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September 2015
![Beware Japan’s Coming Nuclear Problem: Report Beware Japan’s Coming Nuclear Problem: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-25_20-11-25.jpg)
Beware Japan’s Coming Nuclear Problem: Report
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Tokyo’s coming plutonium glut could pose nuclear dangers, a new report warns.
![The Chinese Communist Party and Legitimacy The Chinese Communist Party and Legitimacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_13-33-35.jpg)
The Chinese Communist Party and Legitimacy
By Lotus Yang Ruan
What is the Chinese Communist Party’s official discourse on legitimacy?
![The Tibetan Argument for Autonomy The Tibetan Argument for Autonomy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_11-43-55.jpg)
The Tibetan Argument for Autonomy
By Tenzin Norgay
Fifty years after the creation of the Tibet Autonomous Region, it is time for Tibet to have true autonomy.
![What US Experts Get Wrong About Economic Espionage What US Experts Get Wrong About Economic Espionage](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-25_18-27-57.jpg)
What US Experts Get Wrong About Economic Espionage
By Greg Austin
There is no international legal norm against economic cyber espionage if confined to the collection of information.
![Afghanistan: Offensive to Retake Kunduz Fails Afghanistan: Offensive to Retake Kunduz Fails](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-28_18-18-111.jpg)
Afghanistan: Offensive to Retake Kunduz Fails
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Taliban have dug in around the city and have widened their attacks.
![Asia’s Food Supply Weathers California’s Drought Asia’s Food Supply Weathers California’s Drought](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_10-19-06.jpg)
Asia’s Food Supply Weathers California’s Drought
By Asit K. Biswas, Matthew J. Kastner and Cecilia Tortajada
Despite its ongoing struggles with waters, the state remains a key supplier of specialty crops to the Asian market.
![US Air Force’s New Top-Secret Bomber Faces Further Delays US Air Force’s New Top-Secret Bomber Faces Further Delays](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-25_09-32-09.jpg)
US Air Force’s New Top-Secret Bomber Faces Further Delays
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The US Air Force is once more postponing the award of a contract to build the new Long-Range Strike Bomber.
![Pakistan and the Taliban: Past as Prologue? Pakistan and the Taliban: Past as Prologue?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_07-14-38.jpg)
Pakistan and the Taliban: Past as Prologue?
By C. Christine Fair
After riding the Islamist militancy tiger for decades, Pakistan now has a problem.
![Nepal and the Politics of Earthquakes Nepal and the Politics of Earthquakes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-01_14-28-33.jpg)
Nepal and the Politics of Earthquakes
By Kunda Dixit
Plans are in place, the government knows what needs to be done, the money is there, and the survivors are waiting.
![Singapore’s Surprisingly Predictable Election Result Singapore’s Surprisingly Predictable Election Result](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_07-04-13-e1443596690422.jpg)
Singapore’s Surprisingly Predictable Election Result
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada
Most analysts were surprised that the ruling PAP did so well. They shouldn’t have been.
![Australia: Change at the Top Australia: Change at the Top](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-30_07-00-34-e1443596540187.jpg)
Australia: Change at the Top
By Helen Clark
In yet another political knifing in Canberra, a very different prime minister takes over.
![Think Xi Jinping's State Visit to the US Went Well? Think Again Think Xi Jinping's State Visit to the US Went Well? Think Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-23_14-21-50.jpg)
Think Xi Jinping's State Visit to the US Went Well? Think Again
By Dingding Chen
A modest Xi-Obama summit signals troubles ahead. No major breakthrough was achieved during the summit.
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