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In the NewsJuly 16, 2019Special duty: A history of the Japanese intelligence communityIn Special Duty, Richard J Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. It has been cited as "a masterpiece" that offers "much needed insight to academics and policymakers." |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 11, 2019How Donald Trump pushed Iran to the bombJim WalshCNNSince the day he took office, President Donald Trump has been caught in an Iran trap, or more precisely, two traps. Jim Walsh explains in a recent CNN opinion piece. |
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In the NewsJuly 10, 2019Suzanne Berger named inaugural John M Deutch Institute ProfessorPeter DizikesMIT NewsPolitical scientist Suzanne Berger has been named MIT’s inaugural John M Deutch Institute Professor, joining the select group of people holding MIT’s highest faculty honor. |
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In the NewsJuly 9, 2019World powers react to Iran exceeding limits in nuclear dealRobin YoungWBUR Here & NowJim Walsh, MIT Securities Studies Program senior research associate, discusses Iran enriching uranium beyond the accord's 3.67% limit as tensions with Iran escalate. He speaks with Robin Young on Here & Now. |
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In the NewsJuly 6, 2019Hot new Japan book releases for the sweltering summerIain MaloneyThe Japan TimesRumors and secrets are at the heart of Richard J Samuels’ “Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community” (Cornell University Press, October). |
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In the NewsJuly 6, 2019Chaguan | A chained dragonThe EconomistQuoted: America’s geography is even luckier below the waves, argues Owen Cote, in a new study in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Since the cold war, he writes, America has successfully tracked foreign submarines with acoustic arrays placed where continental shelves end and deep oceans begin. Link to full text article |
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In the NewsJuly 4, 2019Even for a limited nuclear deal, North Korea may settle for nothing less than sanctions reliefReporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Lincoln FeastReutersVipin Narang, quoted in this article, said “A freeze on fissile material, nuclear weapons, and missile production at Yongbyon and beyond—when North Korea does not even acknowledge enrichment facilities outside Yongbyon—without some sanctions relief, seems unlikely,” |
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In the NewsJuly 3, 2019The IT and biological technology linkBitange NdemoBusiness Daily AfricaKen Oye spoke at The Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Georgia Institute of Technology on The Emerging to Converging Technologies Conference in Johannesburg and had many solutions that could bring great benefit to the southern hemisphere. |
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In the NewsJuly 3, 2019Military strategy and politics in the PRCSupChinaThe SupChina podcast featured Taylor Fravel. His new book Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy Since 1949, examines the changes to the PLA’s strategy, why they happen, and why, just as importantly, in some moments when we’d expect major changes in strategy, they don’t happen. |
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In the NewsJuly 3, 2019Trump-Kim handshake may be meaningless without bridging denuclearization differencesChristy LeeVOAVipin Narang, quoted in this article, said for the working-level talks to succeed both sides need to revise their positions going forward and agree on the definition of denuclearization and what approach to take in achieving it. |
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