Attacking North Korea: surely Trump wouldn't be that foolish
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The Trump administration has deployed a battle carrier group to the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear provocations. But, as Ben Habib writes: “The idea that a discrete, surgical air strike could be deployed in the Korean context is a mirage.”
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The over-riding priority underpinning North Korean foreign policy is regime survival and the perpetuation of the Kim family dynasty.
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
Regardless of how the US sending an aircraft carrier group to the Korean Peninsula plays out, the international community will ultimately have to accept and learn to manage a nuclear North Korea.
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A terrorist attack in London in March left six people dead, including the perpetrator.
Reuters/Hannah Mckay
Keiran Hardy, Griffith University
Terrorism laws contain extra hurdles to secure a conviction, so prosecutors and police may prefer to charge offenders with murder or assault in some cases.
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Stephen Bright, Edith Cowan University; Nicole Lee, Curtin University
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Ben Desbrow, Griffith University
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Business + Economy
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Danika Wright, University of Sydney
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Graham White, University of Sydney
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Arts + Culture
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Linda Wight, Federation University Australia
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Elyse Methven, University of Technology Sydney
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Science + Technology
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Sean Welsh, University of Canterbury
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Cities
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Tony Matthews, Griffith University; Deanna Grant-Smith, Queensland University of Technology
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Terry Hughes, James Cook University; James Kerry, James Cook University
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