwest corner of disputed Kashmir to China.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-26T12:29:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Leave Afghanistan Without Losing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing#When:12:40:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As prospects for an early U.S.-NATO military victory in Afghanistan fade and pressures for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces grow, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-25T12:40:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barack hasn&#8217;t Banned the Bomb]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barack-hasnt-banned-the-bomb#When:13:27:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the Nobel peace prize committee believed Barack Obama is passionately committed to nuclear downsizing, if not disarmament, the US president may be no more successful in controlling the hawks than he was with the banks and, for a long time, the health insurers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T13:27:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should U.S. Keep &#8216;First Use&#8217; Option?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should-us-keep-first-use-option</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should-us-keep-first-use-option#When:12:03:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When should the U.S. use nuclear weapons? Most Americans would no doubt reply: when and if it is attacked with nuclear weapons. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-06T12:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bomb Wasn’t Banned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bomb-wasnt-banned</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bomb-wasnt-banned#When:11:50:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the Nobel peace prize committee believed Barack Obama is passionately committed to nuclear downsizing, if not disarmament, the US president may be no more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-01T11:50:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Gates is Not a Diplomat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat#When:16:39:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has played the "ugly American" in Tokyo, cast in a role he should not be given]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T16:39:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan&#8217;s Tyranny of the Minority]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistans-tyranny-of-the-minority</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistans-tyranny-of-the-minority#When:14:49:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[AS the debate intensifies within the Obama administration over how to stabilize Afghanistan, one major problem is conspicuously missing from the discussion: the growing alienation of the country’s largest ethnic group, the Pashtun tribes, who make up an estimated 42 percent of the population of 33 million]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-16T14:49:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Other Islamist Threat in Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-other-islamist-threat-in-pakistan1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-other-islamist-threat-in-pakistan1#When:14:39:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The danger of an Islamist takeover of Pakistan is real. But it does not come from the Taliban guerrillas now battling the Pakistan Army in the Swat borderlands.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T14:39:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The U.S. and North Korea: The Need for an About Face]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face#When:16:59:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current drift in U.S. policy toward North Korea is exposing the weakness of President Obama’s foreign policy team, specifically the absence of both a lead strategic voice and an advisor with North Korean expertise. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-05T16:59:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Richardson or Al Gore?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore#When:14:54:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Diplomatic scenarios for negotiating the release of two captured U.S. journalists now held in North Korea focus on proposed visits by Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, and former Vice President Gore, who founded Current TV, which the journalists represent.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-15T14:54:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Ethnic Fault Line]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-ethnic-fault-line1#When:17:10:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To American eyes the struggle raging in Pakistan with the Taliban is about religious fanaticism. But in Pakistan it is about an explosive fusion of Islamist zeal and simmering ethnic tensions that have been exacerbated by U.S. pressures for military action against the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-11T17:10:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[India Shows Us the Curse of ‘black money&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/india-shows-us-the-curse-of-black-money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/india-shows-us-the-curse-of-black-money#When:16:23:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[India’s opposition party leader L.K. Advani sparked a political conflagration with pre-election campaign remarks that India was losing tens of billions of dollars each year in illicit financial outflows, or “black money”. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-24T16:23:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Face Down Pakistani Army]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/face-down-pakistani-army</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/face-down-pakistani-army#When:11:09:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Unless the Obama administration can get Pakistan's army to stop supporting the Taliban with weapons and logistical support, the insurgency will continue to threaten the U.S.-supported Kabul government — no matter how many more troops the U.S. sends to Afghanistan.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-01T11:09:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Living With a Nuclear North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/living-with-a-nuclear-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/living-with-a-nuclear-north-korea#When:11:58:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Will North Korea ever give up its nuclear weapons? To test its intentions, I submitted a detailed proposal to Foreign Ministry nuclear negotiator Li Gun for a "grand bargain" in advance of a visit to Pyongyang last month. