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Ankit Panda
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The government shutdown delayed publication by nearly two months, but very happy to announce now that my @USIP special report on #Pakistan’s navigation of the Saudi-Iranian splint is now available: usip.org/publications/2…
The report includes a close look at two cases of how Pakistan maneuvered (mainly under the PML-N) as tensions grew between Riyadh and Tehran: the Yemen campaign 2015 onward and the January 2016 execution of Nimr al-Nimr.
There’ll likely be a public event in DC soon to discuss the report. I’ll announce that when it’s fixed up.
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Ankit Panda
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Moon Hee-sang, the current speaker of South Korea's National Assembly, is speaking here today in New York at @koreasociety. Will tweet any notable statements.
After recounting American and South Korean sacrifices during the Korean War, Moon makes a passionate case for ending the Korean War—"a fratricidal tragedy."
"Maximum pressure and engagement" played a pivotal role in getting us here, Moon says.
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Ankit Panda
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My new article for @nknewsorg: on why an end-of-war declaration won’t unlock further denuclearization steps from #NorthKorea on its own (that doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing) nknews.org/pro/a-dprk-u-s…
And I also discuss a bit why I think Steve Biegun is well aware of this (reading between the lines of his Stanford speech, at least).
The thesis can be summed up thus: when North Korea says it wants “corresponding measures,” it wants sanctions relief. The end-of-war declaration is a nice-to-have.
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Ankit Panda
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My mother-in-law teaches fifth grade and somehow one of her students got very interested in North Korea this year. She asked me if I'd answer a few short questions. I said yes, of course, and man did this kid hit on some very important questions here!
cc @NuclearAnthro
Ok. Here’s how I answered. I’m a pedagogical novice and have no idea if this is at a fifth grade level, but I did my best. Probably needed a tl;dr.
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As a furloughed scientist, I thought it worthwhile to use my PhD skills to look at evidence for the president’s claims of a national security crisis & whether his desire for a wall is an adequate justification for a government #shutdown that has cut off pay for 800,000 Americans.
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