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The great Meg Guliford joins Erin and Radha for this week’s episode of Bombshell, while Loren enjoys a much deserved vacay. The ladies take a tour of world hotspots with a discussion of North Korean missile tests, the Kashmir crack down, and ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Radha schools us all on currency manipulation before we turn to Director of National Intelligence drama. The show wouldn’t be complete without an exploration of domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence — alongside a heartfelt celebration of Toni Morrison

Links

• Meg Guliford

North Korea

• Dagyum Ji, “Kim Jong Un Guided Test-Fire of New “Superior Tactical” Weapon on Saturday: KCNA,” NK News, August 11, 2019
• Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, “US Still Hopes for Talk After Latest North Korean Missile Tests,” Reuters, August 12, 2019

Kashmir

• Sameer Yasir, Susasini Raj, and Jeffrey Gettleman,”Inside Sashmir, Cut Off from the World: A Living Hell of Anger and Fear,” New York Times, August 10, 2019
• Atul Singh and Manu Sharma, “What Lies Behind India’s Bold Bet on Kashmir?” Fair Observer, August 10, 2019
• Ashan I. Butt, “India Just Pulled Jammu and Kashmir’s Autonomy. Here’s Why That is a Big Deal for This Contested Region,” Washington Post, August 7, 2019

Hong Kong

• Alice Fung and Yanan Wang, “Tear Gas Fired in Hong Kong With No End In Sight to Protests,” AP News, August 11, 2019
• Michael C. Davis and Victoria Tin-bor Hui, “In Hong Kong, What Happens Now That Beijing Has Called the Protests a ‘Color Revolution?” Washington Post, August 10, 2019
• “Hong Kong Protests: Key Dates as Peaceful Rallies Against Extradition Bill Turn to Violent Clashes,” Channel News Asia, August 8, 2019
• Andrew Thomas, “What’s the Economic Cost of Hong Kong Protests?” Aljazeera, August 7, 2019
• Ho-Fung Hung, Thomas Kellogg, Antony Dapiran, and Victoria Tin-Bor Hui, “Will Hong Kong Unravel?” China File, August 7, 2019

DNI

• Zachary Cohen, “Top Intel Official Interrupted Meeting to Urge His Deputy to Resign,” CNN, August 9, 2019
• Alison Durkee, “ John Ratcliffe Is Already Out As Trump’s DNI Pick,” Vanity Fair, August 2, 2019
• Amy Zegart, “The Next Director of National Intelligence: A Thankless Job is Getting Even Harder,” Foreign Affairs, August 9, 2019

Terrorism

• Brian Pascus, “What is “Domestic Terrorism” and What Can the Law Do About It,” CBS News, August 10, 2019
• Charlie Savage, “What Could a Domestic Terrorism Law Do?” New York Times, August 7, 2019

Trade

• Scott Lanman and Enda Curran, “Why the US Labeled China a Currency Manipulator,” Washington Post, August 7, 2019
• Doug Palmer, “New IMF Report Doesn’t Back Trump’s Currency Manipulation Charge Against China,” Politico, August 9, 2019
• Paul Krugman, “China Tries to Teach Trump Economics,” New York Times, August 9, 2019
• Shawn Donnan and Jenny Leonard, “Trump Still Has Plenty of Ways to Escalate His China Trade War,” Bloomberg, August 9, 2019

Pop culture

• Yohana Desta, “Yes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is Really Writing for the New Veronica Mars,” Vanity Fair, September 26, 2018