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-17T11:58:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Normalize and Disarm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/normalize-and-disarm</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/normalize-and-disarm#When:12:30:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea blinked first in its latest diplomatic showdown with the United States. In return for its]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-29T12:30:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[India’s Terrorist Problem]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indias-terrorist-problem</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indias-terrorist-problem#When:15:51:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The main focus of the Bush administration's war on terror has been countering the threat posed by ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-17T15:51:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support to Pakistan Distorts Asia&#8217;s Balance of Power]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-to-pakistan-distorts-asias-balance-of-power</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/support-to-pakistan-distorts-asias-balance-of-power#When:15:00:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pakistan sinks deeper into political gridlock and Al Qaeda continues to operate unhindered in its territory, but the Pentagon gravy train bringing American weaponry for its armed forces races full speed ahead on autopilot]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-27T15:00:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Get a Grip on Dhaka]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka#When:16:31:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the CIA and the Pentagon search in Vain for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of northwest]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T16:31:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What A.Q. Khan Knows]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows#When:15:52:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Either Kim Jong Il or Pervez Musharraf is lying about whether Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove, Abdul]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-31T15:52:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Preserve the North Korean Nuclear Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-preserve-north-korean-nuclear-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-preserve-north-korean-nuclear-deal#When:14:40:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[John Bolton’s body is out of the State department,” commented Christopher Hill, US negotiator with North Korea, over lunch, “but his hand is still in.” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-02-26T14:40:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking a Solution After North’s Reckless Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-a-solution-after-norths-reckless-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking-a-solution-after-norths-reckless-act#When:13:20:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States has built a missile defense system that does not work, to defend against a North Korean missile that does not work, that would carry a nuclear warhead that does not work.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-24T13:20:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks at a Forum on Bangladesh Elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections#When:16:03:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “The Bangladesh Elections: Promoting Democracy and Protecting Rights in a Muslim-Majority Country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-17T16:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In a Test, a Reason to Talk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-a-test-a-reason-to-talk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-a-test-a-reason-to-talk#When:16:06:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But my conversations with six key North Korean leaders on a recent visit indicated that the test opens up new diplomatic opportunities and should not be viewed primarily as a military challenge.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-10T16:06:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea: A Nuclear Threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korea-nuclear-threat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korea-nuclear-threat#When:16:20:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-06T16:20:31+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s Article on His Tenth Trip to North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea#When:16:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The most important news emerging from my recent trip to North Korea is that Pyongyang is planning to unload the fuel rods again in the Yongbyon nuclear reactor to reprocess more plutonium]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-02T16:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Director Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s &#8220;Report on North Korea&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea#When:16:36:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison, “Report on North Korea,” presented at the U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, September 28, 2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-28T16:36:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by Director Selig Harrison at a Forum on &#8220;India, The United States, and The World&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states#When:16:39:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “India, The United States and The World,” Cosmos Club, Washington. September 27,2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-27T16:39:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Forgotten Bargain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-forgotten-bargain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-forgotten-bargain#When:12:41:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the debate over how to stop nuclear proliferation, both sides make increasingly untenable assumptions. The advocates of “regime change” in North Korea and Iran underestimate the staying power of the political systems in Pyongyang and Tehran.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-01T12:41:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea&#8217;s Embarrassment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-koreas-embarrassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-koreas-embarrassment#When:16:52:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For North Korean generals, it must have been increasingly exasperating to be told, year after year for the past eight years, not to conduct militarily-important missile tests because they would conflict with foreign policy priorities. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-07-07T16:52:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Regulate Nuclear Weapons The U.S. Deal With India Could Be a Good Starting Point]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-regulate-nukes-deal-with-india-good-starting-point</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-regulate-nukes-deal-with-india-good-starting-point#When:12:12:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Why should India, with a spotless nonproliferation record, be denied access to U.S. civilian nuclear technology for electricity, while China -- which helped Pakistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-04-23T12:12:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Nuclear Partnership with India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-nuclear-partnership-with-india#When:15:59:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After decades of tensions with New Delhi, the Bush administration is moving steadily to establish a new strategic partnership to strengthen India as a counterweight to China in the Asian balance of power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-02T15:59:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roh Balances National Priorities and Alliance with U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/roh-balances-national-priorities-and-alliance-with-us#When:16:06:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In carrying out his election campaign pledge to reshape the U.S.