This week, Loren, Radha, and Erin are reunited to discuss such cheery topics as political assassinations and sexual violence (albeit in the form of Nobel Prizes awarded to combat it). Radha dives deep on NAFTA 2.0, and we work our way through the crazy Chinese hacked hardware story. Rounding out White House Mayhem, John Bolton is back and joins the president and vice president in making blustery foreign policy speeches. And Erin demands answers on Banksy's newest prank.

 

New WOTR podcast: Melanie Marlowe, Bryan McGrath, and Christopher Preble, "Net Assessment," War on the Rocks

 

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Nobel prize

• Emily Sullivan, "Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Denis Mukwege And Nadia Murad For Fighting Sexual Violence," NPR
• Saudi-Turkey
• "Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey says journalist was murdered in Saudi consulate," BBC
• Karim Fahim, "Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed by 'murder' team, sources say," Washington Post

Trade

• Heather Long, "U.S., Canada and Mexico just reached a sweeping new NAFTA deal. Here's what's in it." Washington Post
• Jacob M. Schlesinger and Josh Zumbrun, "Trump Aims to Model New Trade Deals on Revised Nafta," Wall Street Journal
• Phil Levy, "Trump Faces A Car Conundrum On NAFTA Deal," Forbes
• Jeff Daniels, "New NAFTA falls short of 'more ambitious goals' for agribusiness, says CoBank report," CNBC 
• Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley, "The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies," Bloomberg
• James Cook, "Apple and Amazon deny report that Chinese 'spy' chips were used to infiltrate their networks," Telegraph
• Ian Bogost, "The Chinese Motherboard Hack Is a Crisis, Even If It Didn't Really Happen," Atlantic

WH Mayhem

• Jane Perlez, "Pence's China Speech Seen as Portent of 'New Cold War,'" New York Times
• Van Jackson, "Competition with China Isn't a Strategy," War on the Rocks 
• David M. Herszenhorn, "Rebuking Trump, major powers reaffirm Iran nuclear deal," Politico
• Lara Seligman, "Bolton Puts Mattis in a Tight Spot on Syria," Foreign Policy
• Jarrett Blanc, "Here's Why World Leaders Are Laughing at Trump," Politico

Pop-Culture

• Allison Quinn, "Banksy Painting Self-Destructs Seconds After Being Sold for $1.4 Million at Auction," Daily Beast