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POLICY
How
Powerful Is North Korea, Exactly? Not Very
There's
little doubt that North Korea's nuclear weapons program has grown in
size and sophistication — and Pyongyang has long had a powerful
conventional military. But the Asia
Power Index, introduced last week by the Lowy Institute,
shows that its paltry performance in social, cultural, and
economic measures means that North Korea is actually one of Asia's
weaker states.
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BOOKS
The
Politics of Dehumanization
During
a conversation with Kevin
Rudd, Ian
Bremmer explained
how "dehumanization" is essential to Israel's treatment
of Palestinians, President
Trump's insult of Nigeria and Haiti, and America's
refusal to accept more Syrian refugees, among other examples. In a
world where technology will soon render millions of jobs obsolete,
"it'll make us think very differently about who matters and
who doesn't," he said.
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LITERATURE
The
Universality of 'Asian American' Themes
Novelist
Weike Wang's
acclaimed book Chemistry
centers around a young Asian American woman who, like Wang herself,
pursued an academic path in science before changing course. The
novelist is proud to have written an Asian American character — but
believes her characters are universal. "Nobody would have
asked Ernest
Hemingway if he could write characters from other
races," she told Asia
Blog.
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ASIAN
AMERICAN MONTH
The
First DREAMer on Listening to the Next Generation
Born
in South Korea, Tereza
Lee came to the United States at age two and, by
age seven, knew that she was an undocumented immigrant. When a high
school teacher learned that her status would prevent Lee, a gifted
student, from pursuing a college education, she notified Senator Richard Durbin
— whose subsequent creation of the DREAM Act provided a pathway for
people like Lee. In this interview with Asia Blog, Lee discusses what
it means to be American — and much more.
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INTERVIEW
Why
Undocumented Immigrants Should Be 'Empowered and Unashamed'
Community
organizer and DACA recipient Stephanie
Ji Won Park works to empower Asian Americans who,
like her, discovered at a young age that they were undocumented. In
this interview with Asia Blog, Park explains how policy changes
implemented by the Trump administration have affected her work.
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