-South Korean alliance, President Roh Moo Hyun has skillfully balanced conflicting national priorities during the first three years of his tenure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-05T16:06:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Administration Deceptions Longstanding and Growing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-administration-deceptions-longstanding-and-growing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-administration-deceptions-longstanding-and-growing#When:16:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration and much of the major media either ignored or gave little publicity to the revelations in the "Downing Street Memo" when it was leaked and published in London's Sunday Times close to two months ago. Now the leak has become a flood of memos written by British cabinet ministers that affirm and substantiate its damning statement that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-18T16:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting Around Pyongyang&#8217;s Hard-Liners]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/getting-around-pyongyangs-hard-liners1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/getting-around-pyongyangs-hard-liners1#When:16:47:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the standard U.S. image, North Korea is a monolithic, Stalin-style dictatorship controlled by one man, Kim Jong Il. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-10T16:47:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Ninth Trip to North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/my-ninth-trip-to-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/my-ninth-trip-to-north-korea#When:17:40:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the next three months, North Korea will unload its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, removing fuel rods that can be reprocessed into plutonium for more nuclear weapons. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-19T17:40:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s trip to North Korea from April 5th to April 9th.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-trip-to-north-korea-from-april-5th-april-9th</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-trip-to-north-korea-from-april-5th-april-9th#When:10:50:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the next three months, North Korea will unload its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, removing fuel rods that can be reprocessed into plutonium for more nuclear weapons. Once again, Pyongyang is offering to negotiate a freeze that would prevent further reprocessing, as it did in June, 1994, leading to the Agreed Framework, and as it has repeatedly offered to do in the six-party talks.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-19T10:50:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stop Fueling Arms Race]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop-fueling-arms-race</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop-fueling-arms-race#When:11:06:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice's successful European trip heralded a revival of the 60-year bond of friendship between Europe and the U.S.; her later Far East trip was marred by the revelation that the Bush administration had lied to our East Asian allies.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-08T11:06:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and the US-North Korea Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korean-nuclear-crisis-and-us-north-korea-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korean-nuclear-crisis-and-us-north-korea-relations#When:15:48:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The following was prepared for a conference on "The Second Bush Administration and the Korean Peninsula" sponsored by the Sejong Institute]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-01T15:48:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China, North Korea, and the United States]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-north-korea-and-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-north-korea-and-the-united-states#When:15:50:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Testimony Prepared for a Hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on "China’s Proliferation Practices and Role in]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-10T15:50:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crafting Intelligence: Iraq, North Korea, and the Road to War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crafting-intelligence-iraq-north-korea-road-to-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crafting-intelligence-iraq-north-korea-road-to-war#When:11:23:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest numbers out of Iraq are some 11,000 Americans wounded in action and some 1,500 dead. The most conservative estimate of non-combatant Iraqis killed is about 15,700. This is happening because the war was sold to the U.S. Congress on the basis of false and misleading intelligence.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-08T11:23:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[To Tailor the Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-tailor-the-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-tailor-the-truth#When:14:14:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The function of intelligence should be to provide as accurate an assessment as possible of a given situation to guide the formulation of policy.

But the Bush administration doesn't see it that way.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-28T14:14:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Did North Korea Cheat?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/did-north-korea-cheat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/did-north-korea-cheat#When:14:25:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On October 4, 2002, the United States suddenly confronted North Korea with a damning accusation: that it was secretly developing a program to enrich uranium to weapons grade.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-13T14:25:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Renunciations of Treaty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-renunciations-of-treaty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-renunciations-of-treaty#When:15:10:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Comprehensive Test Ban, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Anti-Ballistic Missile treaties were negotiated with American leadership and support as a means to alleviate the fear and dread that the specter of nuclear war engenders in all hearts.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-10-09T15:10:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Riding A Tiger In North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/riding-a-tiger-in-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/riding-a-tiger-in-north-korea#When:11:41:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When you go to Pyongyang, the place to look for the keys to resolving the nuclear crisis is not the Ministry of Atomic Energy, the Foreign Ministry or the headquarters of the Korean]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-05-16T11:41:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Arms Are Not What India and Pakistan Need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-arms-are-not-what-india-and-pakistan-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-arms-are-not-what-india-and-pakistan-need#When:14:19:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington wants to encourage the search for a South Asian peace that was launched by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of India and President]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-14T14:19:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Loopholes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-nuclear-loopholes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-nuclear-loopholes#When:14:24:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite multiplying evidence that Iran, North Korea, and Libya have obtained their key nuclear technology from Pakistan, the United States continues to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-09T14:24:40+00:00</dc:date>
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