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Vol. 04 - 2019

Welcome to the latest issue of Diplomat Brief. Each issue includes links to some of the most popular recent blogs and stories from our Asia-Pacific correspondents, as well as first-read access to a major article yet to be fully released.

Interview: Each week we will be featuring a question and answer session with a different notable author, contributor, or newsmaker. This week The Diplomat’s Ankit Panda talks with M. Taylor Fravel, the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about how China’s People’s Liberation Army thinks about war.
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DIPLOMACY

China’s Busy Year in the Arctic
Having officially laid out its Arctic policy last year, 2018 was an eventful year for China in the far North.
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INTERVIEW
M. Taylor Fravel
“The first misunderstanding would be that the PLA is a national army. It is not. It is the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party.”
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MOST POPULAR FEATURES
SECURITY
Will Pakistan's Wall Work?
Pakistan is building a wall along its border with Afghanistan. Will it actually make the country safer?
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ECONOMY
The Chinese Railways Remolding East Africa
Chinese-financed transport infrastructure projects are fundamentally changing connectivity in East Africa.
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BEST OF THE BLOGS
Is the Indian Military Capable of Executing the Cold Start Doctrine?
How quickly can India mobilize and coordinate an armored thrust into Pakistani territory?
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The End of An Island? How Inter-Korean Connections Will Change the South
Could South Korea’s era as a ‘geostrategic island’ be coming to an end?
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APAC BY THE NUMBERS
8.8 million Japanese yen ($73,000)
The amount of money scammed from three Japanese women, all of whom allegedly fell victim to a foreign group’s elaborate catfishing scheme.
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The Diplomat Magazine | JANUARY 2019
The Asia-Pacific in 2019: What to Expect
This month, as in every January issue, we preview the top events and trends to watch in the new year throughout the Asia-Pacific. We also explore the state of the U.S.-China relationship 40 years after normalization, evaluate where North Korean denuclearization diplomacy stands a year on, and take a deep dive into the messy, unpredictable world of the Maldives’ politics. And, of course, we offer a range of reporting, analysis, and opinion from across the region.
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