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Fragile States Cannot Be Fixed with State-Building
July 31, 2015

The problem with the way the international community thinks about and responds to fragile states is not that we do not understand “fragility,” its causes, and its cures, but that we think of them as “states,” as coherent units of analysis. As a...


Report
U.S. Actions Can Help Keep Global Polio Eradication Strategy on Track
July 31, 2015 | Nellie Bristol

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in April 2013 unveiled an ambitious six-year strategy aimed at finally ending polio worldwide. The four-pronged approach called for stopping transmission in the remaining polio endemic countries while also eliminating rare but...


Report
Korea Chair Monitor | Vol 3 Issue 15
July 31, 2015

The Korea Chair team takes a biweekly look back at events of interest in Washington, Seoul, and the region from July 16 - July 29, 2015.

U.S.-ROK RELATIONS | U.S. Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Visits South Korea
On...


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The Evening CSIS July 31 2015
July 31, 2015 | H. Andrew Schwartz

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Counting the Cost of South Africa's Health Burden
July 30, 2015 | Richard Downie

South Africa’s health system is approaching a make or break moment. Can it complete a set of complex organizational reforms and place itself on a sustainable financial footing that will enable it to deliver first-rate health care services to patients? Or will a stalled...


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The Evening CSIS July 30 2015
July 30, 2015 | H. Andrew Schwartz

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Congressional Testimony
Sanctions and the JCPOA
July 30, 2015 | Juan C. Zarate

Juan C. Zarate, Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Report
Theories on Why North Korea Rejects the World
July 29, 2015 | Victor Cha

North Korea last week rejected South Korea’s invitation to attend the Seoul Defense Dialogue in September, denigrating the talks as “puerile.” In the same breath, it also rejected a proposal by National Assembly speaker Chung Ui-hwa for a meeting with his...


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The Evening CSIS May 29 2015
July 29, 2015 | H. Andrew Schwartz

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Congressional Testimony
Potential Implications in the Region of the Iran Deal
July 29, 2015 | Jon B. Alterman

Dr. Jon B. Alterman, Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and Director, Middle East Program, testified before the House Armed Services Committee.

Report
Workforce Development in Tunisia and Jordan
July 28, 2015

Elites in Tunisia and Jordan stress their need to invest in their human resources, because people are the only resources they have. An array of programs has arisen in both countries to help young people learn life and job skills, find appropriate careers, and launch new...


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Global Economics Monthly: Bridges to Somewhere? Deconstructing Asia's Infrastructure Push
July 28, 2015 | Matthew P. Goodman

The past two years have seen a veritable landslide of new infrastructurefocused initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region. These include the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...


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